Watford v Leicester City

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1 Mar 2019
Jamie Vardy, Leicester City
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Brendan Rodgers visit his former side as he takes charge of Leicester City for the first time. Javi Gracia's Watford aim to respond to their heaviest defeat of the campaign at Liverpool.

Team news

Watford defender Kiko Femenia is set to return after six weeks out with a thigh injury. Daryl Janmaat, Craig Cathcart and Andre Gray could also feature.

Leicester's Daniel Armartey (leg) is still unavailable and Marc Albrighton (hamstring) could remain sidelined for the rest of the season.

Did you know?

Since Watford’s return to the Premier League in 2015/16, meetings between the Hornets and Leicester have featured more penalty goals than any other fixture in the competition (five).

New Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers has failed to win his first league match in charge of the previous four teams he’s managed in English football (W0 D2 L2).

Jamie Vardy has scored the first PL goal under Leicester’s last three permanent managers (Claudio Ranieri, Craig Shakespeare and Claude Puel), also finding the net in Mike Stowell’s match in caretaker charge against Brighton.

Troy Deeney is Watford’s highest goalscorer in the Premier League this season. However, just one of his seven goals has come at Vicarage Road (v Tottenham Hotspur in September).

Referee: Jonathan Moss
Assistants:
 Marc Perry, Andy Halliday
Fourth official:
 Simon Hooper

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