Watford vs Leicester City Prediction: The leaders are in town.

Leicester City continue to impress in the league this season and they are looking set for the Premier League next season. Leicester City are top of the Championship with 72 points and next behind them is Southampton with 61 points. Despite the points difference between both clubs, Leicester City don't look like slowing things down, so they travel to the Vicarage Road looking to continue their run. 

Watford will have a lot on their plate when they host Leicester City in this round. They are around mid-table with no serious ambitions but they will fancy the idea of maintaining their place or advancing to the top end of the table. 

Watford

Watford can expect a tough encounter for sure. They are coming up against the league leaders and they need to be at their best to pick up a positive result. 

Watford have failed to win any of their last 5 games in all competitions. Their most recent match was against Southampton in the FA Cup and they lost 3-0. And prior to the cup, they lost 1-0 against Cardiff at home. 

Watford’s current results can only point to trouble for them when a team such as Leicester City comes visiting. They lost to Leicester already in the first meeting earlier this season. The game ended 2-0, with Jamie Vardy scoring the brace to give Leicester City the win.

Watford are ranked 11th on the league table, with 41 points from 30 matches played. 

Leicester City

For a team of Leicester’s quality, they really shouldn't struggle to win against a struggling Watford team. Leicester will hope to build a winning streak after recording back-to-back wins in their last 2 matches. They played against Stoke City last weekend and they won by 5 goals to nil. Patson Daka (brace) Kasey McAteer and Jamie Vardy (brace) were all on target to help Leicester City cruise to a famous victory.

Leicester City will approach this game with a lot of confidence as they have built a consistent winning run against Watford in recent times. They remain unbeaten in their last 6 meetings against Watford.

Leicester City are top of the League with 72 points from 30 matches played.

Head to Head

Leicester City have beaten Watford 12 times in the last 20 meetings. Watford won 6 times and they drew twice.

Leicester City won the most recent meeting between the two clubs by 2 goals to nil.

Analysis and Predictions

There's no doubt that Leicester City should be winning this game comfortably. Watford look out of order at the moment and it's quite unfortunate that the biggest team in the league is paying a visit. 

Analysis shows Leicester City have won the last 4 matches and not lost the last 6 matches against Watford. Watford has also failed to keep a clean sheet in the last 20 meetings against Leicester City. Both clubs scored in 4 of their last 5 meetings and there were less than 4.5 cards in 5 of the last 6 meetings. There were also less than 10.5 corners in 6 of their last 7 meetings.

• Leicester City to Win at 1.77 Odds
• Leicester City to Win at 1.77 Odds
• Leicester City to Win 2-0 at 8.50 Odds