On Jan 8th, Leicester City will host Watford at King Power Stadium in a meeting of these two FA Cup teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, Leicester City recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Liverpool. Ademola Lookman scored the first goal for Leicester City in the 59th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Liverpool couldn’t manage to score, and Leicester City took the shutout win. Leicester City is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while watford is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Tottenham Hotspur. Davinson Sánchez struck first for Tottenham Hotspur in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Watford couldn’t muster any offence and Tottenham Hotspur ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Watford’s most prolific scorer has been Emmanuel Dennis. The Nigerian attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Both Youri Tielemans and James Maddison have been the hottest scorers for Leicester City in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each.