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Conceding first isn't a disaster for hardy Hornets
Leicester Mercury
|December 26, 2025
LEICESTER
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City will have to be wary of the Championship's comeback kings when they host Watford this afternoon (3pm).The Hornets are the only side City have not yet faced this season, with the Boxing Day fixture marking the halfway point of the campaign.
There's just three places and one point separating the two sides in the table going into the festive fixture, but with Watford one of the more peculiar outfits in the division.
This story is from the December 26, 2025 edition of Leicester Mercury.
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