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Championship
Referee: J Linington
Watford
S S S S U
2–0
Full-time
Reading
U T U U S

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Team trends

Watford Reading
Last 6 — all competitions · 6/6 matches
Win Ø 58%
83%
33%
Points per game
2,7
1,5
Over 2.5 Ø 50%
50%
50%
Both score Ø 67%
50%
83%
Average goals
2,5
2,7
Scored
2,0
1,7
Conceded
0,5
1,0
Goal diff per game
+1,5
+0,7
This season — Championship · 40/40 matches
Win Ø 53%
58%
48%
Points per game
2,0
1,7
Over 2.5 Ø 42%
33%
50%
Both score Ø 45%
40%
50%
Average goals
2,1
2,5
Scored
1,4
1,4
Conceded
0,7
1,1
Goal diff per game
+0,8
+0,3
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Match stats

Half-time score: 2–0

47% Possession 53%
12 Shots 17
3 Shots on target 5
4 Blocked shots 6
5 Goalkeeper saves 0
3 Corners 3
3 Offside 1
23 Free kicks against 14
3 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
The table before the match Watford 2. · Reading 5.
# Team K V U T +/− P
1 Norwich 40 26 9 5 +36 87
2 Watford 40 23 10 7 +30 79
3 Barnsley 38 20 8 10 +12 68
4 Brentford 37 18 12 7 +25 66
5 Reading 40 19 9 12 +13 66
6 Bournemouth 38 18 11 9 +23 65
7 Swansea 36 18 8 10 +10 62
8 Cardiff 40 16 10 14 +12 58
9 Millwall 40 14 16 10 +4 58
10 Middlesbrough 40 16 9 15 +5 57
11 Stoke 40 14 13 13 +1 55
12 QPR 39 14 11 14 -3 53
13 Luton 39 14 8 17 -13 50
14 Bristol City 40 15 4 21 -15 49
15 Nott'm Forest 40 12 12 16 -5 48
16 Preston 40 14 6 20 -9 48
17 Blackburn 40 12 10 18 +5 46
18 Derby 40 11 10 19 -15 43
19 Huddersfield 39 11 10 18 -18 43
20 Coventry 39 10 12 17 -17 42
21 Birmingham 40 10 12 18 -21 42
22 Sheffield Weds 39 11 8 20 -15 41
23 Rotherham 36 10 5 21 -13 35
24 Wycombe 40 8 9 23 -32 33

Calculated from our results data. “xG +/−” is expected goal difference — a positive number with a low league position suggests an undervalued team. Ties on points are sorted by goal difference; some leagues use other rules.

Recent head-to-head meetings

3. Oct -20 Reading – Watford 1–0

Match report

Watford Reading
1–0 I. Sarr
Kiko Femenía
12′
2–0 I. Sarr
P. Zinckernagel
14′
Philip Zinckernagel 🟨
17′
Half-time 2–0
C. Sánchez 🔁
↦ N. Chalobah
46′
56′
🟨 Andy Rinomhota
64′
🔁 O. Richards
↦ L. Gibson
64′
🔁 Lucas João
↦ G. Puşcaş
C. Cathcart 🔁
↦ W. Troost-Ekong
70′
Will Hughes 🟨
75′
I. Success 🔁
↦ K. Sema
78′
A. Gray 🔁
↦ João Pedro
78′
87′
🔁 S. Aluko
↦ O. Ejaria
87′
🔁 S. Baldock
↦ A. Rinomhota
Isaac Success 🟨
90′
Full-time 2–0

Line-ups

Watford

4-3-3
26 D. Bachmann G
21 Kiko Femenía D
5 W. Troost-Ekong D
11 A. Masina D
31 F. Sierralta D
14 N. Chalobah M
19 W. Hughes M
12 K. Sema F
7 P. Zinckernagel M
23 I. Sarr F
10 João Pedro F
Bench (9)
28 C. Sánchez
15 C. Cathcart
22 I. Success
18 A. Gray
1 B. Foster
16 D. Gosling
44 J. Hungbo
3 J. Ngakia
17 A. Lazaar

Coach: Xisco Muñoz

Reading

4-2-3-1
33 Rafael G
6 L. Moore D
15 L. Gibson D
29 T. Holmes D
17 A. Yiadom D
28 J. Laurent M
14 O. Ejaria M
8 A. Rinomhota M
7 M. Olise M
47 G. Puşcaş F
11 Y. Meïté M
Bench (9)
3 O. Richards
18 Lucas João
24 S. Aluko
9 S. Baldock
48 J. Dorsett
34 D. Tetek
30 Alfa Semedo
22 L. Southwood
2 Tomás Esteves

Coach: V. Paunovic

Odds comparison

Green columns are the outcomes that came in.

1X2
H ✓
1,83
U
3,43
B
4,71
Over/under goals
O1,5 ✓
O2,5
2,21
U2,5 ✓
1,66
U3,5 ✓
Both teams to score
BLS ja
BLS nei ✓

Referee

J Linington · 154 kamper i vår database

🟨 Yellow cards
3,6 / match
Average
⚽ Free kicks
22,9 / match
Average

🟥 Red cards: 0,13 per match

The analysis is a statistical estimate based on the teams' results and underlying performances (xG) — not a guarantee. See the model's results.