Reading vs Watford

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🕒 Sat, 03 Oct 2020 15:00 Europe/London 📍 Unknown Venue 576 🧑‍⚖️ Gavin Ward 🔁 Regular Season - 4 🏁 match finished
Season
2020-2021 Season
Stage
Regular Season - 4
Regular Season Table
Reading 7 · Watford 2
Referee Stats
26 matches · 0.00 yellow cards avg
Yellow cards avg 0.00
Reds avg 0.00
Penalties avg 0.00
Over 4.5 cards 0%
Home wins 50%
Draws 15%
Away wins 35%
How the match was won
  • Shots were tight (9-11).
  • Watford controlled possession (56%).
  • Reading had the sharper finishing (4-2 shots on target).

Team Overview

Reading (Home stats)

Games / Record

23
W-D-L: 12-4-7

Goals For / Against

37 / 27
Avg: 1.61 / 1.17

Points

40
Avg: 1.74

Clean Sheets

8

Failed to Score

3
Watford (Away stats)

Games / Record

23
W-D-L: 8-8-7

Goals For / Against

19 / 18
Avg: 0.83 / 0.78

Points

32
Avg: 1.39

Clean Sheets

9

Failed to Score

11

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this Championship fixture.

Quick comparison bars

1.74
PPG
1.39
1.61
GF
0.83
1.17
GA
0.78
65%
O2.5
22%
52%
BTTS
35%
0%
Score 1st
0%

League-position context

Reading rank7th
Watford rank2nd
Reading points70
Watford points91
Reading: #7 · 70 pts · GD +8
21 pts off the top 2. 2 pts above the play-off edge. 23 pts clear of the relegation zone.
Watford: #2 · 91 pts · GD +33
Currently in the automatic promotion spots. 23 pts above the play-off edge. 44 pts clear of the relegation zone.
21-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Reading last 5 home

D D D W D
Points7/15
Weighted index42
Goals9-7
Record1-4-0
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Unbeaten, but draw-heavy in the recent venue-specific run.

Watford last 5 away

L W L D W
Points7/15
Weighted index38
Goals6-5
Record2-1-2
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Recent venue-specific form is balanced.

Reading trend breakdown

Over 2.565%
BTTS52%
BTTS + O2.543%
1H Over 0.578%
Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 87% · Over 3.5 26% · 1H BTTS 13%

Watford trend breakdown

Over 2.522%
BTTS35%
BTTS + O2.522%
1H Over 0.539%
Also: Over 0.5 78% · Over 1.5 43% · Over 3.5 9% · 1H BTTS 13%

Scoring reliability

Reading score at home87%
Reading clean sheet at home35%
Watford score away52%
Watford clean sheet away39%

First-goal patterns

Reading score first0%
Reading win after scoring first0%
Watford score first0%
Watford win after scoring first0%
Comeback rate after conceding first: Reading 0% · Watford 0%

Vs league average

Reading score at home1.61 vs 1.25
Reading concede at home1.17 vs 1.06
Watford score away0.83 vs 1.06
Watford concede away0.78 vs 1.25
Reading score 29% above league average, while Watford score 22% below league average.
Defensive side: Reading are 11% above league average at home, and Watford are 37% below league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games4
Avg goals2.25
BTTS25%
Over 2.525%
At this venue setup: 2.50 goals on average across the last 2.

Reading goal timing (home)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Watford goal timing (away)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal
4
2
Total Shots
9
11
Shots off Goal
4
5
Blocked Shots
1
4
Shots Inside Box
5
5
Shots Outside Box
4
6
Ball Possession
44%
56%
Corner Kicks
1
5
Fouls
13
19
Offsides
1
1
Yellow Cards
3
3
Red Cards
—
—
Goalkeeper Saves
2
3
Total Passes
396
484
Passes Accurate
320
401
Passes %
81%
83%

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)
Total Games4
Home Wins1
Draws1
Away Wins2
Over 2.5 Goals1 (25.0%)
BTTS1 (25.0%)
Home vs Away as Scheduled
Total Games2
Home Wins1
Draws1
Away Wins0
Over 2.5 Goals1 (50.0%)
BTTS1 (50.0%)

Reading vs Watford Head-to-Head History by Season