Open game expected at Select Car Leasing Stadium: Reading vs Watford preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 04.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Select Car Leasing Stadium (24200 seats)

Hey! Here's all you need to know about the Championship game Reading - Watford!

Insights:
  • Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Both sides have had plenty of rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's look for an active game!

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Reading form and stats

Reading are steadily winning Championship games and points here at Select Car Leasing Stadium. 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 13 games.

The club members hope that Reading will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the FA Cup fixture against Manchester United. McIntyre, defender, was given a rating of 7.04/10 in that game, top of the team. McIntyre won 3 of 3 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Stoke City in the Championship.

Reading have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Select Car Leasing Stadium with 20 goals in 13 league matches. On the other hand, Reading have conceded 14 goals.

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Watford form and stats

5-5-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Watford in their Championship matches away.

Watford are travelling again after losing away to Middlesbrough in their previous match (0-2). That loss was their first after three consecutive league rounds winning points.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Rotherham United.

Few goals the story here? 10 of this club's latest 11 league fixtures have seen zero, one or two goals.

The visitors have scored 14 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 18 goals have been conceded by Watford in these games.

Head 2 Head

Watford - Reading 2-0 was the result in these squads' last head-to-head fixture, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Reading wins - draws - Watford wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

WatfordJ. Junqueira de Jesus
J. Junqueira de Jesus
8 goals
WatfordI. Sarr
I. Sarr
7 goals
ReadingT. Ince
T. Ince
6 goals

Reading missing players

Watford missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Reading Watford
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 13 3 Played P 3 15 29
11 8 2 Won W 0 5 12
4 2 1 Drew D 2 5 8
13 3 0 Lost L 1 5 9
31 20 5 Scored S 1 14 34
42 14 1 Conceded C 5 18 31
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 87% 90%
75% 85% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 72%
57% 62% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 38%
25% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 21%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
46% 54% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 38%
25% 31% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 41%
32% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 40% 31%
 
4.6 4.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 5.2 5
4.9 4.8 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 5.9 5.5
2 2.3 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.9 10.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 11.1 11.6
3.1 3.2 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.5 3.9
36% 48% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 27% 30%
 
11.5 10.5 10 Shots against (avg) S A 14.3 12.3 11.9
3.4 2.8 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.1 4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 28 18 8 2 55 26 15 11 4 0 32 12 13 7 4 2 23 14 29 62
2 Sheffield United 28 17 6 5 48 24 14 9 3 2 30 13 14 8 3 3 18 11 24 57
3 Middlesbrough 29 13 6 10 44 35 14 7 5 2 20 12 15 6 1 8 24 23 9 45
4 Watford 29 12 8 9 34 31 14 7 3 4 20 13 15 5 5 5 14 18 3 44
5 Blackburn Rovers 28 14 1 13 31 35 13 9 0 4 20 13 15 5 1 9 11 22 -4 43
6 Norwich City 28 12 6 10 40 31 14 5 4 5 19 16 14 7 2 5 21 15 9 42
7 Luton Town 27 11 9 7 35 29 13 3 7 3 18 16 14 8 2 4 17 13 6 42
8 Millwall 27 12 6 9 33 27 13 8 3 2 20 8 14 4 3 7 13 19 6 42
9 Sunderland 28 11 8 9 41 32 14 5 4 5 19 16 14 6 4 4 22 16 9 41
10 West Bromwich Albion 28 11 8 9 38 30 14 6 4 4 20 14 14 5 4 5 18 16 8 41
11 Preston North End 28 11 7 10 26 31 14 3 4 7 8 18 14 8 3 3 18 13 -5 40
12 Swansea City 28 10 9 9 40 38 13 6 2 5 20 16 15 4 7 4 20 22 2 39
13 Coventry City 28 10 8 10 31 31 15 7 4 4 19 14 13 3 4 6 12 17 0 38
14 Queens Park Rangers 29 10 8 11 31 37 14 5 4 5 17 18 15 5 4 6 14 19 -6 38
15 Hull City 29 10 7 12 36 44 15 5 3 7 17 23 14 5 4 5 19 21 -8 37
16 Reading 28 11 4 13 31 42 13 8 2 3 20 14 15 3 2 10 11 28 -11 37
17 Bristol City 28 8 9 11 37 38 15 5 4 6 19 17 13 3 5 5 18 21 -1 33
18 Stoke City 28 9 6 13 33 37 14 4 3 7 17 18 14 5 3 6 16 19 -4 33
19 Birmingham City 28 8 8 12 30 35 15 4 5 6 18 18 13 4 3 6 12 17 -5 32
20 Rotherham United 28 7 10 11 33 40 13 5 4 4 24 17 15 2 6 7 9 23 -7 31
21 Cardiff City 28 7 8 13 21 31 15 4 5 6 11 13 13 3 3 7 10 18 -10 29
22 Huddersfield Town 27 7 5 15 25 35 14 5 2 7 13 14 13 2 3 8 12 21 -10 26
23 Blackpool 27 6 8 13 28 40 13 3 3 7 14 19 14 3 5 6 14 21 -12 26
24 Wigan Athletic 28 6 7 15 27 49 15 2 3 10 11 30 13 4 4 5 16 19 -22 25

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 28 18 8 2 55 26 15 11 4 0 32 12 13 7 4 2 23 14 29 62
2 Sheffield United 28 17 6 5 48 24 14 9 3 2 30 13 14 8 3 3 18 11 24 57
3 Middlesbrough 29 13 6 10 44 35 14 7 5 2 20 12 15 6 1 8 24 23 9 45
4 Watford 29 12 8 9 34 31 14 7 3 4 20 13 15 5 5 5 14 18 3 44
5 Blackburn Rovers 28 14 1 13 31 35 13 9 0 4 20 13 15 5 1 9 11 22 -4 43
6 Norwich City 28 12 6 10 40 31 14 5 4 5 19 16 14 7 2 5 21 15 9 42
7 Luton Town 27 11 9 7 35 29 13 3 7 3 18 16 14 8 2 4 17 13 6 42
8 Millwall 27 12 6 9 33 27 13 8 3 2 20 8 14 4 3 7 13 19 6 42
9 Sunderland 28 11 8 9 41 32 14 5 4 5 19 16 14 6 4 4 22 16 9 41
10 West Bromwich Albion 28 11 8 9 38 30 14 6 4 4 20 14 14 5 4 5 18 16 8 41
11 Preston North End 28 11 7 10 26 31 14 3 4 7 8 18 14 8 3 3 18 13 -5 40
12 Swansea City 28 10 9 9 40 38 13 6 2 5 20 16 15 4 7 4 20 22 2 39
13 Coventry City 28 10 8 10 31 31 15 7 4 4 19 14 13 3 4 6 12 17 0 38
14 Queens Park Rangers 29 10 8 11 31 37 14 5 4 5 17 18 15 5 4 6 14 19 -6 38
15 Hull City 29 10 7 12 36 44 15 5 3 7 17 23 14 5 4 5 19 21 -8 37
16 Reading 28 11 4 13 31 42 13 8 2 3 20 14 15 3 2 10 11 28 -11 37
17 Bristol City 28 8 9 11 37 38 15 5 4 6 19 17 13 3 5 5 18 21 -1 33
18 Stoke City 28 9 6 13 33 37 14 4 3 7 17 18 14 5 3 6 16 19 -4 33
19 Birmingham City 28 8 8 12 30 35 15 4 5 6 18 18 13 4 3 6 12 17 -5 32
20 Rotherham United 28 7 10 11 33 40 13 5 4 4 24 17 15 2 6 7 9 23 -7 31
21 Cardiff City 28 7 8 13 21 31 15 4 5 6 11 13 13 3 3 7 10 18 -10 29
22 Huddersfield Town 27 7 5 15 25 35 14 5 2 7 13 14 13 2 3 8 12 21 -10 26
23 Blackpool 27 6 8 13 28 40 13 3 3 7 14 19 14 3 5 6 14 21 -12 26
24 Wigan Athletic 28 6 7 15 27 49 15 2 3 10 11 30 13 4 4 5 16 19 -22 25

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.