7th spot in the Championship table for Watford right now, a competent performance. The home team supporters hope for more points as 12th-placed Reading visit Vicarage Road.
- Watford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Reading have the the worst goal difference (-10) away in Championship
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Watford form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Watford have managed 5 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games.
The Watford club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Vicarage Road: A 0-1 defeat against Coventry City (placed 15th). The first defeat after collecting points in three league rounds. Troost-Ekong was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.24 out of 10. The defender Troost-Ekong won 6 of 7 duels.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Cardiff City with a 2-1 scoreline.Lots of goals? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 most recent league matches with this side has seen at least three goals.
The manager Bilić will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Bristol City in only four days.
A decent goal production from Watford in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. Watford's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Reading form and stats
There's been little loot from Reading's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Championship. Reading only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Preston North End with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Yiadom was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.12. The defender Yiadom hit one key pass and won 7 of 13 duels.
A 0-0 draw at Luton Town's stadium before that.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Reading playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 2 away wins, 0 draws and 3 home wins.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Reading manager Ince as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Hull City.
The attacking power of Reading when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Reading have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between these sides: Watford won five, Reading were winners in three and we saw two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Sarr 6 goals |  J. Junqueira de Jesus 4 goals |  K. Davis 4 goals |
Watford missing players
Reading missing players
| Watford | Reading | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 26 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 21 |
| 22 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 16 | 27 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 89% | 95% |
| 74% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 56% | 74% |
| 53% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 56% | 58% |
| 26% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 33% | 21% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 53% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 42% |
| 32% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 33% | 32% |
| 21% | 11% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 32% |
| 4.9 | 4.3 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 5.5 | 5.3 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.1 | 11.6 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 9.2 | 10.2 |
| 4 | 4.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 34% | 37% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 24% | 36% |
| 11.7 | 11.7 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 12.1 | 10.6 |
| 4.1 | 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
- Reading have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Reading have the the worst goal difference (-10) away in Championship
- Watford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Watford have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Reading have scored away.
- Watford 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 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 38 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 36 |
| 3 | Sheffield United | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 35 |
| 4 | Norwich City | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 31 |
| 6 | Preston North End | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 31 |
| 7 | Watford | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 29 |
| 8 | Luton Town | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 29 |
| 9 | Swansea City | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 29 |
| 10 | Millwall | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 28 |
| 11 | Birmingham City | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 27 |
| 12 | Reading | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -6 | 26 |
| 13 | Sunderland | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 24 |
| 14 | Cardiff City | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 24 |
| 15 | Coventry City | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 23 |
| 16 | Bristol City | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -2 | 23 |
| 17 | Rotherham United | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -2 | 22 |
| 18 | Blackpool | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 22 |
| 19 | Stoke City | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | -5 | 22 |
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 21 |
| 21 | Hull City | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -14 | 21 |
| 22 | West Bromwich Albion | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | -9 | 20 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 15 |
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