English League Championship

FT Saturday, February 4, 2023
Watford WLWDL 2
–
Reading LWDLL 2
1st2ndT
WAT112
REA022
Select Car Leasing Stadium · 13,861 att.

Team Stats

17
Fouls
17
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
2
57.7
Possession
42.3
12
SHOTS
14
4
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
340
Accurate Passes
211
459
Passes
330
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.6
2
Accurate Crosses
7
11
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.4
70
Long Balls
71
23
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
4
7
Effective Tackles
11
14
Tackles
18
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
18
25
Effective Clearances
9
25
Clearances
9

Head to Head

WAT leads series 3-2

Lineups

REA · 3-5-2

  1. 1Joe LumleyG
  2. 3Thomas HolmesCD
  3. 5Tom McintyreCD-L
  4. 27Amadou Salif MbengueCD-R
  5. 20Cesare CasadeiCM-L
  6. 22Mamadou LoumCM-R
  7. 8Jeff HendrickAM
  8. 23Junior HoilettLM
  9. 17Andy YiadomRM
  10. 7Shane LongCF-L
  11. 10Tom InceCF-R

WAT · 4-2-2-2

  1. 1Daniel BachmannG
  2. 15Craig CathcartCD-L
  3. 22Ryan PorteousCD-R
  4. 14Hassane KamaraLB
  5. 3MarioRB
  6. 4Hamza ChoudhuryCM-L
  7. 25Leandro BacunaCM-R
  8. 7Keinan DavisCF-L
  9. 21Henrique AraújoCF-R
  10. 23Ismaïla SarrAM-L
  11. 37Matheus MartinsAM-R

Timeline

  1. 30' Goal! Reading 0, Watford 1. Ismaïla Sarr (Watford) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Henrique Araújo.
  2. 32' Amadou Salif Mbengue (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 48' Goal! Reading 0, Watford 2. Ryan Porteous (Watford) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matheus Martins with a cross following a corner.
  4. 56' Substitution, Reading. Tyrese Fornah replaces Cesare Casadei.
  5. 64' Matheus Martins (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 66' Goal! Reading 1, Watford 2. Tom Ince (Reading) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  7. 67' Substitution, Reading. Femi Azeez replaces Junior Hoilett.
  8. 71' Substitution, Watford. Britt Assombalonga replaces Henrique Araújo.
  9. 71' Substitution, Watford. João Pedro replaces Keinan Davis.
  10. 76' Hassane Kamara (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 80' Goal! Reading 2, Watford 2. Jeff Hendrick (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Tom Ince with a cross following a corner.
  12. 81' Substitution, Watford. Tobi Adeyemo replaces Matheus Martins.
  13. 81' Substitution, Watford. Ismaël Koné replaces Leandro Bacuna.
  14. 84' Thomas Holmes (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 86' Substitution, Reading. Yakou Meite replaces Shane Long.
  16. 86' Substitution, Reading. Scott Dann replaces Amadou Salif Mbengue.
  17. 87' Mamadou Loum (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 90'+4' João Pedro (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 90'+5' Hamza Choudhury (Watford) is shown the yellow card.

EFL Championship News

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