Reading vs Watford

Championship

Reading

REA

2-0

Final

Watford

WAT

Select Car Leasing Stadium

Match pulse

REAAttacking pressure by 5 minutes

0'WAT

13'Sam HutchinsonREA59'James MorrisWAT69'Amadou Salif MbengueREA86'Michael Adu-PokuWAT

Team	1H	2H	T
REA	1	1	2
WAT	0	0	0

Who won: Reading 2-0

Reading beat Watford 2-0 on Saturday, January 7, 2023 at Select Car Leasing Stadium. Goals for Reading: Kelvin Abrefa (45'+3') and Shane Long (90'+3').

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Lineups

Watford20th in English League Championship

Lineup (3-4-3)

1Maduka OkoyeG
2William Troost-EkongCD
3Francisco SierraltaCD-L
4Matthew PollockCD-R
5Ismaël KonéCM-L
6Yáser AsprillaCM-R
7James MorrisLM
8MarioRM
9Michael Adu-PokuF
10Adrian BlakeCF-L
11Joseph HungboCF-R

Reading6th in English League One

Lineup (3-4-1-2)

1Dean BouzanisG
2Scott DannCD
3Naby SarrCD-L
4Amadou Salif MbengueCD-R
5Sam HutchinsonCM-L
6Tom McintyreCM-R
7Femi AzeezAM
8Baba RahmanLM
9Kelvin AbrefaRM
10Lucas JoãoCF-L
11Shane LongCF-R

Head to head

WAT leads series 4-1

Last meeting: Watford 4, Reading 1 (Mar 14)

Last 5

WAT

W@ NOR1-0
L@ SWA0-4
Lvs MIL0-2
W@ HUD2-0
Tvs HUL0-0

REA

L@ WBA0-1
T@ NOR1-1
Wvs SWA2-1
L@ BIR2-3
Wvs COV1-0

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Game info

Venue: Select Car Leasing Stadium, Reading, England · Attendance 7,954
Officials: Peter Bankes

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