Championship

Championship | Gameweek 30

Feb 4, 2023 at 3pm UK

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Reading
2 - 2
Watford

Ince (66' pen.), Hendrick (80')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Sarr (30'), Porteous (48')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Reading and Watford, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Reading

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Man Utd 3-1 Reading
Saturday, January 28 at 8pm in FA Cup

Goals
for

Top scorers

Watford

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Middlesbrough 2-0 Watford
Saturday, January 28 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Watford win with a probability of 40.42%. A win for Reading had a probability of 32.44% and a draw had a probability of 27.1%.

The most likely scoreline for a Watford win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.2%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.45%) and 0-2 (7.37%). The likeliest Reading win was 1-0 (9.79%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.86%). The actual scoreline of 2-2 was predicted with a 4.8% likelihood.

Result
Reading	Draw	Watford
32.44% ( -0.5)	27.13% ( -0.17)	40.42% ( 0.67)

Both teams to score 49.92% (

0.39)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

44.63% (

0.56)

55.37% (

-0.56)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

23.42% (

0.45)

76.57% (

-0.46)

Reading Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

68.26% (

-0.06)

31.74% (

0.06)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

31.83% (

-0.06)

68.17% (

0.06)

Watford Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

73.13% (

0.64)

26.87% (

-0.64)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

37.82% (

0.83)

62.18% (

-0.83)

Score Analysis

Reading 32.44%

Watford 40.42%

Draw 27.13%

Reading	Draw	Watford
1-0 @ 9.79% ( -0.22) 2-1 @ 7.38% ( -0.05) 2-0 @ 5.62% ( -0.14) 3-1 @ 2.82% ( -0.02) 3-0 @ 2.15% ( -0.06) 3-2 @ 1.86% ( 0.02) Other @ 2.83% Total : 32.44%	1-1 @ 12.86% ( -0.06) 0-0 @ 8.53% ( -0.19) 2-2 @ 4.85% ( 0.05) Other @ 0.9% Total : 27.13%	0-1 @ 11.2% ( -0.05) 1-2 @ 8.45% ( 0.11) 0-2 @ 7.37% ( 0.1) 1-3 @ 3.7% ( 0.11) 0-3 @ 3.23% ( 0.1) 2-3 @ 2.12% ( 0.06) 1-4 @ 1.22% ( 0.06) 0-4 @ 1.06% ( 0.05) Other @ 2.07% Total : 40.42%

How you voted: Reading vs Watford

Reading

27.0%

Draw

14.3%

Watford

58.7%

Head to Head

Jan 7, 2023 12.30pm

Third Round

Reading

2-0

Watford

Abretti (45+3'), Long (90+3')
Hutchinson (13'), Mbengue (69')

Morris (59'), Adu-Poku (86')

Nov 8, 2022 8pm

Watford

2-0

Reading

Pedro (15' pen., 87')
Asprilla (34')

Apr 9, 2021 7.45pm

Watford

2-0

Reading

Sarr (12', 14')
Zinckernagel (17'), Hughes (75'), Success (90+2')

Rinomhota (56')

Oct 3, 2020 3pm

Reading

1-0

Watford

Puscas (41')
Laurent (39'), Richards (62'), Tetek (87')

Wilmot (40'), Pedro (87'), Chalobah (90+4')

Aug 29, 2018 8pm

Second Round

Reading

0-2

Watford

Meite (89')

Success (37'), Quina (62')
Navarro (90')

Form Guide

West Brom 1-0 Reading

Norwich 1-1 Reading

Middlesbrough 2-0 Watford

Watford 1-1 Rotherham

Watford 2-0 Blackpool

Nations League

Spain

International Friendlies

Algeria

International Friendlies

Georgia

Belarus

International Friendlies

Singapore

Tajikistan

Congo DR

World Cup Qualifying - Asia

Australia

Saudi Arabia

Indonesia

South Korea

Palestine

Jordan

Qatar

World Cup Qualifying - North Central America

COSAFA Cup

Lesotho

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Leeds United Leeds	46	29	13	4	95	30	65	100
P	Burnley	46	28	16	2	69	16	53	100
3	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	46	28	8	10	63	36	27	90
P	Sunderland	46	21	13	12	58	44	14	76
5	Coventry City Coventry	46	20	9	17	64	58	6	69
6	Bristol City	46	17	17	12	59	55	4	68
7	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	46	19	9	18	53	48	5	66
8	Millwall	46	18	12	16	47	49	-2	66
9	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	46	15	19	12	57	47	10	64
10	Middlesbrough	46	18	10	18	64	56	8	64
11	Swansea City Swansea	46	17	10	19	51	56	-5	61
12	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	46	15	13	18	60	69	-9	58
13	Norwich City Norwich	46	14	15	17	71	68	3	57
14	Watford	46	16	9	21	53	61	-8	57
15	Queens Park Rangers QPR	46	14	14	18	53	63	-10	56
16	Portsmouth	46	14	12	20	58	71	-13	54
17	Oxford United Oxford Utd	46	13	14	19	49	65	-16	53
18	Stoke City Stoke	46	12	15	19	45	62	-17	51
19	Derby County Derby	46	13	11	22	48	56	-8	50
20	Preston North End Preston	46	10	20	16	48	59	-11	50
21	Hull City	46	12	13	21	44	54	-10	49
R	Luton Town Luton	46	13	10	23	45	69	-24	49
R	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	46	11	13	22	51	88	-37	46
R	Cardiff City Cardiff	46	9	17	20	48	73	-25	44
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