Wednesday , 30 September 2026

Reading FC vs Watford FC, Championship 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

Championship · 2020-21
Reading FC
1 – 0
Full Time
Watford FC
Sat 3 Oct 2020 · 14:00 UTC Madejski Stadium HT 45+5' · FT 45+7'
Joshua Laurent 39' Y
Y 40' Ben Wilmot
Omar Richards 62' Y
Y 87' Joao Pedro
Dejan Tetek 87' Y
Y 90' Nathaniel Chalobah

Overview

Match Preview

Reading FC vs Watford FC — Championship at Madejski Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Graham Kane
  • Referee James Linington
  • Referee Gavin Ward
  • Referee Adam Crysell

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Swansea City AFC 8 17
2 West Ham United FC 8 15
3 Middlesbrough FC 8 15
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 7 14
5 West Bromwich Albion FC 8 14
6 Queens Park Rangers FC 8 13
7 Stoke City FC 8 13
8 Bristol City FC 8 13
9 Charlton Athletic FC 8 12
10 Birmingham City FC 8 11
11 Millwall FC 8 11
12 Lincoln City FC 8 11
13 Southampton FC 8 10
14 Wrexham AFC 8 10
15 Bolton Wanderers FC 8 10
16 Blackburn Rovers FC 8 9
17 Norwich City FC 8 9
18 Sheffield United FC 8 9
19 Portsmouth FC 7 8
20 Watford FC 8 8
21 Cardiff City FC 8 7
22 Derby County FC 8 5
23 Preston North End FC 8 4
24 Burnley FC 8 4

Head-to-Head

2
1
2
Reading FC 5 games · Avg 2.2 goals Watford FC
Last 5 meetings
2020-10-03 Reading FC 1–0 Watford FC

Recent Form

Reading FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
03 Oct Watford FC H 1–0 W
26 Sep Cardiff City FC A 2–1 W
19 Sep Barnsley FC H 2–0 W
12 Sep Derby County FC A 2–0 W
22 Jul Swansea City AFC H 1–4 L
18 Jul Blackburn Rovers FC A 3–4 L
Watford FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
03 Oct Reading FC A 0–1 L
26 Sep Luton Town FC H 1–0 W
19 Sep Sheffield Wednesday FC A 0–0 D
11 Sep Middlesbrough FC H 1–0 W
26 Jul Arsenal FC A 2–3 L
21 Jul Manchester City FC H 0–4 L

Key Stats

20% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)
20% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Watford FC this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Watford FC
0-15
2/2
16-30
2/2
31-45
–/3
46-60
–/2
61-75
1/–
76+
2/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Watford FC
Amin Nabizada 3 G
Iker Bravo 1 G
Luca Kjerrumgaard 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Reading FC to score. At the same time, Watford FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 5' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Reading FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 10' Over 10 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 15' Yakou Meite, a Ivory Coast , has 23 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 20' It looks surprising Watford FC does not make any changes. Liam Moore has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 25' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 30' Reading FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 35' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 37' It is a substitution in Watford FC team. Tom Dele-Bashiru is replaced by Ken Sema on 37 minute.
  • 39' The referee shows Reading FC player a Yellow card on 39.
  • 40' Ben Wilmot picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 41' What composure from George Puscas! The Romania international strokes it home. 1-0.
  • 46' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 51' Both keepers have barely been tested. Reading FC and Watford FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 56' It is a cagey affair so far. Reading FC in their trying to find a way past Watford FC's compact .
  • 61' It is a substitution in Reading FC team. Michael Olise is replaced by Tom McIntyre on 61 minute.
  • 62' The referee shows Reading FC player a Yellow card on 62.
  • 67' Reading FC is showing some good football. However, Reading FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 69' Tom Cleverley has so much to prove this time. He replaces Femenia Far on 69 minute.
  • 74' It’s high time Veljko Paunovic made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 79' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 82' Glenn Murray is ready to make an impact after coming on for Ismaila Sarr at the 82 minute mark.
  • 84' Reading FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Dejan Tetek is hanging Sone Aluko on the field on 84 minute.
  • 87' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Joao Pedro.
  • 90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Nathaniel Chalobah on 90.
  • Another three points for Reading FC.

Lineups

Reading FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Veljko Paunovic

Watford FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Vladimir Ivic

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.24 Reading FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.76 Watford FC xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 68% + Under — clean sheet likely 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Reading FC50% Draw30% Watford FC20%
Actual: Reading FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes39% 0% No61%
Avg goals/match: 2
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 84%
16%
± 1.5 60%
40%
± 2.5 32%
68%
± 3.5 15%
85%
± 4.5 6%
94%

Double Chance

Reading FC or Draw
79%
Draw or Watford FC
50%
Reading FC or Watford FC
70%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Reading FC31% Draw54% Watford FC15%
Actual: Reading FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 0
15.9%
1 – 0
Actual
1 – 1
13.6%
2 – 0
10%
0 – 1
8.9%
2 – 1
7.8%
1 – 2
4.7%
3 – 0
4.1%
0 – 2
3.6%
3 – 1
3.3%
2 – 2
3.1%
3 – 2
1.4%

Asian Handicap — Reading FC

Handicap Reading FC covers Push Watford FC covers
-2.5 7% — 93%
-2 7% 14% 79%
-1.5 21% — 79%
-1 21% 25% 54%
-0.5 46% — 54%
+0.5 79% — 21%
+1 79% 14% 6%
+1.5 94% — 6%
+2 94% 5% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Reading FC keeps clean sheet
47% ✗
Watford FC keeps clean sheet
30% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.