English League Championship

Watford vs Reading 2022-23 English League Championship, Regular Season

  • 15': João Pedro (P)
  • 87': João Pedro
FT
2 - 0

Introduction

Watford are hosting Reading at Vicarage Road, Watford, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 15': Goal! Watford 1, Reading 0. João Pedro (Watford) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 32': Substitution, Reading. Dean Bouzanis replaces Joe Lumley because of an injury.
  • 34': Yáser Asprilla (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 38': Ovie Ejaria (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 49': Ken Sema (Watford) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  • 63': Substitution, Reading. Mamadou Loum replaces Sam Hutchinson.
  • 66': Substitution, Watford. Samuel Kalu replaces Yáser Asprilla.
  • 73': Abdul-Rahman Baba (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 78': Mamadou Loum (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 80': Substitution, Reading. Yakou Meite replaces Ovie Ejaria.
  • 81': Substitution, Reading. Andy Carroll replaces Lucas João.
  • 87': Goal! Watford 2, Reading 0. João Pedro (Watford) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Watford. Vakoun Issouf Bayo replaces Keinan Davis.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Watford. Mario Gaspar replaces Ismaïla Sarr.
  • 90'+3': Substitution, Watford. Tom Dele-Bashiru replaces João Pedro.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Watford 2, Reading 0.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Vicarage Road
Location: Watford, England
Attendance: 18,847

English League Championship Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+42 Leeds United 38 82 6
+41 Leicester City 37 82 7
+31 Ipswich Town 38 81 5
+26 Southampton 36 73 7
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Statistics

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16 Fouls 15
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 2
3 Corner Kicks 7
2 Saves 1
46 Possession 54
6 SHOTS 15
1 ON GOAL 5
0.2 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
275 Accurate Passes 341
362 Passes 421
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
3 Accurate Crosses 6
10 Crosses 13
0.3 Cross % 0.5
65 Long Balls 45
28 Accurate Long Balls 22
0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
1 Blocked Shots 6
11 Effective Tackles 15
18 Tackles 26
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
14 Interceptions 10
20 Effective Clearances 12
20 Clearances 12

Line-Ups

WAT Watford (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Daniel Bachmann (GK)
27 Christian Kabasele
5 William Troost-Ekong
12 Ken Sema Yellow Card
16 Dan Gosling
10 João Pedro
39 Edo Kayembe
4 Hamza Choudhury
7 Keinan Davis
23 Ismaïla Sarr
18 Yaser Asprilla Yellow Card

REA Reading (4-1-4-1)

No. Name
1 Joe Lumley (GK)
3 Thomas Holmes
27 Amadou Salif Mbengue
4 Sam Hutchinson
12 Abdul Rahman Baba Yellow Card
17 Andy Yiadom
19 Tyrese Fornah
8 Jeff Hendrick
14 Ovie Ejaria Yellow Card
10 Tom Ince
9 Lucas João

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