Reading 2–2 Watford – England Championship, 4 Feb 2023

Match facts

Reading Watford

14 Shots 12

6 Shots on target 4

4 Corners 4

17 Fouls 17

3 Yellow cards 4

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✗ Result missed ✗ Goals missed ✓ BTTS correct Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (340 league matches this season so far).

Result Reading to win

Goals Under 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.98

Expected goals 1.28 – 1.20

Home / Draw / Away

39% 27% 34%

ReadingDrawWatford

Under / Over 2.5 goals

55% 45%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

50% 51%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

8% 0

21% 1

26% 2

21% 3

13% 4

11% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 12.9% 1–0 10.7% 0–1 10%

Statistics 2022/2023, before this match

Reading before this match, all matches

1.32points / match

1.11scored / match

1.50conceded / match

11 4 13

WonDrawnLost 28 played · 31:42

Watford before this match, all matches

1.52points / match

1.17scored / match

1.07conceded / match

12 8 9

WonDrawnLost 29 played · 34:31

Reading all matches all matches Watford

Per match

1.11 Goals scored 1.17

1.50 Goals conceded 1.07

2.61 Total goals 2.24

10.00 Shots 11.17

3.29 Shots on target 3.83

11.71 Shots faced 11.83

4.64 Corners 5.03

4.93 Corners against 5.59

10.36 Fouls 11.48

2.04 Yellow cards 1.97

0.50 1st-half goals scored 0.52

0.68 1st-half goals conceded 0.66

How often Full Time

39% Wins 41%

14% Draws 28%

46% Losses 31%

96% Over 0.5 goals 90%

75% Over 1.5 goals 72%

57% Over 2.5 goals 38%

25% Over 3.5 goals 21%

7% Over 4.5 goals 3%

0% Over 5.5 goals 0%

46% Both teams scored 38%

25% Clean sheets 41%

32% Failed to score 31%

How often Half Time

25% Wins 21%

46% Draws 52%

29% Losses 28%

68% Over 0.5 goals 69%

36% Over 1.5 goals 38%

11% Over 2.5 goals 10%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Reading all matches

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Watford all matches

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Reading before this match, at home

2.00points / match

1.54scored / match

1.08conceded / match

8 2 3

WonDrawnLost 13 played · 20:14

Watford before this match, away

1.33points / match

0.93scored / match

1.20conceded / match

5 5 5

WonDrawnLost 15 played · 14:18

Reading at home away Watford

Per match

1.54 Goals scored 0.93

1.08 Goals conceded 1.20

2.62 Total goals 2.13

10.54 Shots 10.53

3.46 Shots on target 3.33

10.69 Shots faced 12.73

4.38 Corners 5.20

4.77 Corners against 6.00

11.31 Fouls 11.40

2.31 Yellow cards 1.87

0.69 1st-half goals scored 0.33

0.38 1st-half goals conceded 0.80

How often Full Time

62% Wins 33%

15% Draws 33%

23% Losses 33%

100% Over 0.5 goals 87%

85% Over 1.5 goals 73%

62% Over 2.5 goals 33%

15% Over 3.5 goals 20%

0% Over 4.5 goals 0%

0% Over 5.5 goals 0%

54% Both teams scored 33%

31% Clean sheets 40%

15% Failed to score 40%

How often Half Time

38% Wins 7%

46% Draws 60%

15% Losses 33%

69% Over 0.5 goals 67%

38% Over 1.5 goals 40%

0% Over 2.5 goals 7%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Reading at home

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Watford away

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Last 10 matches before this match

Reading all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
21.01.23	Stoke – Reading	4–0 (1–0)	1.85	3.50	4.33	2.20	1.67
14.01.23	Reading – QPR	2–2 (2–0)	2.70	3.20	2.75	2.20	1.67
02.01.23	West Brom – Reading	1–0 (0–0)	1.67	4.00	5.00	1.95	1.90
30.12.22	Norwich – Reading	1–1 (0–0)	1.73	3.50	5.25	1.98	1.88
27.12.22	Reading – Swansea	2–1 (1–0)	2.80	3.30	2.55	2.10	1.73
16.12.22	Birmingham – Reading	3–2 (3–0)	2.05	3.20	4.00	2.63	1.50
10.12.22	Reading – Coventry	1–0 (0–0)	2.50	3.20	3.00	2.20	1.67
12.11.22	Hull – Reading	1–2 (1–1)	2.45	3.20	3.00	2.20	1.66
08.11.22	Watford – Reading	2–0 (1–0)	1.80	3.50	4.50	2.10	1.72
04.11.22	Reading – Preston	1–2 (0–0)	2.30	3.10	3.30	2.50	1.53

Watford all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
28.01.23	Middlesbrough – Watford	2–0 (2–0)	1.91	3.40	4.33	2.10	1.73
21.01.23	Watford – Rotherham	1–1 (0–1)	1.55	4.20	6.00	1.93	1.93
14.01.23	Watford – Blackpool	2–0 (0–0)	1.80	3.75	4.33	1.95	1.90
02.01.23	Norwich – Watford	0–1 (0–0)	1.91	3.60	3.80	1.98	1.88
30.12.22	Swansea – Watford	4–0 (1–0)	2.25	3.30	3.25	2.10	1.73
26.12.22	Watford – Millwall	0–2 (0–1)	2.10	3.30	3.75	2.20	1.67
17.12.22	Huddersfield – Watford	0–2 (0–0)	3.75	3.30	2.10	2.20	1.67
11.12.22	Watford – Hull	0–0 (0–0)	1.70	3.60	5.50	2.00	1.85
12.11.22	Bristol City – Watford	0–0 (0–0)	3.00	3.40	2.37	2.00	1.85
08.11.22	Watford – Reading	2–0 (1–0)	1.80	3.50	4.50	2.10	1.72

Reading at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
14.01.23	Reading – QPR	2–2 (2–0)	2.70	3.20	2.75	2.20	1.67
27.12.22	Reading – Swansea	2–1 (1–0)	2.80	3.30	2.55	2.10	1.73
10.12.22	Reading – Coventry	1–0 (0–0)	2.50	3.20	3.00	2.20	1.67
04.11.22	Reading – Preston	1–2 (0–0)	2.30	3.10	3.30	2.50	1.53
22.10.22	Reading – Bristol City	2–0 (0–0)	2.50	3.25	2.90	2.02	1.83
15.10.22	Reading – West Brom	0–2 (0–1)	3.40	3.50	2.10	2.10	1.72
04.10.22	Reading – Norwich	1–1 (0–0)	4.20	3.50	1.85	2.00	1.85
01.10.22	Reading – Huddersfield	3–1 (2–0)	2.15	3.25	3.60	2.20	1.66
14.09.22	Reading – Sunderland	0–3 (0–2)	2.60	3.25	2.75	2.10	1.72
04.09.22	Reading – Stoke	2–1 (1–1)	2.90	3.20	2.50	2.20	1.66

Watford away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
28.01.23	Middlesbrough – Watford	2–0 (2–0)	1.91	3.40	4.33	2.10	1.73
02.01.23	Norwich – Watford	0–1 (0–0)	1.91	3.60	3.80	1.98	1.88
30.12.22	Swansea – Watford	4–0 (1–0)	2.25	3.30	3.25	2.10	1.73
17.12.22	Huddersfield – Watford	0–2 (0–0)	3.75	3.30	2.10	2.20	1.67
12.11.22	Bristol City – Watford	0–0 (0–0)	3.00	3.40	2.37	2.00	1.85
02.11.22	Cardiff – Watford	1–2 (1–1)	2.90	3.20	2.50	2.10	1.72
29.10.22	Wigan – Watford	0–1 (0–0)	3.10	3.25	2.37	2.20	1.66
19.10.22	Millwall – Watford	3–0 (3–0)	2.60	3.20	2.80	2.20	1.66
08.10.22	Blackpool – Watford	3–1 (1–1)	3.20	3.40	2.25	2.10	1.72
02.10.22	Stoke – Watford	0–4 (0–1)	2.50	3.25	2.90	2.10	1.72

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

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Reading winsDrawsWatford wins

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2.00goals / match

0%over 2.5

0%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
08.11.22E1	Watford – Reading	2–0 (1–0)	1.80	3.50	4.50	2.10	1.72

England Championship table 2022/2023, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	29	19	8	2	58	26	+32	65
2	Sheffield United	29	17	7	5	48	24	+24	58
3	Middlesbrough	29	13	6	10	44	35	+9	45
4	Luton	28	12	9	7	36	29	+7	45
5	West Brom	29	12	8	9	39	30	+9	44
6	Watford	29	12	8	9	34	31	+3	44
7	Blackburn	28	14	1	13	31	35	-4	43
8	Norwich	29	12	6	11	40	34	+6	42
9	Millwall	27	12	6	9	33	27	+6	42
10	Sunderland	28	11	8	9	41	32	+9	41
11	Preston	28	11	7	10	26	31	-5	40
12	Swansea	28	10	9	9	40	38	+2	39
13	Coventry	29	10	8	11	31	32	-1	38
14	QPR	29	10	8	11	31	37	-6	38
15	Hull	29	10	7	12	36	44	-8	37
16	Reading	28	11	4	13	31	42	-11	37
17	Bristol City	28	8	9	11	37	38	-1	33
18	Stoke	28	9	6	13	33	37	-4	33
19	Birmingham	28	8	8	12	30	35	-5	32
20	Rotherham	29	7	11	11	33	40	-7	32
21	Cardiff	29	7	8	14	21	32	-11	29
22	Huddersfield	27	7	5	15	25	35	-10	26
23	Blackpool	27	6	8	13	28	40	-12	26
24	Wigan	28	6	7	15	27	49	-22	25

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	15	11	4	0	32	12	+20	37
2	Sheffield United	14	9	3	2	30	13	+17	30
3	Millwall	13	8	3	2	20	8	+12	27
4	Blackburn	13	9	0	4	20	13	+7	27
5	Middlesbrough	14	7	5	2	20	12	+8	26
6	Reading	13	8	2	3	20	14	+6	26
7	West Brom	15	7	4	4	21	14	+7	25
8	Coventry	15	7	4	4	19	14	+5	25
9	Watford	14	7	3	4	20	13	+7	24
10	Rotherham	14	5	5	4	24	17	+7	20
11	Swansea	13	6	2	5	20	16	+4	20
12	Luton	14	4	7	3	19	16	+3	19
13	Sunderland	14	5	4	5	19	16	+3	19
14	Bristol City	15	5	4	6	19	17	+2	19
15	Norwich	15	5	4	6	19	19	0	19
16	QPR	14	5	4	5	17	18	-1	19
17	Hull	15	5	3	7	17	23	-6	18
18	Birmingham	15	4	5	6	18	18	0	17
19	Huddersfield	14	5	2	7	13	14	-1	17
20	Cardiff	15	4	5	6	11	13	-2	17
21	Stoke	14	4	3	7	17	18	-1	15
22	Preston	14	3	4	7	8	18	-10	13
23	Blackpool	13	3	3	7	14	19	-5	12
24	Wigan	15	2	3	10	11	30	-19	9

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	14	8	4	2	26	14	+12	28
2	Sheffield United	15	8	4	3	18	11	+7	28
3	Preston	14	8	3	3	18	13	+5	27
4	Luton	14	8	2	4	17	13	+4	26
5	Norwich	14	7	2	5	21	15	+6	23
6	Sunderland	14	6	4	4	22	16	+6	22
7	Watford	15	5	5	5	14	18	-4	20
8	West Brom	14	5	4	5	18	16	+2	19
9	Middlesbrough	15	6	1	8	24	23	+1	19
10	Swansea	15	4	7	4	20	22	-2	19
11	Hull	14	5	4	5	19	21	-2	19
12	QPR	15	5	4	6	14	19	-5	19
13	Stoke	14	5	3	6	16	19	-3	18
14	Wigan	13	4	4	5	16	19	-3	16
15	Blackburn	15	5	1	9	11	22	-11	16
16	Birmingham	13	4	3	6	12	17	-5	15
17	Millwall	14	4	3	7	13	19	-6	15
18	Bristol City	13	3	5	5	18	21	-3	14
19	Blackpool	14	3	5	6	14	21	-7	14
20	Coventry	14	3	4	7	12	18	-6	13
21	Cardiff	14	3	3	8	10	19	-9	12
22	Rotherham	15	2	6	7	9	23	-14	12
23	Reading	15	3	2	10	11	28	-17	11
24	Huddersfield	13	2	3	8	12	21	-9	9

Reading Watford

Under / Over goals 2022/2023, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	3	Middlesbrough	29	12	17	1.5	1.2	13	6	10	44	35	45
2	12	Swansea	28	12	16	1.4	1.4	10	9	9	40	38	39
3	16	Reading	28	12	16	1.1	1.5	11	4	13	31	42	37
4	1	Burnley	29	14	15	2.0	0.9	19	8	2	58	26	65
5	8	Norwich	29	14	15	1.4	1.2	12	6	11	40	34	42
6	10	Sunderland	28	13	15	1.5	1.1	11	8	9	41	32	41
7	15	Hull	29	14	15	1.2	1.5	10	7	12	36	44	37
8	7	Blackburn	28	14	14	1.1	1.2	14	1	13	31	35	43
9	14	QPR	29	15	14	1.1	1.3	10	8	11	31	37	38
10	20	Rotherham	29	15	14	1.1	1.4	7	11	11	33	40	32
11	24	Wigan	28	14	14	1.0	1.8	6	7	15	27	49	25
12	17	Bristol City	28	15	13	1.3	1.4	8	9	11	37	38	33
13	18	Stoke	28	15	13	1.2	1.3	9	6	13	33	37	33
14	19	Birmingham	28	15	13	1.1	1.2	8	8	12	30	35	32
15	2	Sheffield United	29	17	12	1.7	0.8	17	7	5	48	24	58
16	23	Blackpool	27	15	12	1.0	1.5	6	8	13	28	40	26
17	4	Luton	28	17	11	1.3	1.0	12	9	7	36	29	45
18	6	Watford	29	18	11	1.2	1.1	12	8	9	34	31	44
19	22	Huddersfield	27	16	11	0.9	1.3	7	5	15	25	35	26
20	5	West Brom	29	19	10	1.3	1.0	12	8	9	39	30	44
21	9	Millwall	27	17	10	1.2	1.0	12	6	9	33	27	42
22	11	Preston	28	18	10	0.9	1.1	11	7	10	26	31	40
23	13	Coventry	29	20	9	1.1	1.1	10	8	11	31	32	38
24	21	Cardiff	29	21	8	0.7	1.1	7	8	14	21	32	29

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	1	Burnley	15	6	9	2.1	0.8	11	4	0	32	12	37
2	2	Sheffield United	14	6	8	2.1	0.9	9	3	2	30	13	30
3	10	Sunderland	14	6	8	1.4	1.1	5	4	5	19	16	19
4	12	Swansea	13	5	8	1.5	1.2	6	2	5	20	16	20
5	14	QPR	14	6	8	1.2	1.3	5	4	5	17	18	19
6	15	Hull	15	7	8	1.1	1.5	5	3	7	17	23	18
7	16	Reading	13	5	8	1.5	1.1	8	2	3	20	14	26
8	19	Birmingham	15	7	8	1.2	1.2	4	5	6	18	18	17
9	20	Rotherham	14	6	8	1.7	1.2	5	5	4	24	17	20
10	7	Blackburn	13	6	7	1.5	1.0	9	0	4	20	13	27
11	8	Norwich	15	8	7	1.3	1.3	5	4	6	19	19	19
12	24	Wigan	15	8	7	0.7	2.0	2	3	10	11	30	9
13	3	Middlesbrough	14	8	6	1.4	0.9	7	5	2	20	12	26
14	4	Luton	14	8	6	1.4	1.1	4	7	3	19	16	19
15	6	Watford	14	8	6	1.4	0.9	7	3	4	20	13	24
16	17	Bristol City	15	9	6	1.3	1.1	5	4	6	19	17	19
17	18	Stoke	14	8	6	1.2	1.3	4	3	7	17	18	15
18	23	Blackpool	13	7	6	1.1	1.5	3	3	7	14	19	12
19	9	Millwall	13	8	5	1.5	0.6	8	3	2	20	8	27
20	5	West Brom	15	11	4	1.4	0.9	7	4	4	21	14	25
21	11	Preston	14	10	4	0.6	1.3	3	4	7	8	18	13
22	13	Coventry	15	11	4	1.3	0.9	7	4	4	19	14	25
23	22	Huddersfield	14	10	4	0.9	1.0	5	2	7	13	14	17
24	21	Cardiff	15	12	3	0.7	0.9	4	5	6	11	13	17

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	3	Middlesbrough	15	4	11	1.6	1.5	6	1	8	24	23	19
2	8	Norwich	14	6	8	1.5	1.1	7	2	5	21	15	23
3	12	Swansea	15	7	8	1.3	1.5	4	7	4	20	22	19
4	16	Reading	15	7	8	0.7	1.9	3	2	10	11	28	11
5	7	Blackburn	15	8	7	0.7	1.5	5	1	9	11	22	16
6	10	Sunderland	14	7	7	1.6	1.1	6	4	4	22	16	22
7	15	Hull	14	7	7	1.4	1.5	5	4	5	19	21	19
8	17	Bristol City	13	6	7	1.4	1.6	3	5	5	18	21	14
9	18	Stoke	14	7	7	1.1	1.4	5	3	6	16	19	18
10	22	Huddersfield	13	6	7	0.9	1.6	2	3	8	12	21	9
11	24	Wigan	13	6	7	1.2	1.5	4	4	5	16	19	16
12	1	Burnley	14	8	6	1.9	1.0	8	4	2	26	14	28
13	5	West Brom	14	8	6	1.3	1.1	5	4	5	18	16	19
14	11	Preston	14	8	6	1.3	0.9	8	3	3	18	13	27
15	14	QPR	15	9	6	0.9	1.3	5	4	6	14	19	19
16	20	Rotherham	15	9	6	0.6	1.5	2	6	7	9	23	12
17	23	Blackpool	14	8	6	1.0	1.5	3	5	6	14	21	14
18	4	Luton	14	9	5	1.2	0.9	8	2	4	17	13	26
19	6	Watford	15	10	5	0.9	1.2	5	5	5	14	18	20
20	9	Millwall	14	9	5	0.9	1.4	4	3	7	13	19	15
21	13	Coventry	14	9	5	0.9	1.3	3	4	7	12	18	13
22	19	Birmingham	13	8	5	0.9	1.3	4	3	6	12	17	15
23	21	Cardiff	14	9	5	0.7	1.4	3	3	8	10	19	12
24	2	Sheffield United	15	11	4	1.2	0.7	8	4	3	18	11	28

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.