England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Watford and Reading, taking place on Tuesday, 08 November 2022, at Vicarage Road Stadium in Watford.
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Watford, Recent FormThe 1-0 home defeat to Coventry City will not have sat easily with the Watford squad, who would not have been pleased to squander all three points. They came away from that fixture with 68% of the possession and clocked up 11 attempts on goal with 2 on target. By comparison, Coventry City managed 11 attempts on goal, with 3 on target.
Manager Slaven Bilić will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, with them having scored 9 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 6 goals conceded in the same period. They have shown that they have a consistent appetite for goals at home of late, having clocked up goals in 5 of their last 6 matches at Vicarage Road Stadium. Bilić will be slightly concerned about his defence, after only managing 1 clean sheet in their last 6 home games.
They have had a good run of form recently, winning 4 out of their last 6 games.
Reading, Recent FormThe Reading players will be feeling somewhat disenchanted with their inability to pick up any points from their home fixture against Preston North End recently, that ended in a 2-1 defeat. They achieved 46% possession in that match and had 11 strikes at goal, with 2 hitting the target, up against Preston North End's tally of 10 efforts at goal, 4 of which were on target.
They have circumvented their opponent's defence to score 6 times in their last 6 league games but unfortunately haven't managed to lock things down at their end, conceding 9 goals in these games and, in the process, missing out on some valuable points. Chalking up goals on the road is something their fans have become accustomed to, with them hitting the net in 4 of their last 6 matches.
They will be looking to try and improve on a largely bad set of recent results that have seen them defeated in 4 of their last 6 league matches, with just a single victory recorded. It's fair to say they'll need a serious change of form if they want to start moving up the table.
With 3 goals scored in his last 6 away games for Reading, Tom Ince will be looking to add more goals against Watford in this match.
Last time these two teams met in the league it ended in disappointment for Reading, losing 2-0 to Watford.
Playing at home, Watford have conceded at least one goal in 2 of their last 3 league games against Reading.
Reading has a poor track record in the league when they visit Watford, losing in their last 2 games.
Watford manager Slaven Bilić has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Tom Cleverley (Achilles tendon), Imrân Louza (Broken leg), Rey Manaj (Leg) and Jeremy Ngakia (Hamstring) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Reading manager Paul Ince has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Femi Azeez (Hamstring), Scott Dann (Calf), Sam Hutchinson (Hamstring), Liam Moore (Lack of fitness) and Naby Sarr (Groin) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Watford Playing at home | Reading Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | Goals scored | 0.7 |
| 1.1 | Goals conceded | 1.8 |
| 30' | Time first goal scored | 38' |
| 36' | Time first goal conceded | 28' |
| 2.3 | Yellow cards | 1.8 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3.2 | Subs used | 2.7 |
| 4-0 | Biggest victory | 1-0 |
| 3-2 | Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
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