England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Reading and Watford, taking place on Saturday, 04 February 2023, at Select Car Leasing Stadium in Reading.
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Reading, Recent FormBuilding up confidence within his squad will be a priority for Reading supremo Paul Ince after sustaining a heavy 4-0 away loss to Stoke City. In that game they had 61% possession and managed 7 attempts on goal, with 3 on target, compared to Stoke City who had 16 attempts and 7 on target.
Having lost 12 goals in their past 6 matches, Ince will surely be casting a critical eye over his defensive line, even though his team managed to pick up some points along the way due to the 7 goals they scored. They are showing great consistency at Select Car Leasing Stadium in finding the back of the net, having scored in 5 of their last 6 home games. With just 2 clean sheets in the last 6 matches at home, Ince will be worried about the defensive frailties within his team of late.
Having drawn 2 of their last 6 games they have at least put some points on the table, but they will not be overly happy with only 1 win.
Watford, Recent FormThe 2-0 away defeat to Middlesbrough will not have sat easily with the Watford squad, who would not have been pleased to squander all three points. Their share of possession in that meeting was 43%, while racking up 11 shots along the way, 4 of which were on target. Middlesbrough had 14 shots on goal with 6 on target.
Slaven Bilić will be quite satisfied with his squad's offensive prowess in recent performances. They have managed to notch up 4 goals from their last 6 outings. However, the manager will know they have work to do at the back where they have let in 9 goals and, as a result, lost some important points. Away from home, they have become reasonably solid at the back with 3 clean sheets in their last 6 away outings.
Having lost 3 of their last 6 matches and recorded only 2 victories, this has to be seen as a poor run of results.
Goalscorer João Pedro will be planning to get himself on the scoresheet once more, having notched up 4 goals in his last 6 league matches for Watford.
Reading suffered the disappointment of a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Watford the last time they met in the league.
Ahead of this match, Reading won't like the look of their goal stats, having failed to secure a goal in their last 2 meetings against The Hornets. The Royals have struggled to break down the Watford defence in their past encounters having only managed to find the back of the net 2 times in their last 5 meetings. Playing at home, Reading have conceded at least one goal in 2 of their last 3 league games against Watford.
Watford has won the last 2 games they've played against Reading in the league.
Reading manager Paul Ince has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Andy Carroll (Ankle), Sam Hutchinson (Achilles tendon), Liam Moore (Hamstring) and Dejan Tetek (Leg) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Slaven Bilić has a number of injury concerns in his Watford squad to contend with: Tom Cleverley (Achilles tendon), Keinan Davis (Illness), Tom Dele-Bashiru (Ligament), Dan Gosling (Achilles tendon), Kortney Hause (Knee), Edo Kayembe (Calf), Imrân Louza (Broken leg) and João Pedro (Ankle)
Reading Playing at home | Watford Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | Goals scored | 0.9 |
| 1.1 | Goals conceded | 1.2 |
| 36' | Time first goal scored | 46' |
| 49' | Time first goal conceded | 23' |
| 2.3 | Yellow cards | 1.9 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3.2 | Subs used | 3.6 |
| 3-0 | Biggest victory | 4-0 |
| 3-0 | Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
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