Reading vs Watford Prediction and Betting Tips

Reading

Reading

W L W W W D

Championship

Regular Season

Sat , Oct 03 , 2020 16:00


Madejski Stadium

1 - 0

Watford

Watford

L D L W L L
Reading

Reading

W L W W
Watford

Watford

L D L W

1 - 0


Reading vs Watford - Match Preview

Reading host Watford in the fourth week of the Championship at the Madejski Stadium (Reading) on Saturday, October 3 and the match kicks off at 3pm (UK).

Reading VS Watford - Betting Preview

MATCH PREVIEW

Two quick goals before half-time helped Reading to a routine win over Derby County at Pride Park on the opening day and their 2-0 victory in the second week against nine-man Barnsley was their first home Championship win since the end of February. The Royals maintained their perfect start to their Championship season with victory at Cardiff City (1-2) and are now joint-top of the league with Bristol.

Watford are not too far away in the fifth place with seven points. Their two home victories against Middlesbrough and Luton were narrow 1-0 wins and draw against Sheffield was a goalless affair. They haven't exactly set the league on fire on their return, but they haven't conceded yet either. Those were three solid performances and they are definitely building the momentum.

MATCH ANALYSIS

Reading are 2nd in the table on goal difference below  Bristol City after three consecutive wins and three clean sheets. For the Royals, that elusive X-factor from the previous seasons could be the huge team-work, where everybody knows and understands their role, and especially the ability to adapt during the games. Their identity is still forging,but they have a game plan and they stick to it.

Worth mentioning is that fit-again Lucas Joao will be like a new signing for manager Veljko Paunovic, as the Royals are building their momentum.To further boost his options, Paunovic have signed young Everton defender Gibson on a season-loan and Atletico Madrid's midfielder Rodrigo Riquelme is also closing in on a loan move. Both should be good additions as Paunovic's side are looking to make it four successive wins in the league and to retain their spot at the summit after the Watford match on Saturday.

Now, Watford  almost managed to stay up last season, but it wasn’t meant to be, as the Hornets ended their five-year stay in the Premier League. They are back in the Championship and in former Serbian international Vladimir Ivić have a  relatively unknown new manager. They are definitely looking to get back immediately to top flight and will hope that a new manager can set the foundations to their quick return to Premier League.

Vladimir Ivic's Hornets are still yet to concede in the league this season and have seven points from three games, bouncing back from their surprise midweek Carabao Cup defeat against League Two side Newport (3-1). Another positive to take from the Luton match was a first start of the season to Ismaila Sarr, who was heavily linked with Liverpool and who will now be a massively important player for Ivic's side.He said afterwards that this was a much better performance than the previous ones. With that in mind, they will be a tough opponent for the leaders on Saturday.



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Reading VS Watford BETTING TIPS

And now, for some facts and stats. So far, the two sides have met 17 times. The Royals have won 3 and the Hornets won 6 matches , while another 8 matches ended in a draw. Over the last year Reading played 38 matches (W16-D10-L12), while Watford have a ratio of W10-D10-L11 in their last year's 31 fixtures in all competitions.

Reading have won 40% of their last 20 home league games (W8-D5-L7) and Watford have lost 53% of their last 15 away league games (W2-D5-L8).

In their 17 H2H's, Reading kept only 2 clean sheets against Watford at home (W1-D1), while Watford scored in 7 out of 9 games away at Reading (W4-D3-L0).

Both teams have scored in 7 out of 17 H2H's (three times with Reading as hosts, all three draws) and 45% of Reading's last 20 home games finished with Both teams scoring (W1-D5-L3), while Watford had 40% of BTTS in the same period (W0-D4-L4)

Finally, when these sides have faced each other, there has been an average of 2.29  goals per game. Out of these, Reading have scored an average of 0.94 goals, while Watford have averaged 1.35.

My prediction: Under 2.5 goals


Bet: Under 2.5

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Under 2.5

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4-2-3-1

Watford


5-4-1

Reading VS Watford H2H STATS

H2H STATS

Reading

Watford

3

2 DRAW

5

BTTS (%)

4 YES

6 NO

Over 3.5 goals

2 YES

8 NO

Over 2.5 goals

3 YES

7 NO

Over 1.5 goals

7 YES

3 NO

Average goals scored

0.9

1.6

LAST 10 H2H MATCHES

09.04.2021. Watford VS Reading 2-0
03.10.2020. Reading VS Watford 1-0
29.08.2018. Reading VS Watford 0-2
14.03.2015. Watford VS Reading 4-1
20.12.2014. Reading VS Watford 0-1
11.01.2014. Watford VS Reading 0-1
17.08.2013. Reading VS Watford 3-3
14.01.2012. Watford VS Reading 1-2
10.09.2011. Reading VS Watford 0-2
19.02.2011. Reading VS Watford 1-1

form and standings

Reading

02.10.2021. Cardiff VS Reading 0-1
W
29.09.2021. Derby County VS Reading 1-0
L
25.09.2021. Reading VS Middlesbrough 1-0
W
18.09.2021. Fulham VS Reading 1-2
W
14.09.2021. Reading VS Peterborough United 3-1
W
11.09.2021. Reading VS QPR 3-3
D
28.08.2021. Huddersfield VS Reading 4-0
L
21.08.2021. Coventry VS Reading 2-1
L
17.08.2021. Reading VS Bristol City 2-3
L
14.08.2021. Reading VS Preston 2-1
W
25.09.2021. Reading VS Middlesbrough 1-0
W
14.09.2021. Reading VS Peterborough United 3-1
W
11.09.2021. Reading VS QPR 3-3
D
17.08.2021. Reading VS Bristol City 2-3
L
14.08.2021. Reading VS Preston 2-1
W
10.08.2021. Reading VS Swansea 0-3
L
31.07.2021. Reading VS Crystal Palace 1-3
L
24.07.2021. Reading VS Charlton Athletic 1-1
D
21.07.2021. Reading VS West Ham 0-3
L
10.07.2021. Reading VS Lincoln City 1-0
W
02.10.2021. Cardiff VS Reading 0-1
W
29.09.2021. Derby County VS Reading 1-0
L
18.09.2021. Fulham VS Reading 1-2
W
28.08.2021. Huddersfield VS Reading 4-0
L
21.08.2021. Coventry VS Reading 2-1
L
07.08.2021. Stoke VS Reading 3-2
L
01.05.2021. Norwich VS Reading 4-1
L
21.04.2021. Luton Town VS Reading 0-0
D
09.04.2021. Watford VS Reading 2-0
L
02.04.2021. Barnsley VS Reading 1-1
D

Watford

02.10.2021. Leeds VS Watford 1-0
L
25.09.2021. Watford VS Newcastle 1-1
D
21.09.2021. Watford VS Stoke 1-3
L
18.09.2021. Norwich VS Watford 1-3
W
11.09.2021. Watford VS Wolves 0-2
L
29.08.2021. Tottenham VS Watford 1-0
L
24.08.2021. Watford VS Crystal Palace 1-0
W
21.08.2021. Brighton VS Watford 2-0
L
14.08.2021. Watford VS Aston Villa 3-2
W
07.08.2021. Crystal Palace VS Watford 3-1
L
25.09.2021. Watford VS Newcastle 1-1
D
21.09.2021. Watford VS Stoke 1-3
L
11.09.2021. Watford VS Wolves 0-2
L
24.08.2021. Watford VS Crystal Palace 1-0
W
14.08.2021. Watford VS Aston Villa 3-2
W
24.07.2021. Watford VS West Brom 0-0
D
24.07.2021. Watford VS Brentford 1-3
L
17.07.2021. Watford VS Colchester United 2-1
W
08.05.2021. Watford VS Swansea 2-0
W
24.04.2021. Watford VS Millwall 1-0
W
02.10.2021. Leeds VS Watford 1-0
L
18.09.2021. Norwich VS Watford 1-3
W
29.08.2021. Tottenham VS Watford 1-0
L
21.08.2021. Brighton VS Watford 2-0
L
07.08.2021. Crystal Palace VS Watford 3-1
L
27.07.2021. Stevenage VS Watford 1-1
D
01.05.2021. Brentford VS Watford 2-0
L
20.04.2021. Norwich VS Watford 0-1
W
17.04.2021. Luton Town VS Watford 1-0
L
05.04.2021. Middlesbrough VS Watford 1-1
D

STATS (LAST 10 MATCHES)

Reading

WIN

DRAW

LOSS

5 WIN

1 DRAW

4 LOSS

BTTS (YES/NO)

6 YES

4 NO

CLEAN SHEETS (YES/NO)

2 YES

8 NO

SCORED A GOAL (YES/NO)

8 YES

2 NO

OVER 1.5 GOALS (YES/NO)

7 YES

3 NO

OVER 2.5 GOALS (YES/NO)

7 YES

3 NO

OVER 3.5 GOALS (YES/NO)

4 YES

6 NO

AVERAGE TOTAL GOALS: 3.1
AVERAGE SCORED GOALS: 1.5
AVERAGE CONCEDED GOALS: 1.6

WIN

DRAW

LOSS

4 WIN

2 DRAW

4 LOSS

BTTS (YES/NO)

6 YES

4 NO

CLEAN SHEETS (YES/NO)

2 YES

8 NO

SCORED A GOAL (YES/NO)

8 YES

2 NO

OVER 1.5 GOALS (YES/NO)

8 YES

2 NO

OVER 2.5 GOALS (YES/NO)

7 YES

3 NO

OVER 3.5 GOALS (YES/NO)

4 YES

6 NO

AVERAGE TOTAL GOALS: 3.2
AVERAGE SCORED GOALS: 1.4
AVERAGE CONCEDED GOALS: 1.8

WIN

DRAW

LOSS

2 WIN

2 DRAW

6 LOSS

BTTS (YES/NO)

5 YES

5 NO

CLEAN SHEETS (YES/NO)

2 YES

8 NO

SCORED A GOAL (YES/NO)

6 YES

4 NO

OVER 1.5 GOALS (YES/NO)

7 YES

3 NO

OVER 2.5 GOALS (YES/NO)

5 YES

5 NO

OVER 3.5 GOALS (YES/NO)

3 YES

7 NO

AVERAGE TOTAL GOALS: 2.6
AVERAGE SCORED GOALS: 0.8
AVERAGE CONCEDED GOALS: 1.8
Watford

WIN

DRAW

LOSS

3 WIN

1 DRAW

6 LOSS

BTTS (YES/NO)

5 YES

5 NO

CLEAN SHEETS (YES/NO)

1 YES

9 NO

SCORED A GOAL (YES/NO)

6 YES

4 NO

OVER 1.5 GOALS (YES/NO)

7 YES

3 NO

OVER 2.5 GOALS (YES/NO)

4 YES

6 NO

OVER 3.5 GOALS (YES/NO)

4 YES

6 NO

AVERAGE TOTAL GOALS: 2.6
AVERAGE SCORED GOALS: 1.0
AVERAGE CONCEDED GOALS: 1.6

WIN

DRAW

LOSS

5 WIN

2 DRAW

3 LOSS

BTTS (YES/NO)

5 YES

5 NO

CLEAN SHEETS (YES/NO)

4 YES

6 NO

SCORED A GOAL (YES/NO)

8 YES

2 NO

OVER 1.5 GOALS (YES/NO)

7 YES

3 NO

OVER 2.5 GOALS (YES/NO)

4 YES

6 NO

OVER 3.5 GOALS (YES/NO)

3 YES

7 NO

AVERAGE TOTAL GOALS: 2.4
AVERAGE SCORED GOALS: 1.2
AVERAGE CONCEDED GOALS: 1.2

WIN

DRAW

LOSS

2 WIN

2 DRAW

6 LOSS

BTTS (YES/NO)

4 YES

6 NO

CLEAN SHEETS (YES/NO)

1 YES

9 NO

SCORED A GOAL (YES/NO)

5 YES

5 NO

OVER 1.5 GOALS (YES/NO)

6 YES

4 NO

OVER 2.5 GOALS (YES/NO)

2 YES

8 NO

OVER 3.5 GOALS (YES/NO)

2 YES

8 NO

AVERAGE TOTAL GOALS: 2.0
AVERAGE SCORED GOALS: 0.7
AVERAGE CONCEDED GOALS: 1.3

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Wyatt Beckley

Wyatt Beckley

Wyatt grew up in the suburbs of London and he is a big Chelsea fan. As a young boy, he found his love for football, which became an obsession, but when he tried playing it he soon realized that he just wasn't talented enough. Bearing that in mind, Wyatt decided to learn everything there is to know about all the teams and players, with special focus on Premier League and Championship . Wyatt has a big affection for Championship and he is well versed in all the teams and knows their advantages and weak spots very well. He is an economist, and being one makes him good with numbers and also good with the odds. His specialty are BTTS matches.

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