| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watford | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5/15 | 4-6 |
| Reading | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 8/15 | 10-8 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 16 finished meetings (2009-09-26 – 2023-02-04) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-04 | Reading | 2-2 | Watford |
| 2023-01-07 | Reading | 2-0 | Watford |
| 2022-11-08 | Watford | 2-0 | Reading |
| 2021-04-09 | Watford | 2-0 | Reading |
| 2020-10-03 | Reading | 1-0 | Watford |
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2024-07-06
The head-to-head ledger counts 16 games: 7 Watford wins, 4 for Reading, 5 draws, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 38% of those meetings. These meetings skew tight — only 31% saw more than two goals.
The venue was The Middlesex Stadium, with room for 21,400 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 0-2.
Reading: A. Akande (64'), J. Wareham (72')
