Watford 2-2 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 20 September 2008
Result
Watford 2-2 Reading
Championship · Saturday 20 September 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Watford 2-2 Reading: match report
Watford drew with Reading 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 20 September 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Watford's goals came from Mark Smith (57') and John-Joe O'Toole (64'). Reading scored through an own goal by John Eustace (13') and Noel Hunt (87', penalty).
Discipline: Watford received 4 yellow cards; Reading received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 15th on 7 points from 6 and Reading 5th on 10 points from 6. Watford went on to finish that season 13th with 58 points, and Reading 5th with 77.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 3 draws and 0 for Reading.
Going into the match Watford's last five read L-L-W-L-W and Reading's W-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 13'Own goal · John Eustace
- 13'Yellow card · W. Hoskins
- 13'Yellow card · Jobi McAnuff
- 33'Yellow card · Jem Karacan
- 56'Yellow card · Chris Armstrong
- 57'Goal · Mark Smith
- 64'Goal · John-Joe O'Toole
- 65'Yellow card · Ingo Goetze
- 65'Yellow card · John-Joe O'Toole
- 83'Yellow card · Jon Harley
- 84'Yellow card · Andre Bikey
- 87'Penalty goal · Noel Hunt
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford expected line-up
Ben Foster, Daniel Shittu, Jordan Stewart, Lloyd Doyley, Jay DeMerit, Douglas Rinaldi, Gavin Mahon, Alhassan Bangura, Damien Francis, Tommy Smith, Marlon King
Reading expected line-up (4-4-2)
Marcus Hahnemann, Ivar Ingimarsson, Nicky Shorey, Michael Duberry, James Harper, Noel Hunt, Dave Kitson, Leroy Lita, Liam Rosenior