FA Cup · ENG · Round 3

Reading
2 - 0 Full time
Watford

Select Car Leasing Stadium · Reading, Berkshire

Lineups

Reading3-4-1-2
DB21Bouzanis
AS27Mbengue
SD6Dann
NS24Sarr
KA30⚽Abrefa
AR12↓86'Baba
TM5McIntyre
SH4↓46'Hutchinson
FA15↓70'Azeez
SL7⚽Long
LJ9↓79'Joao
MO35Okoye
MP32Pollock
WT5Troost-Ekong
FS31Sierralta
MG3↓46'Gaspar
YA18Asprilla
IK11Kone
JM42Morris
JH36↓75'Hungbo
MA49Poku
AB50↓46'Blake
Watford3-4-3

Reading substitutes

22 Mamadou Loum Ndiaye ↑46'
2 Andy Carroll ↑70'
36 Michael Craig ↑79'
18 Nesta Guinness-Walker ↑86'
1 Joe Lumley
34 Louie Holzman
32 Nelson Abbey
46 Jack Senga-Ngoyi
40 Rashawn Scott

Coach: Paul Ince

Watford substitutes

25 Leandro Bacuna ↓54'↑46'
57 Ryan Andrews ↑46'
53 Jack Grieves ↑54'
54 Tobi Adeyemo ↑75'
26 Ben Hamer
51 Harry Amass
58 Damani Hunter

Coach: Slaven Bilic · Unavailable: Daniel Bachmann (injury)

Match events

13'Sam Hutchinson
45+3'Kelvin Abrefa 1 - 0⚽
Second half
46'↑ Mamadou Loum Ndiaye ↓ Sam Hutchinson⇄
46'↑ Ryan Andrews ↓ Mario Gaspar⇄
46'↑ Leandro Bacuna ↓ Adrian Blake⇄
54'↑ Jack Grieves ↓ Leandro Bacuna⇄
59'James Morris
69'Amadou Salif Mbengue
70'↑ Andy Carroll ↓ Femi Azeez⇄
75'↑ Tobi Adeyemo ↓ Joseph Hungbo⇄
79'↑ Michael Craig ↓ Lucas Joao⇄
86'↑ Nesta Guinness-Walker ↓ Abdul Rahman Baba⇄
86'Michael Adu Poku
90+3'Shane Long assist: Tom McIntyre 2 - 0⚽

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Match details

CompetitionFA Cup
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 7 January 2023, 12:30 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

3Reading wins4Draws6Watford wins

13 past meetings on record. Biggest Reading win: Watford 4–1 Reading (2015). Biggest Watford win: Reading 0–2 Watford (2018).

4 Feb 2023Reading 2 - 2 WatfordChampionship
8 Nov 2022Watford 2 - 0 ReadingChampionship
9 Apr 2021Watford 2 - 0 ReadingChampionship
3 Oct 2020Reading 1 - 0 WatfordChampionship
29 Aug 2018Reading 0 - 2 WatfordEFL Cup
14 Mar 2015Watford 4 - 1 ReadingChampionship
20 Dec 2014Reading 0 - 1 WatfordChampionship
11 Jan 2014Watford 0 - 1 ReadingChampionship
17 Aug 2013Reading 3 - 3 WatfordChampionship
14 Jan 2012Watford 1 - 2 ReadingChampionship
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10 Sep 2011Reading 0 - 2 WatfordChampionship
19 Feb 2011Reading 1 - 1 WatfordChampionship
20 Nov 2010Watford 1 - 1 ReadingChampionship