Watford 4-1 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 14 March 2015

Result

Watford 4-1 Reading

Championship · Saturday 14 March 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Watford 4-1 Reading: match report

Watford beat Reading 4-1 in the Championship on Saturday 14 March 2015. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Almen Abdi opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Watford's goals came from Almen Abdi (1'), M. Vydra (39'), Troy Deeney (48') and F. Forestieri (85'). Reading scored through Jem Karacan (70').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Watford were 3rd on 66 points from 36 and Reading 16th on 43 points from 36. Watford went on to finish that season 3rd with 89 points, and Reading 20th with 49.

Watford lined up in a 3-5-2 and Reading in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Watford wins, 4 draws and 3 for Reading.

Going into the match Watford's last five read D-W-W-W-L and Reading's W-D-L-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Almen AbdiWatford · 1-0
  • 39'Goal · M. VydraWatford · 2-0
  • 48'Goal · Troy DeeneyWatford · 3-0
  • 70'Goal · Jem KaracanReading · 3-1
  • 85'Goal · F. ForestieriWatford · 4-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 3, draws 4, Reading 3.

Team news

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Watford expected line-up (3-5-2)

Heurelho Gomes, Joel Ekstrand, Craig Cathcart, Ikechi Anya, Dániel Tőzsér, J. Paredes, Almen Abdi, Gianni Munari, Troy Deeney

Reading expected line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Stephen Kelly, Alex Pearce, Jordan Obita, Jem Karacan, Hal Robson-Kanu, Garath McCleary