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Watford 2-2 Reading - September 20, 2008 / Championship 2008/2009

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Championship 2008/2009 - Round 7

Vicarage Road - Watford - England

September 20, 2008

14 761

Watford

2 - 2

Reading

Assist by John-Joe O'Toole (right foot) Tommy Smith

57'

Assist by Will Hoskins (left foot) John-Joe O'Toole

64'

13'

John Eustace (o.g)

87'

Stephen Hunt (penalty)

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4' - Substitution Mart Poomis substituted by Scott Loach4

13' - Own goal John Eustace

34' - Substitution Jobi McAnuffis substituted by Lionel Ainsworth34

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56' - Substitution Noel Huntis substituted by Shane Long

57' - Goal Tommy Smith57

64' - Goal John-Joe O'Toole64

78' - Substitution John-Joe O'Tooleis substituted by Al Bangura78

87' - Goal Stephen Hunt

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Watford

2 - 2

Reading

Watford Reading

Team line-ups

Watford

Poom4

Mart Poom

Estonia

B.date03/02/1972

Age36 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

DeMerit

Jay DeMerit

United States

B.date04/12/1979

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Bromby

Leigh Bromby

England

B.date02/06/1980

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

Mariappa

Adrian Mariappa

Jamaica

B.date03/10/1986

Age21 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Harley

Jon Harley

England

B.date26/09/1979

Age28 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

O'Toole6478

John-Joe O'Toole

England

B.date30/09/1988

Age19 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

Smith57

Tommy Smith

England

B.date22/05/1980

Age28 years

H1m79

positionVersatile Midfielder

Williamson

Lee Williamson

Jamaica

B.date07/06/1982

Age26 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

Eustace13

John Eustace

England

B.date03/11/1979

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

McAnuff34

Jobi McAnuff

Jamaica

B.date09/11/1981

Age26 years

H1m81

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Hoskins

Will Hoskins

England

B.date06/05/1986

Age22 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mart Poom	4	36	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jay DeMerit		28	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Leigh Bromby		28	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Adrian Mariappa		21	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jon Harley		28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John-Joe O'Toole	6478	19	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Smith	57	28	208	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Williamson		26	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Eustace	13	28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jobi McAnuff	34	26	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Will Hoskins		22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Reading

Hahnemann

Marcus Hahnemann

United States

B.date15/06/1972

Age36 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Pearce

Alex Pearce

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/11/1988

Age19 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

Bikey

André Bikey

Cameroon

B.date08/01/1985

Age23 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Armstrong

Chris Armstrong

Scotland

B.date05/08/1982

Age26 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Rosenior

Liam Rosenior

England

B.date09/07/1984

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Harper

James Harper

England

B.date09/11/1980

Age27 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Kébé

Jimmy Kébé

Mali

B.date19/01/1984

Age24 years

H1m88

positionRight Midfielder

Karacan

Jem Karacan

Turkey

B.date21/02/1989

Age19 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

S. Hunt87

Stephen Hunt

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/08/1981

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Noel Hunt56

Noel Hunt

Republic of Ireland

B.date26/12/1982

Age25 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Doyle

Kevin Doyle

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/09/1983

Age25 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Marcus Hahnemann		36	270	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alex Pearce		19	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	André Bikey		23	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Armstrong		26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Liam Rosenior		24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Harper		27	275	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Kébé		24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jem Karacan		19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Hunt	87	27	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Noel Hunt	56	25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Doyle		25	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Scott Loach	4	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Al Bangura	78	20	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lionel Ainsworth	34	20	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Shane Long	56	21	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Will Hoskins

Tamás Priskin

OUT

Adrian Mariappa

Lloyd Doyley

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Adrian Boothroyd

167

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Boothroyd vs Reading

1 victory

4 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on September 20, 2008

Boothroyd vs Coppell

1 victory

4 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on September 20, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Coppell

239

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Coppell vs Watford

5 victories

5 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on September 20, 2008

Coppell vs Boothroyd

0 victory

4 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on September 20, 2008

Referee

Stuart Attwell

1 victory	2 draws	3 losses	Watford6 matches	General total	Reading7 matches	2 victories	3 draws	2 losses
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Watford1 match	Season total	Reading2 matches	0 victory	2 draws	0 loss
Latest figure on February 13, 2024					Latest figure on January 05, 2019

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Key figures

The last time Reading has ended with the score 2-2 in Championship, It was on the 31/12/2005 (vs )

End of streak for Watford after 4 matches without conceding any goal vs Reading (since 27/08/2005). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 21/09/2004 (2 matches)

Watford keeps its 3 consecutive draws vs Reading in Championship running (since 27/08/2005). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 23 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LWatford 0-2 Hull City11/05/2008

VWatford 1-0 Bristol Rovers12/08/2008

VWatford 1-0 Charlton16/08/2008

VWatford 2-1 Darlington 1883-201226/08/2008

VWatford 2-1 Ipswich Town30/08/2008

LWatford 1-2 Plymouth16/09/2008

Overall

VWatford 1-0 Charlton16/08/2008

LNottingham Forest 3-2 Watford23/08/2008

VWatford 2-1 Darlington 1883-201226/08/2008

VWatford 2-1 Ipswich Town30/08/2008

LSheffield Wednesday 2-0 Watford13/09/2008

LWatford 1-2 Plymouth16/09/2008

Current form

Away

DWigan 0-0 Reading26/04/2008

VDerby County 0-4 Reading11/05/2008

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Reading10/08/2008

VDagenham and Redbridge 1-2 Reading12/08/2008

LCharlton 4-2 Reading23/08/2008

LIpswich Town 2-0 Reading13/09/2008

Overall

VReading 2-0 Plymouth16/08/2008

LCharlton 4-2 Reading23/08/2008

VReading 5-1 Luton Town26/08/2008

VReading 4-2 Crystal Palace30/08/2008

LIpswich Town 2-0 Reading13/09/2008

VReading 6-0 Sheffield Wednesday16/09/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	10	7
Scoring streak	5	1
Conceding streak	3	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	3	7
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	6
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
2	Victories (Competition total)	3
2	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
3	Losses (Competition total)	2
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

6	Goals scored (Competition total)	14
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
8	Goals conceded (Competition total)	8
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	6
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.33
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.67
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.33
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
1-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (1 times)

Bookings

10	Yellow cards (Competition total)	6
7	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	5
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Tommy Smith	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Kevin Doyle
John-Joe O'Toole	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Ibrahima Sonko
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Stephen Hunt
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Stephen Hunt
Tommy Smith	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	5 assists	Stephen Hunt
Tommy Smith	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Bobby Convey
Tommy Smith	3 goals, 1 assist during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	6 goals, 1 assist during the last 3 matches	Kevin Doyle

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

4 v

6 d

4 l

21 gf

19 ga

Away

13 matches

4 v

3 d

6 l

14 gf

16 ga

Total

27 matches

8 v

9 d

10 l

35 gf

35 ga

Historical head to head

Home

13 matches

6 v

3 d

4 l

16 gf

14 ga

Away

14 matches

4 v

6 d

4 l

19 gf

21 ga

Total

27 matches

10 v

9 d

8 l

35 gf

35 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 06, 1971
Home	5 - 0	January 06, 1971

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	December 26, 2004
Away	3 - 0	April 30, 2003

Latest head to head

May 05, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Reading

0 - 2

Watford

December 09, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Watford

0 - 0

Reading

March 11, 2006 - Championship 2005/2006

Reading

0 - 0

Watford

August 27, 2005 - Championship 2005/2006

Watford

0 - 0

Reading

December 26, 2004 - Championship 2004/2005

Reading

3 - 0

Watford

Best historical scorers against Reading

Paul Furlong	2 goals	1992 - 1992
Marlon King	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Hamer Bouazza	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Gerard Lavin	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Lee Cook	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Danny Shittu	1 goal	2007 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/1992. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Watford

Steve Sidwell	3 goals	2003 - 2004
Lloyd Owusu	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Tony Rougier	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Darius Henderson	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Ady Williams	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Ibrahima Sonko	1 goal	2004 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/1992. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Lloyd Doyley	7 matches	2002 - 2007
Ashley Young	7 matches	2004 - 2006
Gavin Mahon	6 matches	2003 - 2007
Neil Cox	6 matches	2002 - 2004
Neal Ardley	5 matches	2002 - 2004
Jay DeMerit	4 matches	2004 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/1992. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Marcus Hahnemann	10 matches	2002 - 2007
James Harper	9 matches	2002 - 2007
Steve Sidwell	9 matches	2003 - 2007
Nicky Shorey	9 matches	2002 - 2007
Ívar Ingimarsson	8 matches	2003 - 2007
Andy Hughes	7 matches	2002 - 2004