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Reading 2-1 Watford - November 29, 2003 / First Division 2003/2004

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First Division 2003/2004 - Round 21

Madejski Stadium - Reading - England

November 29, 2003

14 521

Reading

2 - 1

Watford

(o.g) Neil Cox

59'

Steve Sidwell

88'

60'

Lee Cook

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45' - Substitution Danny Webberis substituted by Lee Cook

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59' - Own goal Neil Cox59

60' - Goal Lee Cook

63' - Substitution John Salakois substituted by Nathan Tyson63

73' - Substitution Andy Hughesis substituted by Scott Murray73

88' - Goal Steve Sidwell88

89' - Substitution Micah Hydeis substituted by Bruce Dyer

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Reading

2 - 1

Watford

Reading Watford

Team line-ups

Reading

Hahnemann

Marcus Hahnemann

United States

B.date15/06/1972

Age31 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Mackie

John Mackie

England

B.date05/07/1976

Age27 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Ingimarsson

Ívar Ingimarsson

Iceland

B.date20/08/1977

Age26 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Shorey

Nicky Shorey

England

B.date19/02/1981

Age22 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Murty

Graeme Murty

Scotland

B.date13/11/1974

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Watson

Kevin Watson

England

B.date03/01/1974

Age29 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Hughes73

Andy Hughes

England

B.date02/01/1978

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

Salako63

John Salako

England

B.date11/02/1969

Age34 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Savage

Basir Savage

England

B.date07/01/1982

Age21 years

H1m93

positionCentre Midfield

Sidwell88

Steve Sidwell

England

B.date14/12/1982

Age20 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Forster

Nicky Forster

England

B.date08/09/1973

Age30 years

H1m73

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Marcus Hahnemann		31	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Mackie		27	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ívar Ingimarsson		26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Shorey		22	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Murty		29	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Watson		29	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Hughes	73	25	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Salako	63	34	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Basir Savage		21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Sidwell	88	20	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicky Forster		30	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Watford

Pidgeley

Lenny Pidgeley

England

B.date07/02/1984

Age19 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

Brown

Wayne Brown

England

B.date20/08/1977

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Cox59

Neil Cox

England

B.date08/10/1971

Age32 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Smith

Jack Smith

England

B.date14/10/1983

Age20 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Hyde89

Micah Hyde

Jamaica

B.date10/11/1974

Age29 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Vernazza

Paolo Vernazza

England

B.date01/11/1979

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Ardley

Neal Ardley

England

B.date01/09/1972

Age31 years

H1m75

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Devlin

Paul Devlin

Scotland

B.date14/04/1972

Age31 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Webber45

Danny Webber

England

B.date28/12/1981

Age21 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Fitzgerald

Scott Fitzgerald

England

B.date18/11/1979

Age24 years

H1m81

positionStriker

Gayle

Marcus Gayle

Jamaica

B.date27/09/1970

Age33 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Lenny Pidgeley		19	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wayne Brown		26	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Neil Cox	59	32	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jack Smith		20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Micah Hyde	89	29	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paolo Vernazza		24	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neal Ardley		31	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Devlin		31	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Danny Webber	45	21	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Scott Fitzgerald		24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcus Gayle		33	97	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Scott Murray	73	29	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Nathan Tyson	63	21	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Lee Cook	6045	21	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Bruce Dyer	89	28	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Basir Savage

Scott Murray

OUT

John Mackie

Ricky Newman

OUT

Kevin Watson

James Harper

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Coppell

Success rate in this team:

64 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Coppell vs Watford

3 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on November 29, 2003

Coppell vs Lewington

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 29, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Ray Lewington

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Lewington vs Reading

2 victories

0 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on November 29, 2003

Lewington vs Coppell

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on November 29, 2003

Referee

Peter Walton

2 victories	6 draws	4 losses	Reading12 matches	General total	Watford11 matches	3 victories	3 draws	5 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Reading2 matches	Season total	Watford1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 19, 2011					Latest figure on March 24, 2012

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Key figures

Reading keeps its 3 consecutive wins vs Watford running (since 23/11/2002). It's a record streak. The first of history

Reading keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 14/10/2003). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 28/01/2003-16/08/2003 time period (11 matches).

End of streak for Watford after 3 consecutive matches without a loss (since 08/11/2003).

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VReading 2-1 Gillingham14/10/2003

VReading 3-2 Preston North End18/10/2003

LReading 0-1 Walsall21/10/2003

VReading 1-0 Huddersfield Town28/10/2003

VReading 1-0 Wigan08/11/2003

VReading 1-0 Millwall15/11/2003

Overall

VReading 1-0 Huddersfield Town28/10/2003

LCrewe Alexandra 1-0 Reading01/11/2003

VReading 1-0 Wigan08/11/2003

VReading 1-0 Millwall15/11/2003

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Reading22/11/2003

LBurnley 3-0 Reading25/11/2003

Current form

Away

VCrewe Alexandra 0-1 Watford04/10/2003

VWimbledon FC 1-3 Watford25/10/2003

LCardiff City 3-0 Watford28/10/2003

LPreston North End 2-1 Watford04/11/2003

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Watford08/11/2003

VNorwich City 1-2 Watford15/11/2003

Overall

LCardiff City 3-0 Watford28/10/2003

VWatford 1-0 Rotherham United01/11/2003

LPreston North End 2-1 Watford04/11/2003

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Watford08/11/2003

VNorwich City 1-2 Watford15/11/2003

DWatford 0-0 West Ham22/11/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	6	1
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	3	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

20	Number of games (Competition total)	20
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
9	Victories (Competition total)	6
6	Victories (Home / Away)	3
4	Draws (Competition total)	6
2	Draws (Home / Away)	1
7	Losses (Competition total)	8
2	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

25	Goals scored (Competition total)	21
15	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
22	Goals conceded (Competition total)	24
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
1.25	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.05
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.2
0.9	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (2 times)

Bookings

27	Yellow cards (Competition total)	30
15	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	17
1	Red cards (Competition total)	4
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Steve Sidwell	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Scott Fitzgerald
Steve Sidwell	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Danny Webber
Shaun Goater	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Neil Cox
Shaun Goater	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Neil Cox
Nicky Forster	5 goals during the last 14 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Scott Fitzgerald

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

4 v

2 d

2 l

11 gf

8 ga

Away

10 matches

3 v

4 d

3 l

18 gf

20 ga

Total

18 matches

7 v

6 d

5 l

29 gf

28 ga

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

3 v

4 d

3 l

20 gf

18 ga

Away

8 matches

2 v

2 d

4 l

8 gf

11 ga

Total

18 matches

5 v

6 d

7 l

28 gf

29 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	April 30, 2003
Home	4 - 1	March 04, 1995

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 06, 1971
Away	2 - 0	October 07, 1992

Latest head to head

April 30, 2003 - First Division 2002/2003

Watford

0 - 3

Reading

November 23, 2002 - First Division 2002/2003

Reading

1 - 0

Watford

April 16, 1996 - First Division 1995/1996

Watford

4 - 2

Reading

March 02, 1996 - First Division 1995/1996

Reading

0 - 0

Watford

March 04, 1995 - First Division 1994/1995

Reading

4 - 1

Watford

Best historical scorers against Watford

Ady Williams	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Kevin Watson	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Jamie Cureton	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Jimmy Quinn	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Tony Rougier	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Darius Henderson	1 goal	2003 - 2003

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 Reading

Paul Furlong	2 goals	1992 - 1992
Gerard Lavin	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Jason Drysdale	1 goal	1992 - 1992

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

Ady Williams	3 matches	1992 - 2002
Andy Hughes	2 matches	2002 - 2003
Kevin Watson	2 matches	2002 - 2003
Jeff Hopkins	2 matches	1992 - 1992
Jamie Cureton	2 matches	2002 - 2003
Kevin Dillon	2 matches	1992 - 1992

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

Stephen Glass	2 matches	2002 - 2003
David Holdsworth	2 matches	1992 - 1992
Jason Soloman	2 matches	1992 - 1992
Anthony McNamee	2 matches	2002 - 2003
Steve Butler	2 matches	1992 - 1992
Marcus Gayle	2 matches	2002 - 2003