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Commentary
A thirty yard shot from KRUNIC caused LENO little difficulty.
A fine ball from KRUNIC on the left found POLITANO who scuffed his effort just beyond the far post.
An exceptional effort from HALLER scraped the upright.
11¹HALLER brought the ball past BAIDOO and rifled a weak shot wide.
12¹A cross from LOZANO left GORETZKA in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
24¹An inswinging corner was headed into the arms of the Reading 'keeper by GNABRY.
28¹NACHO booked by the ref for a poor challenge.
30¹GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of SARR who slammed the ball past the helpless RULLI. (1-0 Watford)
35¹GOAL!! After MATIC was tripped the referee waved play-on and SARR went on to easily score. (2-0 Watford)
38¹A shot from POLITANO was kicked off the line by BAIDOO.
40¹GOAL!! An outswinging corner kicked out by BAIDOO was drove home by POLITANO. (2-1 Watford)
45¹SARR whacked a looping shot over the bar from twenty-five yards out.
45¹The 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from WILLIAM CARVALHO.
GOAL!! With his back to goal GNABRY turned and flicked the ball past the 'keeper. (3-1 Watford)
12²GNABRY headed the ball wide from just inside the area.
14²GOAL!! NACHO tried to play the ball out of the Watford penalty area but was tackled by POLITANO who turned the ball to HALLER for an easy goal. (3-2 Watford)
19²TODIBO beat two Reading players and drove a shot wide.
20²WILLIAM CARVALHO pulled away from ZINCHENKO but fired the ball into the arms of the Watford 'keeper.
25²POLITANO beat GORETZKA and drilled the ball to HALLER who blasted his effort wide.
28²GORETZKA was put clear by JONNY and he beat the Reading 'keeper but drilled his shot over the bar.
29²GOAL!! Watford were awarded a penalty after a foul on LOZANO and HØJLUND put it past the Reading 'keeper sending him the wrong way. (4-2 Watford)
34²HALLER's header was well saved by LENO.

 
Watford
 
League position: 10
Home league form: LXWW
Overall league form: LLXLLLWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Bernd LENO1Gerónimo RULLI
NACHO2Kane WILSON
Oleksandr ZINCHENKO3Christian GÜNTER
Leon GORETZKA4WILLIAM Silva CARVALHO
Jean-Clair TODIBO5Tyrone MINGS
Samson BAIDOO6JOSÉ Miguel FONTE(c)
(c)Nemanja MATIC7DAVID NERES Campos
Serge GNABRY8Matteo POLITANO
(p)Emil HØJLUND9Sébastien HALLER(p)
(f)Hirving LOZANO10Rade KRUNIC(f)
Ismaïla SARR11Yakou MEITÉ
Manager
Brajan GRUDA  12  LUCAS Eduardo JOÃO
Péter GULÁCSI  13 
JONNY14  Andy CARROLL
Brayann PEREIRA  15  Omar RICHARDS
Hendry BLANK  16  Tom PEARCE
 
Reading
 
League position: 20
Away league form: LWOL
Overall league form: LXWXOWOW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Watford 4 Reading 2
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 21,376, Stadium: Vicarage Road, Referee: Iain Williamson 6)

Sarr 30¹, Sarr 35¹, Gnabry 7², Højlund 29² (pen)
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Politano 40¹, Haller 14²
MaticóJonny 18² 
  
Nacho 28¹ 
35
1215
22
98
98
1816
36
51%49%
Man of the match: Leon Goretzka