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Reading 2-0 Watford · FA Cup

Reading beat Watford 2-0 in the FA Cup. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Reading and Watford met in the FA Cup at Select Car Leasing Stadium in Reading on Saturday, 7 January 2023.

Goalscorers

Reading: K. Abrefa 45'; S. Long 90'. Watford did not score.

How the match went

The referee showed 4 yellow cards (2 for Reading, 2 for Watford).

Line-ups

Reading started in a 3-4-1-2: Dean Bouzanis, Amadou Salif Mbengue, Scott Dann, Naby Sarr, Kelvin Abrefa, Tom McIntyre, Sam Hutchinson, Rahman Baba, Femi Azeez, Shane Long, Lucas João.

Watford started in a 3-4-3: Maduka Okoye, Matthew Pollock, William Troost-Ekong, Francisco Sierralta, Mario Gaspar, Yáser Asprilla, Ismael Koné, James Morris, Joseph Hungbo, Michael Adu-Poku, Adrian Blake.

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Minute by minute

  1. 45+3'Goal! Reading 1-0 Watford. K. Abrefa (Reading) scores, assisted by S. Hutchinson.
  2. 45'Half-time. Reading 1-0 Watford.
  3. 90+3'Goal! Reading 2-0 Watford. S. Long (Reading) scores, assisted by T. McIntyre.
  4. 90'Full-time. Reading 2-0 Watford.
Full commentary (20 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Reading vs Watford.
  2. 13'Yellow card for S. Hutchinson (Reading) for foul.
  3. 45'3 minutes of added time.
  4. 45+3'Goal! Reading 1-0 Watford. K. Abrefa (Reading) scores, assisted by S. Hutchinson.
  5. 45'Half-time. Reading 1-0 Watford.
  6. 46'The second half is under way.
  7. 46'Substitution, Watford: L. Bacuna comes on for A. Blake.
  8. 46'Substitution, Watford: R. Andrews comes on for M. Gaspar.
  9. 46'Substitution, Reading: M. Loum comes on for S. Hutchinson.
  10. 54'Substitution, Watford: J. Grieves comes on for L. Bacuna.
  11. 59'Yellow card for J. Morris (Watford) for foul.
  12. 69'Yellow card for A. S. Mbengue (Reading) for foul.
  13. 70'Substitution, Reading: A. Carroll comes on for F. Azeez.
  14. 75'Substitution, Watford: T. Adeyemo comes on for J. Hungbo.
  15. 79'Substitution, Reading: M. Craig comes on for L. João.
  16. 86'Substitution, Reading: N. Guinness-Walker comes on for R. Baba.
  17. 86'Yellow card for M. Adu-Poku (Watford) for foul.
  18. 90'4 minutes of added time.
  19. 90+3'Goal! Reading 2-0 Watford. S. Long (Reading) scores, assisted by T. McIntyre.
  20. 90'Full-time. Reading 2-0 Watford.
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