Reading vs Watford Prediction 3-Sep (English Championship)

Reading vs Watford is the clash between the table leader in the Championship and a team that’s recently come to this league. After three rounds, Reading have a 100% score, which puts them at the very top of the table. Unfortunately for them, this Saturday, they’re playing against one of the biggest promotion favorites.

The form is on the side of the home team, while the visitors’ advantage is the quality of their players. Bookmakers’ odds suggest this is going to be an exciting game. We agree, but we think we have a clear idea of who’s going to win it. Keep reading our Reading vs Watford preview to find it out!

The Clash of Serbian Managers

Both teams have new managers in charger starting the 2020-21 Championship season. Veljko Paunović is the new boss of Reading. This guy has previously managed Chicago Fire FC, leading the team to the MLS Playoffs in the 2017 season. However, the biggest milestone in his coaching career happened two years before that, when he won the U20 FIFA World Cup with Serbia.

On the other end, there’s Vladimir Ivić, the new coach of Watford. This team’s famous for being trigger-happy when it comes to firing the managers. Still, Ivić could stick around, judging by how his team’s been doing lately (7 points in 3 games). They seem to be on the road to promotion. Of course, it’s too early to judge, but the fact is that Watford has a fantastic squad.

6x More Valuable

The value of the Watford squad is six times larger than the value of Reading. The team captain Troy Deeney is often the man in the spotlight, but there are several other Watford players who are worth more than him. And most of them are attackers. In fact, five of the six most valuable Watford players are forwards.

Still, their strongest side has been their defense. The fact is that Watford hasn’t allowed a single goal this season. Reading, on the other hand, did allow one goal, but they’ve scored six goals so far, two per each game they played.

Reading vs Watford Prediction

Both teams are really good at the back, so we shouldn’t see too many goals on Saturday. Still, we should see a goal in this game. Watford are simply the better team, with a really good attack, even though they still haven’t been showing it in the Championship.

We believe they can win the game, which is our Reading vs Watford prediction. Still, we also believe we’re not going to see too many goals, probably no goals in Watford’s net. Actually, our soccer prop bet suggestion for this game is to bet on the correct score 1-0 Watford.