| 0¹ | MATIC booked by the referee for a high challenge. |
| 2¹ | SARR booted the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box. |
| 4¹ | A good ball from MEITÉ on the left fell to POLITANO who mishit his effort just beyond the far post. |
| 7¹ | DAVID NERES fired the ball through a crowd of players but LENO was a match for it as he dived to his right. |
| 12¹ | JOSÉ FONTE was put clear by MINGS and he beat the 'keeper but struck his shot wide. |
| 16¹ | POLITANO poked a simple chance past the lefthand post. |
| 22¹ | A corner found NACHO who turned an effort just beyond the far post. |
| 26¹ | POLITANO ran onto a great ball from KRUNIC but fumbled his shot wide. |
| 30¹ | GOAL!! A long ball from TODIBO had the Reading defence back-pedalling and MATIC made the most of the opportunity with a lovely goal. (1-0 Watford)| 30¹ | The Watford 'keeper was able to block a weak shot from HALLER. | | 34¹ | JONES made space on the right and pulled the ball to POLITANO who fired the ball over. | | 35¹ | KARSDORP headed wide. | | 38¹ | An exceptional effort from GNABRY scraped the outside of the post. | | 40¹ | A shot from HALLER held no problem for the 'keeper. | | 3² | GÜNTER drilled a right foot shot just wide from long range. | | 6² | GOAL!! A great twenty-five yard shot from DAVID NERES struck the post and in the ensuing meleé the ball was booted into the net by MEITÉ. (1-1)| 12² | GNABRY shot wide. | | 17² | POLITANO's shot was well held by the Watford 'keeper. | | 19² | A cross from XHAKA left MATIC in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot. | | 27² | GNABRY booked for dangerous play. | | 32² | A accurate pass found MINGS and his right foot shot raced narrowly over. | | 35² | GÜNTER rushed an easy chance. | | |