READING FC UNDER 21’s picked up three points thanks to Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan’s game winning goal against Watford.
Playing in the Professional Development League at the Select Car Leasing Stadium, Noel Hunt’s team got the better of the Hornets.
Among the Watford squad was midfielder Tom Dele-Bashiru, who spent last season on loan with the Royals.
Dele-Bashiru was a mainstay in Reading’s first-team for large periods of the 2021/22 season and played 38 times in the Championship, scoring four times.
The only goal of the game came from forward Ehibhatiomhan who raced onto a long ball and showed excellent composure to wrap the ball onto his left foot, beating a defender in the process before dispatching the ball past the goalkeeper.
19-year-old Ehibhatiomhan has made an impression on the first-team and has three league appearances to his name.
He also netted his first senior goal this season in the EFL Cup when he scored against Stevenage in Reading’s 2-1 defeat to the League Two side.
Reading: Boyce-Clarke, Abdel Salam, Abrefa, Holzman (c), John Clarke, Leavy, Osorio, Akande, Camara, Scott, Ehibhatiomhan
Subs: Rowley, Green, Greaver, Bradbury, Okine-Peters
Watford: Angelini, Andrews, Batzelis, Holding, Abbott, Trialist, Manning (c), L Gaspar, Adeyemo, Dele-Bashiru, Blake
Subs: Orteli, Hunter, Balogun, Trialist, Grieves
Goals: Ehibhatiomhan 34’
