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Reading face a trip to Ipswich Town at Portman Road on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Royals will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 13 and win only 5 of the 22 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in September 2008, with Ipswich Town running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 07 Nov | Reading | 1 - 1 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 14 Mar | Reading | 0 - 1 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 13 Sep | Ipswich Town | 2 - 0 | Reading | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 22 Nov | Ipswich Town | 0 - 3 | Reading | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sun 16 Oct | Reading | 2 - 0 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 22 Jan | Reading | 1 - 1 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 28 Sep | Ipswich Town | 1 - 1 | Reading | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Ipswich Town have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 5 to 3.
The Royals have had a decent run of form away from home recently, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the Royals, and 6 goals against.
Ipswich Town find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 48 points from their 40 matches. Reading's 52 points from 38 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Ipswich Town | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| Reading | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 14 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Reading are in great form out on the road, so much so that the Madmen confidently predict a comfortable three points from their visit to Ipswich Town. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Ipswich Town | 5 games since last home draw. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Reading | Undefeated in last 3 away games. 7 games since last defeat. |