FM Preview: Reading v Nottingham Forest 21 Aug 2010

History of the Reading v Nottingham Forest fixture

Reading prepare to entertain Nottingham Forest at Madejski Stadium on Saturday afternoon,

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Madejski Stadium was just last season, in August 2009, when they played out a goalless draw in a Championship match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2009/2010	Sat 16 Jan	Nottm. Forest	2 - 1	Reading	CHMP
2009/2010	Sat 08 Aug	Reading	0-0	Nottm. Forest	CHMP
2008/2009	Sat 28 Feb	Reading	0 - 1	Nottm. Forest	CHMP
2008/2009	Sun 10 Aug	Nottm. Forest	0 - 0	Reading	CHMP
2004/2005	Sat 16 Apr	Reading	1 - 0	Nottm. Forest	CHMP
2004/2005	Sat 20 Nov	Nottm. Forest	1 - 0	Reading	CHMP
2003/2004	Sat 17 Jan	Nottm. Forest	0 - 1	Reading	CHMP

Recent respective form guides

Reading have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 16 goals for the Royals, with 6 goals against.

The away form of Nottm. Forest is pretty dire, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. While the Forest have hit 6 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Reading find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 1 points from their 2 matches. Nottm. Forest are currently lying in 19th place in Npower Championship having mustered a points tally of 1 from their 2 matches played.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Reading	6	2	2	2	9	9	8
Nottm. Forest	6	0	2	4	8	12	2

FootyMad's prediction ...

Its a close one to call, but I think that Royals's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Nottm. Forest. Home Win

Sequence statistics:
Reading	6 games since last home draw.
Nottm. Forest	Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 14 away matches. No win in the 6 most recent games.