Reading prepare to entertain Queens Park Rangers at Madejski Stadium on Friday evening, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 26 wins out of 39 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Madejski Stadium was less than a year ago, in March 2010, the Royals carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Championship match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2010/2011 | Sat 06 Nov | Q.P.R. | 3 - 1 | Reading | CHMP |
2009/2010 | Tue 16 Mar | Reading | 1-0 | Q.P.R. | CHMP |
2009/2010 | Tue 20 Oct | Q.P.R. | 4 - 1 | Reading | CHMP |
2008/2009 | Sat 31 Jan | Q.P.R. | 0 - 0 | Reading | CHMP |
2008/2009 | Sat 25 Oct | Reading | 0 - 0 | Q.P.R. | CHMP |
2005/2006 | Sun 30 Apr | Reading | 2 - 1 | Q.P.R. | CHMP |
2005/2006 | Sat 05 Nov | Q.P.R. | 1 - 2 | Reading | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Reading are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 8 goals have been scored by the Royals in those games, with 3 conceded.
Q.P.R. have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. Only 2 goals have been registered in this time, with 4 leaked at the wrong end.
Reading lie just outside the playoff positions in the Npower Championship, picking up 42 points from their 28 games so far. Q.P.R. are leading the way in the Npower Championship, with their 29 games giving them a return of 56 points.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Reading | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 14 |
Q.P.R. | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Q.P.R. is certainly an interesting one with me deciding its going to end up with a victory for the Royals in a close run game. Home Win
Sequence statistics: | |
Reading | Unbeaten in the last 9 home games. Unbeaten run of 6 matches. |
Q.P.R. | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 4 away matches. 5 games since last defeat. |