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Reading play host to Aston Villa at Madejski Stadium at lunchtime on Saturday, looking to improve on a dire past record against their opponents. It does not make pleasant reading, beating their opponents 1 times from 5 games.
The last time the two teams met at Reading was well over fifteen years ago, back in March 1988, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-2 winners in a Second Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Wed 23 Aug | Aston Villa | 2 - 1 | Reading | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 10 Oct | Aston Villa | 1 - 0 | Reading | LGEC |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 19 Mar | Reading | 0-2 | Aston Villa | CHMP |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 31 Oct | Aston Villa | 2 - 1 | Reading | CHMP |
| 1986/1987 | Wed 08 Oct | Aston Villa | 4 - 1 | Reading | LGEC |
| 1986/1987 | Wed 24 Sep | Reading | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | LGEC |
| 1970/1971 | Tue 04 May | Aston Villa | 2 - 1 | Reading | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Reading are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 16 goals for the Royals, with 9 goals against.
The away form of Aston Villa is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. While the Villans have hit 7 goals, 14 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Reading find themselves in a respectable 6th position, courtesy of the 40 points they have accumulated from 26 games. Aston Villa see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 32 points from their 26 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Reading | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 16 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With the Royals being in decent shape at home at the moment, I am pleased to predict that this match should result in nothing other than a comfortable home win. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Reading | Won 4 successive home games. 12 games since last home draw. Won their latest 4 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Aston Villa | Lost each of the previous 5 away matches. Not won in previous 8 away matches. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |