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Reading prepare to entertain Aston Villa at Madejski Stadium at lunchtime on Sunday, needing to improve on a poor record between the sides. The visitors have won 3 of the 6 previous games, with the Royals winning just 2.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Madejski Stadium was just last season, in February 2007, with Reading running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 12 Jan | Aston Villa | 3 - 1 | Reading | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 10 Feb | Reading | 2-0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Reading's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. While Royals have scored 5, a worringly large 9 have been leaked at the other end.
Aston Villa's away form is none too clever either, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 14 goals for the Villans, and 7 goals against.
Reading are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premier League with a return of just 22 points from their 26 games thus far. Aston Villa find themselves in a respectable 6th position, courtesy of the 44 points they have accumulated from 26 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Reading | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at Madejski Stadium for the Royals and the Madmen are unable to see past Aston Villa claiming victory in a close match.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Reading | Been beaten in each of their previous 4 home matches. Failed to win in previous 4 home matches. Latest 6 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 10 most recent games. |
| Aston Villa | Not won in previous 2 away matches. |