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Reading travel to take on Blackpool at Bloomfield Road on Monday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 15 games played, Royals have recorded 5 wins, and Blackpool have come away with 7 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Blackpool was back in August 2001, over five years ago, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Tue 09 Dec | Reading | 1 - 0 | Blackpool | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 19 Jan | Reading | 3 - 0 | Blackpool | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 11 Aug | Blackpool | 0 - 2 | Reading | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 08 Feb | Blackpool | 0 - 2 | Reading | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 08 Jan | Reading | 1 - 1 | Blackpool | LGE1 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 10 Apr | Blackpool | 2 - 0 | Reading | LGE1 |
| 1998/1999 | Wed 21 Oct | Reading | 1 - 1 | Blackpool | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Blackpool's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While Seasiders have scored 5, a worringly large 8 have been leaked at the other end.
Reading's away form is none too clever either, unbeaten in the last six, but with four of them resulting in draws. The Royals's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 5 goals for and 3 against.
Blackpool find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 50 points from their 42 matches. Reading's total of 69 points from their 41 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Blackpool | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Reading | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Reading are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Blackpool. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Blackpool | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. |
| Reading | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 2 away matches. No win in the 3 most recent games. |