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Reading pack their bags to visit Brighton & Hove Albion at Withdean Stadium on Monday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 41 games played, Royals have recorded 9 wins, and Brighton & HA have come away with 19 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Withdean Stadium was within the last three years, in November 2002, with Reading inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Seagulls in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 07 Aug | Reading | 3 - 2 | Brighton & HA | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Fri 04 Apr | Reading | 1 - 2 | Brighton & HA | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 30 Nov | Brighton & HA | 0 - 1 | Reading | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 09 Mar | Reading | 0 - 0 | Brighton & HA | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Mon 11 Feb | Brighton & HA | 3 - 1 | Reading | LGE1 |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 30 Apr | Reading | 2 - 0 | Brighton & HA | LGE1 |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 20 Nov | Brighton & HA | 0 - 1 | Reading | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Brighton & Hove Albion have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Reading have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. Only 3 goals have been registered in this time, with 5 leaked at the wrong end.
Brighton & HA are currently lying in 19th place in Coca-Cola Championship having mustered a points tally of 44 from their 38 matches played. Reading lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 57 from their 38 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Brighton & HA | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 6 |
| Reading | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Not a lot has been going right generally for Reading on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Brighton & HA. No-score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Brighton & HA | 5 games since last home draw. Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Reading | Not won in previous 4 away matches. |