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Reading travel to take on Bristol City at Ashton Gate Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Royals will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The last time the two teams met at Bristol City was back in March 2002, over five years ago, when they fought out a thrilling high-scoring 3 - 3 draw in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2001/2002 | Sat 30 Mar | Bristol City | 3 - 3 | Reading | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 10 Nov | Reading | 3 - 2 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Fri 23 Mar | Reading | 1 - 3 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 21 Oct | Bristol City | 4 - 0 | Reading | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 15 Feb | Bristol City | 4 - 0 | Reading | ASSM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 04 Dec | Bristol City | 3 - 1 | Reading | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 07 Aug | Reading | 2 - 1 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Bristol City have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Robins in those games, with 6 conceded.
Reading have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. The Royals's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Bristol City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 21 points from their 14 games so far. Reading are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 24 points from 14 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Bristol City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| Reading | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 |
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 Bristol City. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Bristol City | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Reading | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. No win in the 2 most recent games. |