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Reading play host to Bristol City at Madejski Stadium on Saturday afternoon, and hold the advantage on previous meetings between the two. Of the 40 games played, Royals have recorded 18 wins, and Bristol City have come away with 10 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Reading was back in November 2001, over five years ago, as the Royals squeezed past their rivals by a scoreline of 3-2 in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 01 Nov | Bristol City | 1 - 4 | Reading | CHMP |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Reading are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, The Royals have scored 9 and conceded 1 during this period.
The Robins have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Robins, and 5 goals against.
Reading are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 59 points from 31 games. Bristol City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 50 from their 33 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Reading | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| Bristol City | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 15 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Reading are performing very well at home, but your FootyMad panel reckons that the overall quality of Bristol City will prove too much for the homesters. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Reading | Unbeaten in the last 7 home games. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Bristol City | 4 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 7 outings ago. |