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Reading travel to take on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge at lunchtime on Tuesday, looking to break their duck against the hosts. 57.14% of the past meetings have resulted in a defeat for Royals.
The last time the two teams met at Chelsea was well over fifteen years ago, back in October 1987, as the Blues edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3 - 2 in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 14 Oct | Reading | 0 - 1 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Wed 03 Dec | Reading | 0 - 1 | Chelsea | LGEC |
| 1987/1988 | Wed 07 Oct | Chelsea | 3 - 2 | Reading | LGEC |
| 1987/1988 | Wed 23 Sep | Reading | 3 - 1 | Chelsea | LGEC |
| 1929/1930 | Sat 01 Mar | Reading | 3 - 1 | Chelsea | CHMP |
| 1929/1930 | Sat 26 Oct | Chelsea | 1 - 0 | Reading | CHMP |
| 1928/1929 | Sat 27 Apr | Chelsea | 2 - 1 | Reading | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Chelsea are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. During these games, Blues have smashed 13 goals past the opposition and conceded a paltry 1.
In complete contrast to Chelsea, Reading are having a torrid time on their travels, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Royals have hit 7 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Chelsea sit in a healthy 2nd in the league, and have picked up 45 points from their 19 games. Reading's 26 points from 19 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Chelsea | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| Reading | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Royals are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Chelsea. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Chelsea | Unbeaten in the last 13 home games. Won their latest 4 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Reading | Not won in previous 2 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |