|
Reading face a trip to Coventry City at Highfield Road 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 lose 10 and win only 3 of the 19 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2004, with Reading inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Sky Blues in a League Division One match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 27 Mar | Coventry City | 1 - 2 | Reading | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Sep | Reading | 1 - 2 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Thu 26 Dec | Coventry City | 2 - 0 | Reading | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 17 Aug | Reading | 1 - 2 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 1963/1964 | Sat 11 Jan | Reading | 2 - 2 | Coventry City | LGE1 |
| 1963/1964 | Sat 07 Sep | Coventry City | 0 - 0 | Reading | LGE1 |
| 1962/1963 | Wed 01 May | Reading | 4 - 1 | Coventry City | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Coventry City have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 6.
The Royals have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Royals's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 6 goals for and 4 against.
Coventry City are currently lying in 19th place in Coca-Cola Championship having mustered a points tally of 15 from their 15 matches played. Reading are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola Championship, and have accumulated 30 points from the 15 games they have played so far.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Coventry City | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 2 |
| Reading | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Reading are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Coventry City | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 7 most recent games. |
| Reading | Undefeated in last 3 away games. 7 games since last defeat. |