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Reading face a trip to Coventry City at Coventry Arena 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 11 and win only 3 of the 20 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in October 2004, as the Sky Blues edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3 - 2 in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 19 Feb | Reading | 1 - 2 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 30 Oct | Coventry City | 3 - 2 | Reading | CHMP |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Coventry City are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 16 goals for the Sky Blues, with 6 goals against.
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 8 goals for and 6 against.
Coventry City see themselves just below half way in the Coca Cola Championship, showing a record of 6 points from their 6 games played so far, Reading are holding the final promotion place in the Coca Cola Championship, and have accumulated 13 points from the 6 games they have played so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Coventry City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Reading | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 16 |
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 | Unbeaten in the last 8 home games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Reading | Undefeated in last 3 away games. 7 games since last defeat. |