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Reading face a trip to Crewe Alexandra at The Alexandra Stadium on Tuesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 14 games played, Royals have recorded 2 wins, and Crewe Alex. have come away with 6 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in November 2003, the The Railwaymen carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 23 Oct | Reading | 4 - 0 | Crewe Alex. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 17 Apr | Reading | 1 - 1 | Crewe Alex. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 01 Nov | Crewe Alex. | 1 - 0 | Reading | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 28 Feb | Crewe Alex. | 1 - 0 | Reading | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 11 Oct | Reading | 3 - 3 | Crewe Alex. | CHMP |
| 1990/1991 | Fri 01 Feb | Crewe Alex. | 1 - 0 | Reading | LGE1 |
| 1990/1991 | Tue 18 Sep | Reading | 2 - 1 | Crewe Alex. | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Crewe Alexandra have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Reading's away form is none too clever either, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. Only 4 goals have been registered in this time, with 6 leaked at the wrong end.
Crewe Alex. see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 42 points from their 32 games played so far, Reading lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 51 from their 33 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crewe Alex. | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 |
| Reading | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Royals has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Crewe Alex.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crewe Alex. | Failed to win in previous 4 home matches. Not won in the 7 most recent games. |
| Reading | An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 5 most recent games. |