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Reading face a trip to Crewe Alexandra at The Alexandra Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 15 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 less than a year ago, in February 2005, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 17 Sep | Reading | 1 - 0 | Crewe Alex. | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 22 Feb | Crewe Alex. | 1 - 1 | Reading | CHMP |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Crewe Alexandra's home form is most definitely relegation standard, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. While The Railwaymen have scored 8, a worringly large 14 have been leaked at the other end.
Reading's away form is none too clever either, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Royals's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 7 against.
Crewe Alex. find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 31 games have yielded only 22 points. Reading are leading the way in the Coca Cola Championship, with their 31 games giving them a return of 76 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crewe Alex. | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 0 |
| Reading | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 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: | |
| Crewe Alex. | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 6 home matches. Latest 6 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 14 most recent games. |
| Reading | Previous 3 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 3 away matches. 14 games since last defeat. |