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Reading prepare to entertain Doncaster Rovers at Madejski Stadium on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 15 wins out of 19 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Madejski Stadium was less than a year ago, in October 2008, the Royals carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Tue 17 Mar | Doncaster Rvs. | 0 - 1 | Reading | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Tue 21 Oct | Reading | 2-1 | Doncaster Rvs. | CHMP |
| 1985/1986 | Mon 05 May | Reading | 2 - 0 | Doncaster Rvs. | LGE1 |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 28 Sep | Doncaster Rvs. | 0 - 1 | Reading | LGE1 |
| 1984/1985 | Sat 19 Jan | Doncaster Rvs. | 0 - 4 | Reading | LGE1 |
| 1984/1985 | Sat 08 Sep | Reading | 1 - 4 | Doncaster Rvs. | LGE1 |
| 1983/1984 | Tue 01 May | Doncaster Rvs. | 2 - 3 | Reading | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Reading's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. The Royals's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
Doncaster Rvs.'s away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Rovers, and 8 goals against.
Reading find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 5 points from their 5 matches. Doncaster Rvs. see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 6 points from their 5 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Reading | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 |
| Doncaster Rvs. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at Madejski Stadium for the Royals and the Madmen are unable to see past Doncaster Rvs. claiming victory in a close match.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Reading | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Doncaster Rvs. | Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |