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Reading pack their bags to visit Leicester City at Walkers Stadium on Saturday evening, looking to break their duck against the hosts. Most of the previous meetings have ended up in defeat for the Royals.
The previous match played between the two at Walkers Stadium was within the last three years, in August 2002, the Foxes carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Tue 28 Jan | Reading | 1 - 3 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 24 Aug | Leicester City | 2 - 1 | Reading | CHMP |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 24 Feb | Reading | 1 - 1 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 16 Sep | Leicester City | 1 - 1 | Reading | CHMP |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 23 Apr | Leicester City | 1 - 0 | Reading | CHMP |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 30 Jan | Reading | 1 - 2 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 1966/1967 | Wed 14 Sep | Leicester City | 5 - 0 | Reading | LC |
Recent respective form guides
Leicester City are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 10 to 8.
Reading have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the Royals have hit 7 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Leicester City's 31 points from 22 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. Reading are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 38 points from 22 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Leicester City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 11 |
| Reading | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Reading are in a sorry state of late on their travels, though the Mad panel can see them coming away from Walkers Stadium with a well-deserved point. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Leicester City | 4 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Reading | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 4 away matches. No win in the 3 most recent games. |