Reading pack their bags to visit Leicester City at Walkers Stadium on Wednesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 6 games played, Royals have recorded 1 wins, and Leicester City have come away with 3 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Walkers Stadium was more than three years back, in March 2006, 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: | |||||
2009/2010 | Mon 26 Oct | Reading | 0 - 1 | Leicester City | CHMP |
2005/2006 | Sat 25 Mar | Leicester City | 1 - 1 | Reading | CHMP |
2005/2006 | Wed 28 Dec | Reading | 2 - 0 | Leicester City | CHMP |
2004/2005 | Sat 26 Feb | Reading | 0 - 0 | Leicester City | CHMP |
2004/2005 | Sat 29 Jan | Reading | 1 - 2 | Leicester City | FAC |
2004/2005 | Sat 11 Dec | Leicester City | 0 - 2 | Reading | CHMP |
2002/2003 | Tue 28 Jan | Reading | 1 - 3 | Leicester City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Leicester City are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 11 goals for the Foxes, with 3 goals against.
The Royals have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Royals's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
Leicester City are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 61 points from 37 games. Reading see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 48 points from their 36 games played so far,
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Leicester City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 |
Reading | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Neither team is setting the world alight, and I think this game will result in a narrow home win for the Foxes. Home win
Sequence statistics: | |
Leicester City | Unbeaten in the last 10 home games. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
Reading | 5 games since last defeat. |