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Reading prepare to entertain Liverpool at Madejski Stadium at tea-time on Saturday, hoping to break their duck against the visitors. Out of their two previous meetings, the Royals have lost both.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Madejski Stadium was earlier this season, as the visitors ran out cosy 2-4 winners in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Tue 25 Sep | Reading | 2-4 | Liverpool | LGEC |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 07 Apr | Reading | 1 - 2 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 04 Nov | Liverpool | 2 - 0 | Reading | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Wed 25 Oct | Liverpool | 4 - 3 | Reading | LGEC |
Recent respective form guides
Reading have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The Royals's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
The Reds have had a decent run of form away from home recently, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the Reds, and 3 goals against.
Reading see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 14 points from their 15 games played so far, Liverpool sit in a healthy 4th in the league, and have picked up 30 points from their 14 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Reading | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 |
| Liverpool | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Reading are not in a rich vein of form at the moment, and your Madmen see things getting no better with Liverpool running out comfortable winners. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Reading | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Liverpool | Won each of the previous 5 matches. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |