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Reading travel to take on Luton Town at Kenilworth Road on Friday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Royals will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The last time the two teams met at Luton Town was just over four years ago, in April 2001, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 03 Dec | Reading | 3 - 0 | Luton Town | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 20 Sep | Reading | 1 - 0 | Luton Town | LGEC |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 21 Aug | Reading | 4 - 0 | Luton Town | LGEC |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 03 Apr | Luton Town | 1 - 1 | Reading | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 23 Dec | Reading | 4 - 1 | Luton Town | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 22 Jan | Luton Town | 3 - 1 | Reading | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 21 Aug | Reading | 1 - 2 | Luton Town | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Luton Town have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 14 to 13.
Reading have an average recent record on the road, losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. A generous 10 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Luton Town's 45 points from 34 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Reading are leading the way in the Coca Cola Championship, with their 34 games giving them a return of 83 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Luton Town | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 7 |
| Reading | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Royals has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Luton Town. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Luton Town | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Reading | Not won in previous 2 away matches. |