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Reading travel to take on Peterborough United at London Road Ground on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 22 games played, Royals have recorded 5 wins, and Peterborough have come away with 11 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Peterborough was back in November 2001, over five years ago, with Reading inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Posh in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2001/2002 | Sat 13 Apr | Reading | 2 - 2 | Peterborough | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 24 Nov | Peterborough | 1 - 2 | Reading | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 17 Feb | Reading | 1 - 1 | Peterborough | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 16 Sep | Peterborough | 1 - 0 | Reading | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 24 Aug | Peterborough | 1 - 2 | Reading | LGEC |
| 1999/2000 | Wed 11 Aug | Reading | 0 - 0 | Peterborough | LGEC |
| 1998/1999 | Wed 26 Aug | Reading | 2 - 0 | Peterborough | LGEC |
Recent respective form guides
Peterborough United have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 9 to 8.
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 a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 5 against.
Peterborough are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 4 points from 7 matches. Reading find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 6 points from their 7 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Peterborough | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| Reading | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Reading are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Peterborough. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Peterborough | Drawn each of their last 3 games. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Reading | No win in the 2 most recent games. |