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Reading face a trip to Stoke City at Britannia Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Royals will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 11 and win only 4 of the 20 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in December 2003, with Stoke City running out comfortable 3 - 0 winners in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Mar | Reading | 0 - 0 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Dec | Stoke City | 3 - 0 | Reading | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 04 May | Stoke City | 1 - 0 | Reading | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 28 Sep | Reading | 1 - 1 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 23 Feb | Reading | 1 - 0 | Stoke City | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 15 Sep | Stoke City | 2 - 0 | Reading | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 13 Jan | Stoke City | 0 - 0 | Reading | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Stoke City have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 8 goals have been scored by the Potters in those games, with 4 conceded.
The Royals have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Royals's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 6 goals for and 4 against.
Stoke City's total of 20 points from their 12 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship. Reading are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 23 points from 12 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Stoke City | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| Reading | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 11 |
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 Stoke City. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Stoke City | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Reading | Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |