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Reading face a trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux on Saturday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Royals will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 9 and win only 3 of the 14 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in May 2003, the Wolves carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Div. One Play-Offs match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Wed 14 May | Reading | 0 - 1 | Wolves | D1P |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 10 May | Wolves | 2 - 1 | Reading | D1P |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 12 Mar | Reading | 0 - 1 | Wolves | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 21 Sep | Wolves | 0 - 1 | Reading | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 18 Apr | Wolves | 3 - 1 | Reading | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 20 Dec | Reading | 0 - 0 | Wolves | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Tue 14 Oct | Reading | 4 - 2 | Wolves | LC |
Recent respective form guides
Wolverhampton Wanderers have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 11 to 9.
Reading have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Wolves are currently lying in 19th place in Coca-Cola Championship having mustered a points tally of 24 from their 20 matches played. Reading are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 38 points from 21 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Wolves | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 |
| Reading | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
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 Wolves. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Wolves | 6 games since last home draw. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Reading | Not won in previous 3 away matches. No win in the 2 most recent games. |