8 defeats in a row. Time to buck the trend

Sat in the bottom three, defeat at the Riverside could see a gap start to appear that could cut off the bottom three and condemn Reading to Championship football next season.

The Royals have suffered 8 league defeats on the bounce and have not won a match in 2008.

Hopefully Middlesbrough with be a bit jaded after playing 120 mins of FA Cup football last night in their replay victory over Sheffield Utd.

All runs must come to an end. Let's hope Reading's bad run ends this Saturday in the North East.