Royals Top Form Index

Last updated : 10 March 2003 By Rob Cooper
The Royals promotion push is gathering pace. The third placed Royals are currently the form team in the league. Some more good results could see them considerably close the gap on second placed Leicester City who have been struggling for points of late.

However, Wolves, Reading's opponents on Wednesday night, are currently the form team away from home. It will take some performance to beat them.

Despite the good recent displays the Royals are currently only predicted to finish fourth in the league (see predicition table at the bottom of the page).

Our thanks goes to StatMail.co.uk for access to the statistics.

FORM TABLE (as at 08/03/03)
 
Pos Team                   W  D  L   F   A   GD Pts Index  Sequence
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 1  Reading                6  0  2  17   9    8  18   64%  LWWWWWLW
 2  Nottingham Forest      4  4  0  19   8   11  16   47%  DDDWWWDW
 3  Leicester City         4  4  0  15   5   10  16   46%  WWWDWDDD
 4  Preston North End      5  1  2  12   9    3  16   54%  LDWWLWWW
 5  Wolverhampton          4  3  1  17   8    9  15   41%  DWLWWDWD
 6  Portsmouth             4  2  2  19   8   11  14   47%  LDWWDWWL
 7  Bradford City          4  2  2  11   7    4  14   43%  WWDLWLDW
 8  Burnley                3  4  1  11  10    1  13   46%  DDDLWWWD
 9  Sheffield United       4  0  4  14  12    2  12   59%  WWLLLLWW
10  Ipswich Town           3  3  2  13  11    2  12   52%  WLWLDWDD
11  Brighton & Hove Alb    4  0  4  10   9    1  12   44%  LLWWWLLW
12  Gillingham             4  0  4  12  12    0  12   62%  WLLWLWWL
13  Wimbledon              3  3  2  14  15   -1  12   65%  DLWDLWWD
14  Walsall                3  2  3   7   8   -1  11   48%  DWLWLWDL
15  Millwall               3  1  4   7  12   -5  10   53%  WWLLLLDW
16  Rotherham United       3  1  4   7  13   -6  10   51%  WLWWLLDL
17  Derby County           2  2  4  13  17   -4   8   51%  WWLDLDLL
18  Watford                2  2  4   5  11   -6   8   59%  LWWLLDDL
19  Stoke City             2  2  4   5  14   -9   8   48%  LDLLWLWD
20  Sheffield Wednesday    1  4  3  11  14   -3   7   64%  LLDDDLWD
21  Norwich City           1  3  4   7  11   -4   6   54%  DLDDWLLL
22  Crystal Palace         1  3  4   5  11   -6   6   56%  DDLLDLWL
23  Coventry City          1  2  5   6  13   -7   5   42%  DLLLLWLD
24  Grimsby Town           1  1  6   6  18  -12   4   53%  LLLWLDLL
 
 
 
HOME FORM TABLE (as at 08/03/03)
 
Pos Team                   W  D  L   F   A   GD Pts Index  Sequence
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 1  Portsmouth             3  0  1  11   4    7   9   50%  LWWW
 2  Brighton & Hove Alb    3  0  1   9   4    5   9   58%  LWWW
 3  Preston North End      3  0  1   9   5    4   9   55%  WWLW
 4  Gillingham             3  0  1   8   4    4   9   48%  WWWL
 5  Nottingham Forest      2  2  0  10   3    7   8   44%  DDWW
 6  Leicester City         2  2  0   7   2    5   8   53%  WDWD
 7  Wimbledon              2  1  1   8   6    2   7   76%  LDWW
 8  Reading                2  1  1   6   4    2   7   60%  DLWW
 9  Rotherham United       2  1  1   5   4    1   7   47%  WWLD
10  Burnley                2  1  1   7   7    0   7   61%  WDLW
11  Wolverhampton          1  3  0   6   2    4   6   55%  DDWD
12  Crystal Palace         1  3  0   4   2    2   6   39%  WDDD
13  Walsall                2  0  2   5   6   -1   6   52%  WLWL
14  Stoke City             2  0  2   3   4   -1   6   33%  LWLW
15  Derby County           1  2  1   6   4    2   5   52%  WDDL
16  Ipswich Town           1  2  1   7   8   -1   5   50%  WLDD
17  Sheffield Wednesday    1  1  2   7   8   -1   4   57%  LDLW
18  Sheffield United       1  1  2   4   5   -1   4   65%  DWLL
19  Watford                1  1  2   4   5   -1   4   64%  WLDL
20  Bradford City          1  1  2   3   4   -1   4   43%  LLDW
21  Millwall               1  1  2   2   8   -6   4   84%  WLLD
22  Grimsby Town           1  0  3   4   8   -4   3   44%  LWLL
23  Norwich City           0  2  2   3   6   -3   2   57%  DDLL
24  Coventry City          0  1  3   2   6   -4   1   43%  LLLD
 
 
 
AWAY FORM TABLE (as at 08/03/03)
 
Pos Team                   W  D  L   F   A   GD Pts Index  Sequence
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 1  Wolverhampton          3  0  1  11   6    5   9   27%  WLWW
 2  Reading                3  0  1   6   3    3   9   64%  WWLW
 3  Leicester City         2  2  0   8   3    5   8   39%  WWDD
 4  Nottingham Forest      2  2  0   9   5    4   8   50%  DWDW
 5  Burnley                2  2  0   4   2    2   8   47%  DWWD
 6  Bradford City          2  1  1   8   6    2   7   43%  LWDW
 7  Sheffield United       2  0  2   8   6    2   6   48%  LLWW
 8  Millwall               2  0  2   5   4    1   6   21%  WLLW
 9  Preston North End      2  0  2   3   5   -2   6   33%  LLWW
10  Portsmouth             1  2  1   8   4    4   5   45%  DDWL
11  Ipswich Town           1  2  1   4   4    0   5   60%  DLWD
12  Walsall                1  2  1   2   2    0   5   44%  DLWD
13  Wimbledon              1  2  1   6   9   -3   5   54%  DWLD
14  Norwich City           1  1  2   4   5   -1   4   50%  LDWL
15  Coventry City          1  1  2   4   7   -3   4   42%  DLWL
16  Watford                1  1  2   1   6   -5   4   54%  LWLD
17  Sheffield Wednesday    0  3  1   4   6   -2   3   71%  LDDD
18  Brighton & Hove Alb    1  0  3   1   5   -4   3   29%  LWLL
19  Crystal Palace         1  0  3   3   8   -5   3   58%  LLWL
20  Derby County           1  0  3   7  13   -6   3   49%  WLLL
21  Rotherham United       1  0  3   2   9   -7   3   54%  LWLL
22  Grimsby Town           0  2  2   5  11   -6   2   60%  DLLD
23  Stoke City             0  2  2   2  10   -8   2   64%  DLLD
24  Gillingham             0  1  3   2   7   -5   1   64%  DLLL
 
 
 
FULL PREDICTION TABLE (as at 08/03/03)
 
                                  H o m e           A w a y
Pos Team                   P  W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A   GD Pts
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 1  Portsmouth            46 17  4  2  55  24  14  7  2  46  23   54 104
 2  Leicester City        46 16  5  2  43  13  12  8  3  35  26   39  97
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 3  Nottingham Forest     46 17  4  2  57  21   8  9  6  29  25   40  88
 4  Reading               46 13  5  5  34  20  14  2  7  32  22   24  88
 5  Sheffield United      46 11  8  4  33  24  13  4  6  43  29   23  84
 6  Wolverhampton         46 11  8  4  40  22  10  6  7  43  30   31  77
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 7  Burnley               46 14  3  6  37  33   6  9  8  32  39   -3  72
 8  Gillingham            46 13  5  5  36  28   5  8 10  26  33    1  67
 9  Ipswich Town          46 10  4  9  44  35   7 11  5  25  24   10  66
10  Norwich City          46 10  8  5  33  19   6  7 10  26  31    9  63
11  Crystal Palace        46  9 10  4  32  19   6  7 10  27  35    5  62
12  Wimbledon             46 11  7  5  42  31   4  8 11  33  45   -1  60
13  Preston North End     46 11  6  6  42  33   4  7 12  25  39   -5  58
14  Watford               46 11  6  6  35  27   4  6 13  15  39  -16  57
15  Rotherham United      46  8  8  7  27  25   7  3 13  35  40   -3  56
16  Coventry City         46  7  6 10  25  29   6 10  7  27  31   -8  55
17  Millwall              46  8  9  6  29  33   6  4 13  23  36  -17  55
18  Walsall               46  9  2 12  33  37   4  8 11  26  33  -11  49
19  Derby County          46  7 10  6  34  30   5  2 16  23  46  -19  48
20  Bradford City         46  6 10  7  28  33   5  4 14  25  40  -20  47
21  Brighton & Hove Alb   46  9  4 10  32  34   3  5 15  16  36  -22  45
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22  Sheffield Wednesday   46  6  8  9  28  33   1  9 13  21  42  -26  38
23  Stoke City            46  6  7 10  24  32   1  7 15  21  50  -37  35
24 Grimsby Town 46 4 7 12 27 40 3 3 17 21 56 -48 31