READING V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY DECEMBER 11TH AT 3PM
AT THE MADEJSKI STADIUM, READING, RG2 0FL
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3pm.
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TRAVEL
Club Coach Leaves Ricoh Arena at 11.30am and costs £16 per person (no discounts).
By Car
From Junction 11 of the M4, follow signs towards Reading. Madejski Stadium is on your left-hand side after less than a mile.
There is a car park at the ground, however, expect horrendous traffic in and around Reading.
The nearest rail station is Reading.
From there, simply take a Fasttrack Park & Ride green bus that takes you direct to the Stadium. Average journey time less than 10 minutes.
Directions by air
The nearest airport is London Heathrow. From there, you can take the RailAir bus direct to Reading train station and then a park & ride bus.
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ADMISSION
Tickets are priced as follows: Season ticket holders/members price (only one ticket per season ticket or membership is permitted at this price)
Adults £23, £17 for Senior Citizens (Over 65) and Young Adults (17 -21 years old) and £10 for Juniors (16 and under)
Non season ticket/member price
Adults £25, £19for Senior Citizens (Over 65) and Young Adults (17-21 years old) and £10 for Juniors (16 and under)
Subject to availability tickets will be sold on the day, the price will increase as follows.
£27 for Adults, £21 for Senior Citizens (Over 65) and Young Adults (17 -21 years old) and £12 for Juniors (16 and under).
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THE LAST TIME
Saturday's game will be the 52nd league and cup game between the two sides with City having won 14 of these matches and drawn 17, scoring 64 goals compared to Reading's 76.
City's last trip to Reading saw a 0-0 draw on December 11th 2010.
The teams that day were:
City: Westwood, Keogh, Wood, McPake, Cameron, Carsley, Gunnarsson (Clarke 87), Doyle, McSheffrey, King, Platt. SNU Ireland, Cranie, Bell, Thomas, Jutkiewicz, Eastwood.
Reading Federici, Griffin, Harte, Mills, Pearce, Karacan (Robson Kanu 69), Leigterwood, McAnuff, Kebe (Tabb 84), Hunt (Church 69), Long. SNU McCarthy, Cummings, Khizanshvill, Howard.
City's last win at the Madejski was on Febuary 19th 2005 and saw the Sky Blues win 2-1.
For a full list of matches between Reading and City, please click on http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadhed.asp
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The referee currently appointed to take charge of Coventry City's next game, the trip to Reading is David Coote from Nottingham.
This is his third season refereeing in the Football League. This season he has had 23 matches (five of which have been Championship matches) and shown 66 yellow cards and five red.
He has not been in charge of a City first team game before.
His assistants will be Justin Amey from Dorset and Dave Bushell from London. The fourth official will be Wade Norcott from Essex.
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BETTING ODDS
There was a solemn feeling around the Ricoh Arena last weekend as Ipswich delivered a fatal blow to Coventry's survival hopes, scoring a 96th minute winner in a 3-2 thriller.
That latest loss leaves the Sky Blues seven points from safety and they will go into this Saturday's clash with Reading as clear underdogs. The bookies have priced them at 9/2 to win at the Madejski Stadium, small wonder when you consider they haven't won away from home all season (losing 11), and are on a terrible run of losing their last seven away matches on the bounce. Reading have been made clear favourites at 8/15 with the draw priced at 3/1.
Recommended football betting tip: Under 2.5 Goals @ 34/33 - BET NOW
I can see this one being kept tight for as long as possible by the Sky Blues, who will make life difficult for the Royals, not as an attacking force as such, but they will look to upset the rhythm of Brian McDermott's side by keeping wingers Jimmy Kebe and Jobi McAnuff quiet as well as keeping a keen eye on veteran striker Jason Roberts. Reading have won 3 and lost 3 in their last six games, so their recent form is erratic, and if Coventry avoid conceding early then I fancy under 2.5 goals to be a real runner. In this fixture, the last 3 have all ended in draws - all of which finished unders. That statistic is backed up by another - 3 of the last 7 meetings between these sides have finished with a scoreline of 0-0.
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