FootyMAD's Reading match preview

History of the Reading v Coventry City fixture

Coventry City face a trip to Reading at Madejski Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Sky Blues will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 12 and win only 3 of the 20 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2005, with Coventry City inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Royals in a Championship match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2005/2006	Sat 10 Sep	Coventry City	1 - 1	Reading	CHMP
2004/2005	Sat 19 Feb	Reading	1 - 2	Coventry City	CHMP
2004/2005	Sat 30 Oct	Coventry City	3 - 2	Reading	CHMP
2003/2004	Sat 27 Mar	Coventry City	1 - 2	Reading	CHMP
2003/2004	Sat 20 Sep	Reading	1 - 2	Coventry City	CHMP
2002/2003	Thu 26 Dec	Coventry City	2 - 0	Reading	CHMP
2002/2003	Sat 17 Aug	Reading	1 - 2	Coventry City	CHMP

Recent respective form guides

Reading could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. In this time, Royals have rattled up an impressive 20 goals, and conceded 3.

Coventry City have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the Sky Blues have hit 4 goals, 8 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Reading are leading the way in the Coca Cola Championship, with their 28 games giving them a return of 69 points. Coventry City find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 32 points from their 28 matches.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Reading	6	4	2	0	14	4	14
Coventry City	6	3	1	2	7	7	10

FootyMad's prediction ...

With Coventry City not hitting the right notes away from home at the moment, the Madmen safely assumes that Reading will ease to victory over the Sky Blues. Home win

Sequence statistics:
Reading	Won 6 successive home games. 7 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 8 matches.
Coventry City	6 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 4 outings ago.