However, the bookies don't rate their chances and are only offering odds of 11/2 on a victory at the Madejski Stadium.
Reading are priced by bookmakers BET365 at 8/15 and you can get 14-5 on a draw.
This is the 44th meeting of the two sides with Coventry having won fourteen of those games. There has been twelve draws. City have scored 60 goals compared to Reading's 65.