FM Preview: Tottenham Hotspur v Reading 01 Jan 2013

Last updated : 31 December 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Tottenham Hotspur v Reading fixture

Reading travel to take on Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane on Tuesday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. 62.50% of the past meetings have resulted in a defeat for Royals.

The last time the two teams met at Tottenham Hotspur was just over four years ago, in January 2008, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2-2 draw in a F.A. Cup match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2012/2013 Sun 16 Sep Reading 1 - 3 Tottenham H. Premier League
2007/2008 Sat 03 May Reading 0 - 1 Tottenham H. Premier League
2007/2008 Tue 15 Jan Reading 0 - 1 Tottenham H. F.A. Cup
2007/2008 Sat 05 Jan Tottenham H. 2-2 Reading F.A. Cup
2007/2008 Sat 29 Dec Tottenham H. 6 - 4 Reading Premier League
2006/2007 Sun 01 Apr Tottenham H. 1 - 0 Reading Premiership
2006/2007 Sun 12 Nov Reading 3 - 1 Tottenham H. Premiership

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Recent respective form guides

Tottenham Hotspur are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 12 goals for the Spurs, with 4 goals against.

In complete contrast to Tottenham Hotspur, Reading are having a torrid time on their travels, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. Royals have conceded 10 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.

Tottenham Hotspur's total of 36 points from their 20 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Barclays Premier League.

Reading are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premier League with a return of just 12 points from their 19 games thus far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Tottenham Hotspur 6 4 1 1 11 4 13
Reading 6 1 0 5 6 14 3

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Royals are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Tottenham Hotspur. Home win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Tottenham Hotspur Unbeaten in the last 6 home games.
Unbeaten run of 4 matches.
Reading Lost each of the previous 5 away matches.
Not won in previous 8 away matches.
Last drawn game 10 outings ago.

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