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Reading face a trip to Watford at Vicarage Road Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Royals will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 33 and win only 9 of the 54 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in September 2008, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2 - 2 draw in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 26 Sep | Reading | 1 - 1 | Watford | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Fri 09 Jan | Reading | 4 - 0 | Watford | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 20 Sep | Watford | 2 - 2 | Reading | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 05 May | Reading | 0 - 2 | Watford | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 09 Dec | Watford | 0 - 0 | Reading | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 11 Mar | Reading | 0 - 0 | Watford | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 27 Aug | Watford | 0 - 0 | Reading | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Watford are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The Hornets's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 7.
Reading have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Royals's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 8 against.
Watford are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 48 points from 44 matches. Reading's 60 points from 44 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Watford | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 |
| Reading | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Reading are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Watford | Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Reading | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 3 away matches. |