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Reading face a trip to Bradford City at The Bradford & Bingley 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 ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in March 2003, with Reading inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Bantams in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 04 Oct | Reading | 2 - 2 | Bradford City | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 22 Mar | Bradford City | 0 - 1 | Reading | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 29 Oct | Reading | 1 - 0 | Bradford City | LD1 |
| 1999/2000 | Wed 22 Sep | Reading | 2 - 2 | Bradford City | LC |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 14 Sep | Bradford City | 1 - 1 | Reading | LC |
| 1997/1998 | Tue 27 Jan | Bradford City | 4 - 1 | Reading | LD1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 30 Aug | Reading | 0 - 3 | Bradford City | LD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Bradford City have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
The Royals have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Royals's have scored 10 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 12.
Bradford City are stuck down in the relegation zone of Nationwide League Division One with a return of just 33 points from their 40 games thus far. Reading lie just outside the playoff positions in the Nationwide League Division One, picking up 63 from their 40 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Bradford City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Reading | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 11 |
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: | |
| Bradford City | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Reading | Undefeated in last 3 away games. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |