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Reading travel to take on Crewe Alexandra at The Alexandra Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Royals have won 2 of the 13 games compared to the host's 5 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Crewe was back in February 1998, over five years ago, the CreweAlex.com carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1997/1998 | Sat 28 Feb | Crewe | 1 - 0 | Reading | LD1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 11 Oct | Reading | 3 - 3 | Crewe | LD1 |
| 1990/1991 | Fri 01 Feb | Crewe | 1 - 0 | Reading | DIV3 |
| 1990/1991 | Tue 18 Sep | Reading | 2 - 1 | Crewe | DIV3 |
| 1989/1990 | Sat 13 Jan | Reading | 1 - 1 | Crewe | DIV3 |
| 1989/1990 | Fri 25 Aug | Crewe | 1 - 1 | Reading | DIV3 |
| 1983/1984 | Fri 23 Mar | Crewe | 1 - 1 | Reading | DIV4 |
Recent respective form guides
Crewe Alexandra have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 10 to 8.
Reading have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Royals's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 7 against.
Crewe's 21 points from 15 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Reading's 24 points from 15 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 |
| Crewe | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Reading | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Royals could well see them head back from The Alexandra Stadium with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crewe | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
| Reading | 9 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |