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Reading face a trip to Gillingham at Priestfield 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 November 2002, with Reading inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the The Gills in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Tue 14 Oct | Reading | 2 - 1 | Gillingham | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Mon 10 Feb | Reading | 2 - 1 | Gillingham | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 09 Nov | Gillingham | 0 - 1 | Reading | LD1 |
| 1999/2000 | Fri 07 Apr | Reading | 2 - 2 | Gillingham | LD2 |
| 1999/2000 | Mon 03 Jan | Gillingham | 2 - 2 | Reading | LD2 |
| 1998/1999 | Thu 01 Apr | Gillingham | 2 - 1 | Reading | LD2 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 17 Oct | Reading | 0 - 0 | Gillingham | LD2 |
Recent respective form guides
Gillingham are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 7.
Reading have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. While the Royals have hit 8 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Gillingham find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 36 points from their 29 matches. Reading's 45 points from 30 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Gillingham | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 |
| Reading | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With Reading only showing average form on the road, Footymad are of the opinion a draw at Priestfield Stadium will be a good result. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Gillingham | 16 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 9 . |
| Reading | Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |