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Reading prepare to entertain Leicester City at Madejski Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to break their duck against the visitors. There have only been 1 against the opposition from the 5 matches played by the Royals.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Madejski Stadium was earlier this season, with Leicester City inflicting a narrow 1-2 defeat upon the Royals in a F.A. Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 29 Jan | Reading | 1-2 | Leicester City | FAC |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 11 Dec | Leicester City | 0 - 2 | Reading | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 28 Jan | Reading | 1 - 3 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 24 Aug | Leicester City | 2 - 1 | Reading | CHMP |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 24 Feb | Reading | 1 - 1 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 16 Sep | Leicester City | 1 - 1 | Reading | CHMP |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 23 Apr | Leicester City | 1 - 0 | Reading | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Reading need to improve on their recent home record of just 3 draws from the previous six. While Royals have scored 4, a worringly large 7 have been leaked at the other end.
Leicester City's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Foxes's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 8 against.
Reading lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 52 points from their 34 games so far. Leicester City find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 40 points from their 32 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Reading | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| Leicester City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at Madejski Stadium for the Royals and the Madmen are unable to see past Leicester City claiming victory in a close match.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Reading | Failed to win in previous 6 home matches. Not won in the 6 most recent games. |
| Leicester City | 6 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |