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Reading face a trip to Leicester City at Walkers 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 with only a 20.00% success rate in the fixture.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in December 2004, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Wed 28 Dec | Reading | 2 - 0 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 26 Feb | Reading | 0 - 0 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Leicester City are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Reading have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The Royals's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 12 goals for and 10 against.
Leicester City find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 46 points from their 39 matches. Reading are leading the way in the Coca Cola Championship, with their 39 games giving them a return of 91 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Leicester City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 11 |
| Reading | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Royals has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Leicester City. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Leicester City | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Reading | Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |