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Reading travel to take on Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. Most of the previous meetings have ended up in defeat for the Royals.
The last time the two teams met at Man Utd. was way back in the black-and-white days of January 1955, when they eased past their opponents in a high-scoring 4 - 1 thriller, in a F.A. Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 23 Sep | Reading | 1 - 1 | Man Utd. | PREM |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 27 Jan | Reading | 0 - 3 | Man Utd. | FAC |
| 1954/1955 | Wed 12 Jan | Man Utd. | 4 - 1 | Reading | FAC |
| 1954/1955 | Sat 08 Jan | Reading | 1 - 1 | Man Utd. | FAC |
| 1936/1937 | Sat 16 Jan | Man Utd. | 1 - 0 | Reading | FAC |
| 1935/1936 | Sat 11 Jan | Reading | 1 - 3 | Man Utd. | FAC |
| 1926/1927 | Mon 17 Jan | Reading | 2 - 1 | Man Utd. | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Manchester United are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. In this time, Red Devils have rattled up an impressive 16 goals, and conceded 4.
In complete contrast to Man Utd., Reading are having a torrid time on their travels, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the Royals have hit 6 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Man Utd. are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 50 points from the 20 games played. Reading's 27 points from 20 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Man Utd. | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 15 |
| Reading | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Royals are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Man Utd.. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Man Utd. | Won 4 successive home games. 5 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 7 . |
| Reading | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 3 away matches. No win in the 5 most recent games. |