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Reading face a trip to Millwall at The Den 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 lose 23 and win only 7 of the 42 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2004, with Reading inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the The Lions in a League Division One match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2003/2004 | Sat 24 Apr | Millwall | 0 - 1 | Reading | CHMP |
2003/2004 | Sat 15 Nov | Reading | 1 - 0 | Millwall | CHMP |
2002/2003 | Sat 15 Feb | Millwall | 0 - 2 | Reading | CHMP |
2002/2003 | Sat 02 Nov | Reading | 2 - 0 | Millwall | CHMP |
2000/2001 | Sat 06 Jan | Reading | 3 - 4 | Millwall | LGE1 |
2000/2001 | Sat 12 Aug | Millwall | 2 - 0 | Reading | LGE1 |
1999/2000 | Sat 12 Feb | Reading | 2 - 0 | Millwall | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Millwall have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 6 in the wrong end.
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 5 goals for and 4 against.
Millwall's total of 7 points from their 4 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship. Reading are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 9 points from 4 games.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Millwall | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
Reading | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Reading are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Millwall. Away win
Sequence statistics: | |
Millwall | 6 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
Reading | 9 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 9 outings ago. |