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Reading are ready to welcome Queens Park Rangers to Madejski Stadium at lunchtime on Saturday, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 23 wins out of 35 previous matches.
The previous match played between the two at Madejski Stadium was within the last three years, in January 2002, the Royals carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a League Division Two match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2001/2002 | Sat 05 Jan | Reading | 1-0 | Q.P.R. | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 25 Aug | Q.P.R. | 0 - 0 | Reading | LGE1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sun 28 Dec | Q.P.R. | 1 - 1 | Reading | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Tue 02 Sep | Reading | 1 - 2 | Q.P.R. | CHMP |
| 1996/1997 | Wed 12 Mar | Q.P.R. | 0 - 2 | Reading | CHMP |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 23 Nov | Reading | 2 - 1 | Q.P.R. | CHMP |
| 1966/1967 | Sat 14 Jan | Q.P.R. | 2 - 1 | Reading | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Reading are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Royals in those games, with 3 conceded.
The away form of Q.P.R. is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the Rangers have hit 6 goals, 14 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Reading are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 41 points from 23 games. Q.P.R. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 36 from their 23 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Reading | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| Q.P.R. | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Q.P.R. is certainly an interesting one with me deciding its going to end up with a victory for the Royals in a close run game. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Reading | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. |
| Q.P.R. | Lost each of the previous 5 away matches. Not won in previous 5 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |