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Reading pack their bags to visit Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road 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 ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The previous match played between the two at Loftus Road was more than three years back, in August 2001, when they played out a goalless draw in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 18 Dec | Reading | 1 - 0 | Q.P.R. | CHMP |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Queens Park Rangers's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Rangers have scored 4, a worringly large 8 have been leaked at the other end.
Reading's away form is none too clever either, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. Royals have conceded 7 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Q.P.R.'s 48 points from 34 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Reading lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 53 from their 35 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Q.P.R. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Reading | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Rangers, as the Royals have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Q.P.R. | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. |
| Reading | Not won in previous 2 away matches. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 7 most recent games. |