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Reading are ready to welcome Swansea City to Madejski Stadium on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Royals are clearly on top, winning 59.38% of the games played between the two.
The previous match played between the two at Madejski Stadium was more than three years back, in August 2005, with Reading running out comfortable 3-1 winners in an League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Tue 28 Aug | Swansea City | 0 - 1 | Reading | LGEC |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 23 Aug | Reading | 3-1 | Swansea City | LGEC |
| 2004/2005 | Mon 17 Jan | Swansea City | 0 - 1 | Reading | FAC |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 08 Jan | Reading | 1 - 1 | Swansea City | FAC |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 24 Feb | Swansea City | 0 - 1 | Reading | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 30 Jan | Swansea City | 1 - 0 | Reading | ASSM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 23 Sep | Reading | 5 - 1 | Swansea City | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Reading are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. In this time, Royals have rattled up an impressive 17 goals, and conceded 6.
The Swans have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. Only 4 goals have been registered in this time, with 5 leaked at the wrong end.
Reading's total of 11 points from their 7 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship. Swansea City's 9 points from 7 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Reading | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 11 |
| Swansea City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Both teams are displaying reasonable form at the moment, and for that reason, the Madmen predict the game will end in stalemate. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Reading | Won 4 successive home games. 7 games since last home draw. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Swansea City | 6 games since last away draw. 4 games since last defeat. |