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Reading face a trip to West Ham United at Boleyn Ground on Tuesday evening, looking to break their duck against the hosts. The Royals lost the only previous game played between the two.
The only previous meeting between West Ham Utd. and Reading at was less than a year ago, in September 2003, the Hammers carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 03 Apr | Reading | 2 - 0 | West Ham Utd. | LD1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Sep | West Ham Utd. | 1 - 0 | Reading | LD1 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 11 Sep | Reading | 0 - 0 | West Ham Utd. | LC |
Recent respective form guides
West Ham United are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. During these games, Hammers have smashed 14 goals past the opposition and conceded a paltry 3.
The Royals have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Royals's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 8 against.
West Ham Utd. find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 1 points from their 1 matches. Reading are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola Championship, and have accumulated 3 points from the 1 games they have played so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| West Ham Utd. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| Reading | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
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 West Ham Utd.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| West Ham Utd. | Won 3 successive home games. 4 games since last home draw. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Reading | 6 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |