FootyMAD's West Ham United match preview

History of the Reading v West Ham United fixture

Reading prepare to entertain West Ham United at Madejski Stadium on Saturday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. Of the two previous meetings, the Royals have won one and drawn one.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Madejski Stadium was less than a year ago, in April 2004, with Reading running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a League Division One match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2004/2005	Tue 10 Aug	West Ham Utd.	1 - 0	Reading	CHMP
2003/2004	Sat 03 Apr	Reading	2-0	West Ham Utd.	CHMP
2003/2004	Sat 13 Sep	West Ham Utd.	1 - 0	Reading	CHMP
2001/2002	Tue 11 Sep	Reading	0 - 0	West Ham Utd.	LC

Recent respective form guides

Reading will be hoping to improve on their poor home form, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. Only 4 goals have been registered in this time, with 6 in the wrong end.

West Ham Utd.'s away form is none too clever either, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Reading's total of 54 points from their 36 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship. West Ham Utd. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 54 from their 35 games so far.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Reading	6	0	4	2	3	6	4
West Ham Utd.	6	3	1	2	10	5	10

FootyMad's prediction ...

These are testing times at Madejski Stadium for the Royals and the Madmen are unable to see past West Ham Utd. claiming victory in a close match.

Sequence statistics:
Reading	Failed to win in previous 7 home matches. Drawn each of their last 3 games. Not won in the 8 most recent games.
West Ham Utd.	An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games.