A History of Reading V Portsmouth Clashes

Saturday will be the first time that the Royals have met Pompey since 1998. The Royals did well to record a 2-0 away win that season but went down 1-0 at Elm Park.

In all Reading have won a disappointing 21% of their clashes with Portsmouth, a record they will be looking to improve upon.

At Reading (16)				At Portsmouth (17)				Overall (33 matches)
Results	Total	%		Results	Total	%		Results	Total	%
Reading	5	31.25		Portsmouth	9	52.94		Reading	7	21.21
Portsmouth	6	37.5		Reading	2	11.76		Portsmouth	15	45.45
Draws	5	31.25		Draws	6	35.29		Draws	11	33.33
Goals	Total	Av.pg		Goals	Total	Av.pg		Goals	Total	Av.pg
Reading	15	0.94		Portsmouth	27	1.59		Reading	25	0.76
Portsmouth	18	1.13		Reading	10	0.59		Portsmouth	45	1.36

Records
Highest Aggregate	5	Portsmouth	5 - 0	Reading	1926/1927
Highest Reading score:	2	Portsmouth	0 - 2	Reading	1997/1998
Highest Portsmouth score:	5	Portsmouth	5 - 0	Reading	1926/1927

Season	Date	Home	Score	Away	Competition
1997/1998	Sat 21 Feb	Reading	0 - 1	Portsmouth	League Division One
	Sat 27 Sep	Portsmouth	0 - 2	Reading	League Division One
1996/1997	Tue 25 Mar	Portsmouth	1 - 0	Reading	League Division One
	Sat 25 Jan	Portsmouth	3 - 0	Reading	F.A. Cup
	Sat 21 Dec	Reading	0 - 0	Portsmouth	League Division One
1995/1996	Sun 04 Feb	Reading	0 - 1	Portsmouth	League Division One
	Sat 26 Aug	Portsmouth	0 - 0	Reading	League Division One
1994/1995	Sat 10 Dec	Portsmouth	1 - 1	Reading	League Division One
	Sat 20 Aug	Reading	0 - 0	Portsmouth	League Division One
1986/1987	Sat 18 Apr	Reading	2 - 2	Portsmouth	Second Division
	Thu 01 Jan	Portsmouth	1 - 0	Reading	Second Division
1982/1983	Sat 02 Apr	Portsmouth	2 - 2	Reading	Third Division
	Tue 28 Dec	Reading	1 - 2	Portsmouth	Third Division
1981/1982	Mon 12 Apr	Portsmouth	3 - 0	Reading	Third Division
	Wed 06 Jan	Reading	2 - 1	Portsmouth	Third Division
1980/1981	Mon 20 Apr	Reading	2 - 1	Portsmouth	Third Division
	Fri 26 Dec	Portsmouth	0 - 0	Reading	Third Division
1978/1979	Fri 13 Apr	Reading	2 - 0	Portsmouth	Fourth Division
	Sat 23 Dec	Portsmouth	4 - 0	Reading	Fourth Division
1976/1977	Sat 05 Mar	Reading	2 - 0	Portsmouth	Third Division
	Sat 25 Sep	Portsmouth	0 - 2	Reading	Third Division
1961/1962	Fri 16 Mar	Reading	0 - 3	Portsmouth	Third Division
	Sat 28 Oct	Portsmouth	2 - 0	Reading	Third Division
1926/1927	Wed 30 Mar	Portsmouth	5 - 0	Reading	Second Division
	Sat 02 Oct	Reading	1 - 2	Portsmouth	Second Division
1923/1924	Sat 15 Sep	Reading	1 - 4	Portsmouth	Third Division (South)
	Sat 08 Sep	Portsmouth	1 - 1	Reading	Third Division (South)
1922/1923	Sat 28 Oct	Reading	0 - 0	Portsmouth	Third Division (South)
	Sat 21 Oct	Portsmouth	1 - 0	Reading	Third Division (South)
1921/1922	Sat 06 May	Reading	1 - 1	Portsmouth	Third Division (South)
	Sat 29 Apr	Portsmouth	1 - 0	Reading	Third Division (South)
1920/1921	Sat 22 Jan	Reading	1 - 0	Portsmouth	Third Division
	Sat 15 Jan	Portsmouth	2 - 2	Reading	Third Division