Even a win at Derby might not save Reading

A return of just 2 points from the last 18 available has dropped Reading into the relegation zone and taken survival out of their own hands.

What's also alarming is that in those 6 games Reading haven't scored a single goal. Now to survive Reading must do better that Fulham and be no worse than Birmingham on the final day.

There are several scenario's. Reading of course must look to beat already relegated Derby. Defeat at Pride Park would guarantee relegation for Reading. A draw is good for Reading only if Fulham lose and Birmingham fail to win. A Reading win would relegate Birmingham City whatever they do against Blackburn. But it would only save the Royals if Fulham fail to win at Portsmouth.

A Fulham win and a Reading win would still see Reading going down unless they can score 6 more goals than Fulham do.

The league table. With one game to go

		Pld		Home						Away						Overall						Pts	GD
				W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A
1	Manchester United	37		17	1	1	47	7		9	5	4	31	15		26	6	5	78	22		84	+56
2	Chelsea	37		12	6	0	35	12		13	3	3	29	13		25	9	3	64	25		84	+39
3	Arsenal	37		14	5	0	37	11		9	6	3	36	20		23	11	3	73	31		80	+42
4	Liverpool	37		12	6	1	43	13		8	7	3	22	15		20	13	4	65	28		73	+37
5	Everton	37		10	4	4	31	16		8	4	7	21	16		18	8	11	52	32		62	+20
6	Aston Villa	37		10	3	6	34	22		6	8	4	35	27		16	11	10	69	49		59	+20
7	Blackburn Rovers	37		8	7	4	26	19		7	6	5	23	25		15	13	9	49	44		58	+5
8	Portsmouth	37		7	8	3	24	13		9	1	9	24	26		16	9	12	48	39		57	+9
9	Manchester City	37		11	4	4	28	20		4	6	8	16	25		15	10	12	44	45		55	-1
10	West Ham United	37		7	6	5	22	22		6	3	10	18	26		13	9	15	40	48		48	-8
11	Tottenham Hotspur	37		8	5	5	46	32		3	8	8	20	27		11	13	13	66	59		46	+7
12	Newcastle United	37		8	5	6	25	26		3	5	10	19	36		11	10	16	44	62		43	-18
13	Wigan Athletic	37		8	5	5	21	15		2	5	12	13	34		10	10	17	34	49		40	-15
14	Middlesbrough	37		6	5	7	19	22		3	7	9	16	30		9	12	16	35	52		39	-17
15	Sunderland	37		9	3	6	23	20		2	3	14	13	38		11	6	20	36	58		39	-22
16	Bolton Wanderers	37		7	5	7	23	18		2	4	12	12	35		9	9	19	35	53		36	-18
17	Fulham	37		5	5	9	22	31		2	7	9	15	29		7	12	18	37	60		33	-23
18	Reading	37		8	2	9	19	25		1	4	13	18	41		9	6	22	37	66		33	-29
19	Birmingham City	37		5	8	5	26	22		2	3	14	16	39		7	11	19	42	61		32	-19
20	[R] Derby County	37		1	5	12	12	39		0	3	16	8	46		1	8	28	20	85		11	-65