However, Wolves, Reading's opponents on Wednesday night, are currently the form team away from home. It will take some performance to beat them.
Despite the good recent displays the Royals are currently only predicted to finish fourth in the league (see predicition table at the bottom of the page).
Our thanks goes to StatMail.co.uk for access to the statistics.
FORM TABLE (as at 08/03/03) Pos Team W D L F A GD Pts Index Sequence------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Reading 6 0 2 17 9 8 18 64% LWWWWWLW 2 Nottingham Forest 4 4 0 19 8 11 16 47% DDDWWWDW 3 Leicester City 4 4 0 15 5 10 16 46% WWWDWDDD 4 Preston North End 5 1 2 12 9 3 16 54% LDWWLWWW 5 Wolverhampton 4 3 1 17 8 9 15 41% DWLWWDWD 6 Portsmouth 4 2 2 19 8 11 14 47% LDWWDWWL 7 Bradford City 4 2 2 11 7 4 14 43% WWDLWLDW 8 Burnley 3 4 1 11 10 1 13 46% DDDLWWWD 9 Sheffield United 4 0 4 14 12 2 12 59% WWLLLLWW10 Ipswich Town 3 3 2 13 11 2 12 52% WLWLDWDD11 Brighton & Hove Alb 4 0 4 10 9 1 12 44% LLWWWLLW12 Gillingham 4 0 4 12 12 0 12 62% WLLWLWWL13 Wimbledon 3 3 2 14 15 -1 12 65% DLWDLWWD14 Walsall 3 2 3 7 8 -1 11 48% DWLWLWDL15 Millwall 3 1 4 7 12 -5 10 53% WWLLLLDW16 Rotherham United 3 1 4 7 13 -6 10 51% WLWWLLDL17 Derby County 2 2 4 13 17 -4 8 51% WWLDLDLL18 Watford 2 2 4 5 11 -6 8 59% LWWLLDDL19 Stoke City 2 2 4 5 14 -9 8 48% LDLLWLWD20 Sheffield Wednesday 1 4 3 11 14 -3 7 64% LLDDDLWD21 Norwich City 1 3 4 7 11 -4 6 54% DLDDWLLL22 Crystal Palace 1 3 4 5 11 -6 6 56% DDLLDLWL23 Coventry City 1 2 5 6 13 -7 5 42% DLLLLWLD24 Grimsby Town 1 1 6 6 18 -12 4 53% LLLWLDLL HOME FORM TABLE (as at 08/03/03) Pos Team W D L F A GD Pts Index Sequence------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Portsmouth 3 0 1 11 4 7 9 50% LWWW 2 Brighton & Hove Alb 3 0 1 9 4 5 9 58% LWWW 3 Preston North End 3 0 1 9 5 4 9 55% WWLW 4 Gillingham 3 0 1 8 4 4 9 48% WWWL 5 Nottingham Forest 2 2 0 10 3 7 8 44% DDWW 6 Leicester City 2 2 0 7 2 5 8 53% WDWD 7 Wimbledon 2 1 1 8 6 2 7 76% LDWW 8 Reading 2 1 1 6 4 2 7 60% DLWW 9 Rotherham United 2 1 1 5 4 1 7 47% WWLD10 Burnley 2 1 1 7 7 0 7 61% WDLW11 Wolverhampton 1 3 0 6 2 4 6 55% DDWD12 Crystal Palace 1 3 0 4 2 2 6 39% WDDD13 Walsall 2 0 2 5 6 -1 6 52% WLWL14 Stoke City 2 0 2 3 4 -1 6 33% LWLW15 Derby County 1 2 1 6 4 2 5 52% WDDL16 Ipswich Town 1 2 1 7 8 -1 5 50% WLDD17 Sheffield Wednesday 1 1 2 7 8 -1 4 57% LDLW18 Sheffield United 1 1 2 4 5 -1 4 65% DWLL19 Watford 1 1 2 4 5 -1 4 64% WLDL20 Bradford City 1 1 2 3 4 -1 4 43% LLDW21 Millwall 1 1 2 2 8 -6 4 84% WLLD22 Grimsby Town 1 0 3 4 8 -4 3 44% LWLL23 Norwich City 0 2 2 3 6 -3 2 57% DDLL24 Coventry City 0 1 3 2 6 -4 1 43% LLLD AWAY FORM TABLE (as at 08/03/03) Pos Team W D L F A GD Pts Index Sequence------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Wolverhampton 3 0 1 11 6 5 9 27% WLWW 2 Reading 3 0 1 6 3 3 9 64% WWLW 3 Leicester City 2 2 0 8 3 5 8 39% WWDD 4 Nottingham Forest 2 2 0 9 5 4 8 50% DWDW 5 Burnley 2 2 0 4 2 2 8 47% DWWD 6 Bradford City 2 1 1 8 6 2 7 43% LWDW 7 Sheffield United 2 0 2 8 6 2 6 48% LLWW 8 Millwall 2 0 2 5 4 1 6 21% WLLW 9 Preston North End 2 0 2 3 5 -2 6 33% LLWW10 Portsmouth 1 2 1 8 4 4 5 45% DDWL11 Ipswich Town 1 2 1 4 4 0 5 60% DLWD12 Walsall 1 2 1 2 2 0 5 44% DLWD13 Wimbledon 1 2 1 6 9 -3 5 54% DWLD14 Norwich City 1 1 2 4 5 -1 4 50% LDWL15 Coventry City 1 1 2 4 7 -3 4 42% DLWL16 Watford 1 1 2 1 6 -5 4 54% LWLD17 Sheffield Wednesday 0 3 1 4 6 -2 3 71% LDDD18 Brighton & Hove Alb 1 0 3 1 5 -4 3 29% LWLL19 Crystal Palace 1 0 3 3 8 -5 3 58% LLWL20 Derby County 1 0 3 7 13 -6 3 49% WLLL21 Rotherham United 1 0 3 2 9 -7 3 54% LWLL22 Grimsby Town 0 2 2 5 11 -6 2 60% DLLD23 Stoke City 0 2 2 2 10 -8 2 64% DLLD24 Gillingham 0 1 3 2 7 -5 1 64% DLLL FULL PREDICTION TABLE (as at 08/03/03) H o m e A w a yPos Team P W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Portsmouth 46 17 4 2 55 24 14 7 2 46 23 54 104 2 Leicester City 46 16 5 2 43 13 12 8 3 35 26 39 97------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 Nottingham Forest 46 17 4 2 57 21 8 9 6 29 25 40 88 4 Reading 46 13 5 5 34 20 14 2 7 32 22 24 88 5 Sheffield United 46 11 8 4 33 24 13 4 6 43 29 23 84 6 Wolverhampton 46 11 8 4 40 22 10 6 7 43 30 31 77------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 Burnley 46 14 3 6 37 33 6 9 8 32 39 -3 72 8 Gillingham 46 13 5 5 36 28 5 8 10 26 33 1 67 9 Ipswich Town 46 10 4 9 44 35 7 11 5 25 24 10 6610 Norwich City 46 10 8 5 33 19 6 7 10 26 31 9 6311 Crystal Palace 46 9 10 4 32 19 6 7 10 27 35 5 6212 Wimbledon 46 11 7 5 42 31 4 8 11 33 45 -1 6013 Preston North End 46 11 6 6 42 33 4 7 12 25 39 -5 5814 Watford 46 11 6 6 35 27 4 6 13 15 39 -16 5715 Rotherham United 46 8 8 7 27 25 7 3 13 35 40 -3 5616 Coventry City 46 7 6 10 25 29 6 10 7 27 31 -8 5517 Millwall 46 8 9 6 29 33 6 4 13 23 36 -17 5518 Walsall 46 9 2 12 33 37 4 8 11 26 33 -11 4919 Derby County 46 7 10 6 34 30 5 2 16 23 46 -19 4820 Bradford City 46 6 10 7 28 33 5 4 14 25 40 -20 4721 Brighton & Hove Alb 46 9 4 10 32 34 3 5 15 16 36 -22 45------------------------------------------------------------------------22 Sheffield Wednesday 46 6 8 9 28 33 1 9 13 21 42 -26 3823 Stoke City 46 6 7 10 24 32 1 7 15 21 50 -37 3524 Grimsby Town 46 4 7 12 27 40 3 3 17 21 56 -48 31