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Sheff. Utd. face a trip to Reading at Madejski Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The Blades will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2009, with Sheff. Utd. inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Royals in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Fri 10 Apr | Reading | 0 - 1 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 15 Nov | Sheff. Utd. | 0 - 2 | Reading | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 20 Jan | Reading | 3 - 1 | Sheff. Utd. | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 16 Sep | Sheff. Utd. | 1 - 2 | Reading | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 14 Feb | Sheff. Utd. | 1 - 1 | Reading | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 25 Oct | Reading | 2 - 0 | Sheff. Utd. | LGEC |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 01 Oct | Reading | 2 - 1 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Reading's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Sheff. Utd.'s away form is none too clever either, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. Just 5 goals have scored in these games, though to be fair only a measly 2 have been let in at the wrong end.
Reading are currently lying in 19th place in Coca-Cola Championship having mustered a points tally of 2 from their 3 matches played. Sheff. Utd. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 5 from their 3 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Reading | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| Sheff. Utd. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Sheff. Utd. are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Reading | Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Sheff. Utd. | Previous 3 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 4 away matches. |