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Bristol City travel to take on Reading at Madejski Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 40 games played, Robins have recorded 10 wins, and Reading have come away with 18 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Reading was back in November 2001, over five years ago, as the Royals edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3 - 2 in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 01 Nov | Bristol City | 1 - 4 | Reading | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 30 Mar | Bristol City | 3 - 3 | Reading | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 10 Nov | Reading | 3 - 2 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Fri 23 Mar | Reading | 1 - 3 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 21 Oct | Bristol City | 4 - 0 | Reading | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 15 Feb | Bristol City | 4 - 0 | Reading | ASSM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 04 Dec | Bristol City | 3 - 1 | Reading | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Reading are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, The Royals have scored 9 and conceded 1 during this period.
The Robins have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Robins, and 5 goals against.
Reading are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 59 points from 31 games. Bristol City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 50 from their 33 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Reading | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| Bristol City | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 15 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Robins's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Reading, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Reading | Unbeaten in the last 7 home games. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Bristol City | 4 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 7 outings ago. |