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Crystal Palace pack their bags to visit Reading at Madejski Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 36 games played, Eagles have recorded 11 wins, and Reading have come away with 17 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Madejski Stadium was within the last three years, in September 2005, as the Royals edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3 - 2 in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Fri 20 Jan | Crystal Palace | 1 - 1 | Reading | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 13 Sep | Reading | 3 - 2 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 06 Mar | Crystal Palace | 2 - 2 | Reading | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Dec | Reading | 0 - 3 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 15 Mar | Reading | 2 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 26 Nov | Crystal Palace | 0 - 1 | Reading | CHMP |
| 1996/1997 | Wed 23 Apr | Crystal Palace | 3 - 2 | Reading | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Reading have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Royals in those games, with 5 conceded.
Crystal Palace have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Eagles have hit 6 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Reading's 4 points from 3 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Crystal Palace are currently lying in 19th place in Coca-Cola Championship having mustered a points tally of 2 from their 3 matches played.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Reading | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 13 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Royals, as the Eagles have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Reading | 5 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Crystal Palace | Lost each of the previous 4 away matches. Not won in previous 4 away matches. No win in the 3 most recent games. |