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Crystal Palace face a trip to Reading at Madejski Stadium on Tuesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 37 games played, Eagles have recorded 11 wins, and Reading have come away with 18 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in August 2008, when they eased past their opponents in a high-scoring 4 - 2 thriller, in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 21 Mar | Crystal Palace | 0 - 0 | Reading | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 30 Aug | Reading | 4 - 2 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Reading's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Royals have scored 4, a worringly large 7 have been leaked at the other end.
Crystal Palace's away form is none too clever either, losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 6 leaked at the wrong end.
Reading are currently lying in 19th place in Coca-Cola Championship having mustered a points tally of 20 from their 19 matches played. Crystal Palace see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 26 points from their 19 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Reading | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Eagles has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Reading. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Reading | Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Crystal Palace | Previous 3 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 5 away matches. |