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Southampton travel to take on Reading at Madejski Stadium on Friday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 18 games played, Saints have recorded 6 wins, and Reading have come away with 7 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Reading was back in January 1997, over five years ago, with Reading running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a F.A. Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Wed 28 Sep | Southampton | 0 - 0 | Reading | CHMP |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 04 Jan | Reading | 3 - 1 | Southampton | FAC |
| 1995/1996 | Tue 28 Nov | Reading | 2 - 1 | Southampton | LGEC |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 09 Jan | Reading | 0 - 1 | Southampton | FAC |
| 1978/1979 | Tue 14 Nov | Southampton | 2 - 0 | Reading | LGEC |
| 1978/1979 | Wed 08 Nov | Reading | 0 - 0 | Southampton | LGEC |
| 1959/1960 | Mon 18 Apr | Southampton | 1 - 0 | Reading | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Reading are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. In this time, Royals have rattled up an impressive 17 goals, and conceded 4.
In complete contrast to Reading, Southampton are having a torrid time on their travels, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the Saints have hit 4 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Reading are leading the way in the Coca Cola Championship, with their 32 games giving them a return of 79 points. Southampton find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 36 points from their 32 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Reading | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 11 |
| Southampton | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Saints are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Reading. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Reading | Unbeaten in the last 20 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Southampton | 7 games since last away draw. No win in the 2 most recent games. |