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Man City travel to take on Reading at Madejski Stadium on Monday evening, looking to further improve upon a decent past record there. So far, the Sky Blues have winning 55.56% of the games played between the two.
The last time the two teams met at Reading was back in March 1999, over five years ago, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 3 winners in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1998/1999 | Sat 27 Mar | Reading | 1 - 3 | Man City | LGE1 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 24 Oct | Man City | 0 - 1 | Reading | LGE1 |
| 1997/1998 | Tue 24 Feb | Reading | 3 - 0 | Man City | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 18 Oct | Man City | 0 - 0 | Reading | CHMP |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 03 May | Man City | 3 - 2 | Reading | CHMP |
| 1996/1997 | Tue 15 Oct | Reading | 2 - 0 | Man City | CHMP |
| 1993/1994 | Wed 06 Oct | Reading | 1 - 2 | Man City | LGEC |
Recent respective form guides
Reading are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the Royals, with 5 goals against.
In complete contrast to Reading, Man City are having a torrid time on their travels, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. Sky Blues have conceded 10 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.
Reading see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 3 points from their 3 games played so far, Man City's 4 points from 3 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Reading | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
| Man City | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Royals, as the Sky Blues have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Reading | Won 4 successive home games. 5 games since last home draw. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Man City | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. |