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West Ham Utd. face a trip to Reading at Madejski Stadium on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. The two previous games have resulted in one drawn game and one defeat for the Hammers.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2004, with Reading running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Tue 10 Aug | West Ham Utd. | 1 - 0 | Reading | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 03 Apr | Reading | 2 - 0 | West Ham Utd. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Sep | West Ham Utd. | 1 - 0 | Reading | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 11 Sep | Reading | 0 - 0 | West Ham Utd. | LC |
Recent respective form guides
Reading will be hoping to improve on their poor home form, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. Only 4 goals have been registered in this time, with 6 in the wrong end.
West Ham Utd.'s away form is none too clever either, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Reading's total of 54 points from their 36 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship. West Ham Utd. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 54 from their 35 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Reading | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| West Ham Utd. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Hammers 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 | Failed to win in previous 7 home matches. Drawn each of their last 3 games. Not won in the 8 most recent games. |
| West Ham Utd. | An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |