FM Preview: Reading v Nottingham Forest 21 Aug 2010

History of the Reading v Nottingham Forest fixture

Nottm. Forest face a trip to Reading at Madejski Stadium on Saturday afternoon,

The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in August 2009, when they played out a goalless draw in a Championship match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2009/2010	Sat 16 Jan	Nottm. Forest	2 - 1	Reading	CHMP
2009/2010	Sat 08 Aug	Reading	0 - 0	Nottm. Forest	CHMP
2008/2009	Sat 28 Feb	Reading	0 - 1	Nottm. Forest	CHMP
2008/2009	Sun 10 Aug	Nottm. Forest	0 - 0	Reading	CHMP
2004/2005	Sat 16 Apr	Reading	1 - 0	Nottm. Forest	CHMP
2004/2005	Sat 20 Nov	Nottm. Forest	1 - 0	Reading	CHMP
2003/2004	Sat 17 Jan	Nottm. Forest	0 - 1	Reading	CHMP

Recent respective form guides

Reading have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 16 goals for the Royals, with 6 goals against.

The away form of Nottm. Forest is pretty dire, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. While the Forest have hit 6 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Reading find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 1 points from their 2 matches. Nottm. Forest are currently lying in 19th place in Npower Championship having mustered a points tally of 1 from their 2 matches played.

For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here

Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Reading	6	2	2	2	9	9	8
Nottm. Forest	6	0	2	4	8	12	2

FootyMad's prediction ...

FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Royals, as the Forest have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win

Sequence statistics:
Reading	6 games since last home draw.
Nottm. Forest	Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 14 away matches. No win in the 6 most recent games.