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Nottm Forest face a trip to Reading at Madjeski Stadium on Saturday evening, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. Only 3 defeats have been registered in the 9 games, with 4 ending in victory.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2003, the Royals carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Fri 18 Apr | Reading | 1 - 0 | Nottm Forest | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 21 Dec | Nottm Forest | 2 - 0 | Reading | LD1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sun 26 Apr | Nottm Forest | 1 - 0 | Reading | LD1 |
| 1997/1998 | Fri 24 Oct | Reading | 3 - 3 | Nottm Forest | LD1 |
| 1950/1951 | Sat 20 Jan | Nottm Forest | 1 - 1 | Reading | D3S |
| 1950/1951 | Sat 16 Sep | Reading | 0 - 2 | Nottm Forest | D3S |
| 1949/1950 | Sat 11 Mar | Reading | 1 - 1 | Nottm Forest | D3S |
Recent respective form guides
Reading are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Royals in those games, with 6 conceded.
The away form of Nottm Forest is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Forest have hit 9 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Reading's 1 points from 1 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Nottm Forest's total of 3 points from their 1 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Nationwide League Division One.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Reading | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| Nottm Forest | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 |
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 | 11 games since last home draw. Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Nottm Forest | Not won in previous 5 away matches. No win in the 4 most recent games. |