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Watford face a trip to Reading at Madejski Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Hornets will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 33 and win only 9 of the 52 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in January 2009, as they swept to an impressive 4 - 0 win in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Fri 09 Jan | Reading | 4 - 0 | Watford | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 20 Sep | Watford | 2 - 2 | Reading | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 05 May | Reading | 0 - 2 | Watford | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 09 Dec | Watford | 0 - 0 | Reading | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 11 Mar | Reading | 0 - 0 | Watford | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 27 Aug | Watford | 0 - 0 | Reading | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 26 Dec | Reading | 3 - 0 | Watford | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Reading's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Watford's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Hornets's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 7 against.
Reading are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 6 points from 8 matches. Watford lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 13 from their 8 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Reading | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 |
| Watford | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Watford are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Reading | Failed to win in previous 4 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Watford | 5 games since last defeat. |