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History of the Reading v Derby County fixture

Derby County face a trip to Reading at Madejski Stadium on Saturday afternoon, with the intention of improving a poor record there. The have ended up losing on 10 of the 12 occasions the two teams have clashed.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in October 2007, the Royals carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premier League match.

For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here

Recent encounters between the teams:
2007/2008	Sun 11 May	Derby County	0 - 4	Reading	PREM
2007/2008	Sun 07 Oct	Reading	1 - 0	Derby County	PREM
2005/2006	Sat 01 Apr	Reading	5 - 0	Derby County	CHMP
2005/2006	Sat 31 Dec	Derby County	2 - 2	Reading	CHMP
2004/2005	Mon 03 Jan	Reading	0 - 1	Derby County	CHMP
2004/2005	Sat 11 Sep	Derby County	2 - 1	Reading	CHMP
2003/2004	Sat 31 Jan	Reading	3 - 1	Derby County	CHMP

Recent respective form guides

Reading are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. In this time, Royals have rattled up an impressive 19 goals, and conceded 4.

The Rams have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 12 goals for the Rams, and 6 goals against.

Reading are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 27 points from 15 games. Derby County's 21 points from 15 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.

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	3	1	2	10	6	10
Derby County	6	3	2	1	13	8	11

FootyMad's prediction ...

The match against Reading is likely to be a very close encounter, but one that the Madmen sees going the way of the home team. Home win

Sequence statistics:
Reading	Unbeaten in the last 8 home games.
Derby County	5 games since last defeat.