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Sunderland travel to take on Reading at Madjeski Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 6 games played, Black Cats have recorded 2 wins, and Reading have come away with 3 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Reading was back in October 1997, over five years ago, as they swept to an impressive 4 - 0 win in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 27 Sep | Sunderland | 2 - 0 | Reading | LD1 |
| 1997/1998 | Tue 17 Feb | Sunderland | 4 - 1 | Reading | LD1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 04 Oct | Reading | 4 - 0 | Sunderland | LD1 |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 16 Dec | Reading | 1 - 1 | Sunderland | LD1 |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 30 Sep | Sunderland | 2 - 2 | Reading | LD1 |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 03 Dec | Sunderland | 0 - 1 | Reading | LD1 |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 22 Oct | Reading | 0 - 2 | Sunderland | LD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Reading have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 9 to 7.
The Black Cats have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. A generous 10 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Reading's total of 57 points from their 37 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Nationwide League Division One. Sunderland lie just outside the playoff positions in the Nationwide League Division One, picking up 56 from their 34 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Reading | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 14 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Sunderland are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Reading. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Reading | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Sunderland | 4 games since last away draw. 7 games since last defeat. |