After the miserable last couple of games Reading get a chance to try and redeem things with the visit of Wolves to the Madejski Stadium
Wolves are not very well at the moment. In fact they are on a run of 5 successive league defeats and looking a little on the mangy side of things. However it should be noted that this is just the sort of team Reading have immense problems playing against and when you note that Wolves are actually a much better team on the road than they are away there can't be any room for complacency, so just thinking all the club need to do is turn up is something that should be taken out and shot right now. However, given the cr@p that was served up as a performance at Molyneux back in August, one hopes the players will anxious to prove themselves.
Sadly Wolves more useful players like Costa, Weimann, Bödvarsson and Dicko will all be available however forward options Ivan Cavaleiro and Joe Mason are both injured. Presuming they have an unchanged lineup from their defeat to Birmingham on Friday they'll be fielding;
Ikeme, Batth, Doherty, Hause, Edwards, Evans, Costa, Marshall, Bödvarsson, Enobakhare & Weimann
Reading still have problems with the usual bunch so no Quinn, Rakels, Ilori, Harriott, Weiser or Gravenberch and Reece is also still out. Berg is back and raring to go so perhaps there maybe a change to the starting line up that depressed everyone at Brighton:
Habsi, Gunter, Moore, McShane, Blackett, Evans, McCleary, Beerens, Williams, Kermorgant, Mutch
Wolves are very close to selling out their 2112 allocation of tickets apparently.
Referee
Not Robert Madley, see later below
Historically
Thirty Five league games have been played thus far between the hoops and the old gold and of those games things are a dead heat with 14 wins apiece.
Reading have managed to record 8 wins in the 17 league games played in Reading which is twice as many as Wolves. However the recent record is distinctly poor with only one Reading win in the last 7 home games - so there is some pride to fight for here if nothing else.
Everything also points to a very tight affair with either a draw or one goal deciding the outcome as it has been over 20 years since either team won a league game in Reading by more than that margin.
