When | Saturday 2 December 2000, 3.00pm kick-off |
Who and Where | Cambridge United (Home, Madejski Stadium, League Division Two) |
Ticket Info |
Pay in advance or
on the day, normal home match prices apply. |
Travel, Food and Beer. |
Home match
- See away fans guide for travel,
food and beer guide. |
Team news |
One thing is for
sure Murty will definately be out injured. Caskey is back from suspension but Ricky Newman will be
out after being suspended for last weeks game against Bournemouth which was postponed. Robinson could
well make a start for the Royals. Cambridge have loan players Connor and Gudmundsson available for the
last games of their loan spells - both are expected to feature. It's possible that midfielder John
Hansen, on his way back from injury, could be on the bench for United. Cambridge United
- from: Perez, McAnespie, Duncan, Dreyer, Cowan, Taylor, Mustoe, Ashbee,
Wanless, Russell, Connor, Youngs, Marshall, Axeldal, Gudmundsson, Hansen. |
Form Guide |
Cambridge are currently 11th in the Second Division table - 6 places behind the Royals who lie in a play-off position in the moment after dropping from first place in the table. After two straight league defeats - a 1-2 reverse at Walsall and a 0-1 home defeat against Colchester - and last week's postponement against Bournemouth, the Royals are desperate for a victory. Only a win will be good enough to restore our chances of automatic promotion this season. At home Reading have been invincible until the against-the-odds 0-1 home defeat on 11th November against Colchester. Before that we were smashing goals past everyone and winning game after game at the Madejski Stadium. Away from home Cambridge have won two games, drawn three, and lost four - scoring 11 goals and letting in 15. Although they've let in a few goals when playing away they've only conceeded two goals at home in the league all season. Cambridge's last three league games have seen a 3-3 draw at home against Swansea, a 2-2 away draw at Wrexham, and a 1-2 defeat away at Wigan before that. In the first round of the FA Cup Cambridge put out Rochdale - winning 2-1 at home. |
Previous Meetings |
Since 1971 Reading and Cambridge United have met 20 times in the League
and FA Cup - an interesting statistic is that the Royals have either lost
or drawn all of our cup meetings with a draw and defeat in the FA Cup
and two league cup defeats. In the league Reading have fared better with
8 wins compared to United's 5. |
Match Odds |
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Predictions | A much needed 3-1 win for the Royals. What do you think? You can enter your Prediction on-line within the Hob Nob Anyone? Prediction League - and also be in with the chance of winning up to £150 worth of Reading FC vouchers. |
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