When | Saturday 10 February 2001, 3.00pm kick-off |
Who and Where | Brentford (Away, Griffin Park, Brentford, League Division Two) |
Ticket Info |
This match is all-ticket
for Reading fans. Terrace: £11 Tickets must be purchased in advance from the Reading FC ticket office. |
Travel, Food and Beer. |
Griffin Park, Braemar Road, Brentford. By Train: By Coach: |
Team news |
Reading look nearly certain to bring new loan signing Adrian Whitbread into the starting eleven with Adrian Williams out injured. Barry Hunter seems the most likely player to find himself on the bench - otherwise the other central defending Adrian (Viveash) could find himself fighting to keep his place. Whitbread comes to Reading after 13 games on loan at Luton Town - he didn't do enough at Luton to earn a contract but he's hoping to do a bit better at Reading to make the move permanent. Whitbread lost his starting place at Portsmouth after an injury over the summer meant he was left out at the start of the season. On the subject of injury prone players - there is a rumour that Graeme Murty is actually fit and could even make a start. Gurney is likely to be ruled out through injury, meanwhile Martin Butler who scored last week's winner against Port Vale is likely to start, with Rougier left on the bench. Reading - from: Whitehead, Newman, Viveash, Whitbread, Hunter, Gray, Caskey, Jones, Murty, Rougier, Igoe, Parkinson, Cureton, Butler, McIntyre, Smith, Hodges, Howie. Brentford - from:
Gottskalksson, Marshall, Lovett, Dobson, Mahon, Powell, Evans, Rowlands,
Ingimarsson, Owusu, McCammon, Partridge, Williams, Smith, Javary, Gibbs. |
Form Guide |
Brentford's last seven matches have been away from home - with a completely
mixed bag of results: 2 wins, 3 draws, and 2 defeats. One of the wins
was their last LDV match (a 2-1 victory at Barnet), and one of the draws
was a victory on penalties in the previous round of the LDV at Brighton
after drawing 2-2 at the end of extra time. Their last two league outings
have been a 0-3 stuffing at Oldham and a 0-0 draw last week at Wycombe
Wanderers. At home Brentford have had five wins and six draws from their
13 games at Griffin Park. Reading |
Previous Meetings |
Reading have had way more wins than Brenford through history - so lets
home we chalk another one up at their place this time around. |
Match Odds |
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