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MATCH PREVIEW: 2002/2003 Season

24 August 2002: LEAGUE DIVISION ONE LEICESTER CITY (AWAY)
when and where	Saturday 24 August 2002 Kick-Off: 15:00 Walkers Crisp Bowl Stadium, Leicester
ticket information	Tickets in advance only from the Reading FC ticket office. Tickets go on sale to season ticket holders on Wednesday 14 August. Two tickets are available per season ticket holder. Tickets are then available to RFSC members from the following Monday and go on general sale the day after. Adults: £15 Concessions: £13 Children: £10 To buy your ticket please call the ticket office on 0118 968 1000.
travel, food, beer	Walkers Stadium, Filbert Way, Leicester, LE2 7FL. Telephone: 0116 291 5000 Leicester's new 32,500 all-seater stadium is certainly going to be impressive, and perhaps not that much different from the Madejski - except even bigger. The ground is a 15 minute walk from the town centre's supply of food and beer. Failing that there's food outlets at the ground for travelling fans and you can buy beer inside the ground. Due to the ground's location it's easy to catch the train to Leicester and walk. Parking is available at the ground.
teams	Reading From: Whitehead, Murty, Williams, Mackie, Shorey, Igoe, Hughes, Harper, Watson, Parkinson, Salako, Rougier, Cureton, Forster, Butler, Henderson, Hahnemann. Leicester City From: Walker, Stewart, Elliott, Taggart, Ashton, Sinclair, Summerbee, Stevenson, Izzet, Oakes, Rogers, Scowcroft, Dickov, Deane, Royce, Heath.
previous meetings	Reading wins: 0 Draws: 2 Leicester wins: 4 Reading will be looking for their first competitive win against Leicester! The last season the two sides were in the same Division points were shared with two 1-1 draws. 1995/1996 Season 24 Feb 96: Reading 1 Leicester City 1 (Division One) 16 Sep 95: Leicester City 1 Reading 1 (Division One)
form	Click the link below to view the latest league table. Click on the team name to view the last five league fixtures played by each club. Latest First Division Table And Results >>
predictions	It'll be close, but the Royals to lose out unfortunately. What do you think? Enter your Prediction now >>
web links	For Fox Sake Decent unofficial web site Football Ground Guide - Walkers Stadium

FANS' OPINION
ken c	I think that the manager has got a bit of a problem with team selection for this fixture. Ideally he would be looking for a clean sheet. That means, given the players available, reverting to a five man midfield. If he does that he would have to leave out Cureton who is his most likely goal scorer. The heavy Leicester defeat at the weekend and their injury list may encourage him to be more adventurous. Ideally he would play Forster, Butler and Cureton, but how does he do that? I think that there is a compromise and that is to start with Butler playing in midfield and making Forster the lone striker. It does mean that Cureton starts on the bench, but with a guarantee that he would be on if we concede. The back five pick themselves which is a reflection of the lack of depth there, but also a reflection that as individuals they have not done badly, but we have conceded too many goals. It is in midfield where we do need to get hold of games and we do need Forster to run at the rather large Leicester defence. We also need Hughes to run at people more from midfield. He is starting to do it and should take encouragement from the success that he has had. A 1-0 result for the Royals would be tremendous, but I fear a little optimistic!
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