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Reading will be without Ricky Newman who was stretchered off last Saturday during the home draw against Walsall at the Madejski Stadium. Butler and Cureton are expected to start up front with Forster once again on the bench. Rougier could be dropped from the starting eleven, but there could be a place for Caskey back on the bench. Robinson returns from suspension.

Reading - from: Whitehead, Murty, Viveash, Whitbread, Robinson, Gurney, Parkinson, Jones, Harper, Igoe, Cureton, Butler, Rougier, Forster, McIntyre, Caskey.

Colchester - from: Woodman, Dunne, Gavin, G Johnson, Keith, R Johnson, McGleish, Fitzgerald, Skelton, Izzet, Clark, Stockwell, Conlon, Duguid, Brown, White, Scott.

Reading's Last Five Games
Most recent last
D: Cambridge United 1 Reading 1 (League)
W: Bournemouth 1 Reading 2 (League)
W: Reading 4 Bury 1 (League)
W: Oxford United 0 Reading 2 (League)
D: Reading 2 Walsall 2 (League)
Current Position: 2nd

Colchester United's Last Five Games
Most recent last
W: Colchester 3 Luton 1 (League)
W: Colchester 3 Swansea 0 (League)
L: Bristol R 2 Colchester 0 (League)
D: Colchester 2 Peterborough 2 (League)
L: Northampton 2 Colchester 0 (League)
Current Position: 17th

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Reading wins: 26
Draws: 13
Colchester wins: 21
Figures include League, FA Cup and League Cup only.

2000/2001 Season:
Colchester United have been one of the few teams to beat Reading at the Madejski Stadium this season - a first half goal was enough to give them all three points in November of last year:
11 November 2000: Reading 0 Colchester 1

1999/2000 Season:
Reading won on aggregate over the two league matches during the 1999/2000 season with each team managing a home victory to share the points:
29 January 2000: Reading 2 Colchester United 0
28 August 1999: Colchester United 3 Reading 2
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