Match date | Saturday 28 October 2000, 3.00pm kick-off |
Opposition | Oxford United (Home - League) |
Ticket information |
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Travel, pubs, food |
Home match
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food and beer guide. |
Team news |
Reading will be without
centre back Adrian Williams. Having come back from injury recently after
a knee injury he's out for another six weeks with another knee injury
- on the other leg. Adie limped off during the first half of Reading's
defeat at Bristol City last Saturday and will definately miss this encounter.
In his place will probably be Mackie again after an excellent performance
at Bury on Tuesday night. He'll probably play alongside Viveash in the
centre of defence with Hunter on the bench. Meanwhile, Rougier who has just
returned from injury is likely to start on the bench. Oxford - from:
Knight, Robertson, Ricketts, Richardson, Shepheard, Jarman, Linighan,
Weatherstone, Beauchamp, Fear, Murphy, Cook, Hackett, Lilley, Anthrobus,
Glass. |
Form Guide |
No-one will forget last season's 1-2 home defeat against Oxford United at the Madejski Stadium live in front of the Sky TV cameras. However, things have changed a huge amount since that match nearly a full season ago. Reading sit in second place in the table with the chance of going top of the league, while Oxford are firmly rooted at the foot of the table with just 5 points from a possible 45! Reading bounced back from the 0-4 defeat at Bristol City last Saturday with a convincing 2-0 win at Bury on Tuesday. Pardew mentioned after the City game that perhaps the players had got a bit too used to winning - so the defeat might well have been a blessing in disguise. After that we should be well focused again for another home victory as the Royals look to extend the current home run of wins. Reading have won the last five home league matches consecutively - scoring 20 goals and conceeding just 2. Our average home score recently is 4-0, but then we've been playing some half decent sides. Oxford aren't such a decent side - so on paper we should be looking at a far better win that just 4-0. I can't believe I've just typed that. Oxford with 12 defeats from 15 matches seem destined for relegation already. Their away record is something special - 7 matches, 7 straight defeats with 23 goals conceeded. On Tuesday night Oxford went down 0-2 at home to Wigan and on Saturday they travelled to Rotherham to get stuffed 1-3. Away from home this season the U's have already lost 0-4 to Stoke and 0-5 to Millwall. As the odds below demonstrate the form guide says there can only be one outcome from this match - a high scoring Reading victory. So beware, it might be the perfect game for an upset! But I doubt it... |
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