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Coventry City prepare to entertain Reading at Highfield Road Stadium on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Sky Blues are clearly on top, having won 10 and lost only 3 of the 19 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Highfield Road Stadium was less than a year ago, in March 2004, with Reading inflicting a narrow 1-2 defeat upon the Sky Blues in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 27 Mar | Coventry City | 1-2 | Reading | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Sep | Reading | 1 - 2 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Thu 26 Dec | Coventry City | 2 - 0 | Reading | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 17 Aug | Reading | 1 - 2 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 1963/1964 | Sat 11 Jan | Reading | 2 - 2 | Coventry City | LGE1 |
| 1963/1964 | Sat 07 Sep | Coventry City | 0 - 0 | Reading | LGE1 |
| 1962/1963 | Wed 01 May | Reading | 4 - 1 | Coventry City | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Coventry City have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 6.
The Royals have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Royals's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 6 goals for and 4 against.
Coventry City are currently lying in 19th place in Coca-Cola Championship having mustered a points tally of 15 from their 15 matches played. Reading are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola Championship, and have accumulated 30 points from the 15 games they have played so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Coventry City | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 2 |
| Reading | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Coventry City are not in a rich vein of form at the moment, and your Madmen see things getting no better with Reading running out comfortable winners. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Coventry City | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 7 most recent games. |
| Reading | Undefeated in last 3 away games. 7 games since last defeat. |