History of the Reading v Swansea City fixture
Swansea City pack their bags to visit Reading at Madejski Stadium on Wednesday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Swans will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The previous match played between the two at Madejski Stadium was within the last three years, in October 2010, with Swansea City inflicting a narrow 0-1 defeat upon the Royals in a Championship match.
Recent encounters between the teams
| Season | Date | Team | Result | Team | Comp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012/2013 | Sat 06 Oct | Swansea City | 2 - 2 | Reading | Premier League |
| 2010/2011 | Mon 30 May | Reading | 2 - 4 | Swansea City | Football League Play-Offs (Lvl 2) |
| 2010/2011 | Sat 01 Jan | Swansea City | 1 - 0 | Reading | Championship |
| 2010/2011 | Sat 16 Oct | Reading | 0-1 | Swansea City | Championship |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 26 Dec | Reading | 1 - 1 | Swansea City | Championship |
| 2009/2010 | Tue 18 Aug | Swansea City | 0 - 0 | Reading | Championship |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 17 Jan | Swansea City | 2 - 0 | Reading | Championship |
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Recent respective form guides
Reading's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Royals have scored 15, a worringly large 20 have been leaked at the other end.
Swansea City's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Swans, and 7 goals against.
Reading find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 18 games have yielded only 9 points.
Swansea City see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 24 points from their 18 games played so far,
Current overall team form
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 0 |
| Swansea City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 |
For a detailed analysis of current team form guides in this or any division, click here
FootyMad's prediction ...
Swansea City are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
Sequence statistics
| Team | Sequences |
|---|---|
| Reading | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Latest 7 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 7 most recent games. |
| Swansea City | 4 games since last away draw. No win in the 2 most recent games. |
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