Derby have been doing well this season and a 4 - 2 loss at
home against Reading last weekend snapped a great seven match unbeaten streak of form that they were riding on.
Wolves have won their last two games at
home against Reading with a clean sheet and earlier this season, they won 2 - 0 at the Madejski over the Royals as well.
We can always rest a few players against Burnley Also there will be 2 week international break (not all players will play) Also FA Cup
Home against Reading end of next month is good time for rest
Not exact matches
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We
read of Indonesian school girls targeted and beheaded simply because they were Christians; of Nigerian Christian men forced to chose between conversion to Islam or death, and of their wives and children forced to chose between conversion or perpetual slavery; of Pakistani Christians being burned alive in their
homes; of Coptic Christians in Egypt and Chaldean Catholics in Iraq being fire - bombed, maimed and killed» and when not killed, hounded into exile; of «religious apartheid» and executions in Iran; and of unspeakable atrocities
against Christians in the Sudan, the «scene of suffering as abhorrent as anywhere on any continent.»
So when I
read on Sky Sports the words of Per Mertesacker ahead of this evening's crucial
home game
against West Brom I could not help but groan inwardly.
Reading have won their only two previous Premier League
home matches
against Manchester City without conceding a goal: 1 - 0 in September 2006, and 2 - 0 in March 2008.
A 2 - 1
home defeat
against fellow strugglers Aston Villa on Saturday proved the final straw for
Reading owner Anton Zingarevich and just 48 hours later the club released a statement confirming McDermott had been dismissed.
However the Royals have been relatively solid at
home, losing just one of their six encounters at Fortress Madejeski and
Reading have been unfortunate to lose their last two games by a narrow margin but it would take a brave man to bet
against a thumping by Man United.
One game where they may do this is their 3rd tough fixture in a row, this time coming
against a strong in form
Reading side away from
home.
Further wins came
against Reading and Sunderland, though they hit a rough patch as they drew away to QPR and at
home to Manchester United.
Reading's only previous win in all competitions
against Manchester United was 2 - 1 at
home in the FA Cup in January 1927.
One way would be to pick and choose depending on the matches and the opponents and with two games
against Ludogorets and an EFL cup game at
home to
Reading among our next fixtures you would think that one or a few of those games would be the perfect time to rotate.
A 3 - 0 win over
Reading stopped the rot, though they were then beaten 3 - 1 by Manchester United at Old Trafford, still they followed that up with a 1 - 0 away win at Southampton, and then even more impressively with a surprise 1 - 0 win at
home to Manchester City, with none other than Adam Johnson scoring the winner
against the side he left in the summer.
The 25 - year - old has signed a four - year deal on Wearside and goes straight into the squad for tomorrow's
home opener
against Reading.
Yes, you're
reading that correctly: The Wentz-less Eagles would not be a
home underdog
against any of the NFC playoff hopefuls.
And now some of our curent players know this too, I
read the Cazorla article here where he said we have to be smart in some games... Our victory
against ManCity last season was planned by the players... Our team in my opinion should either play pressing football (as we did
against UTD at
home) or be pragmatic... possession footbal now is not really working for us
Any Arsenal fans expecting an easy ride in tonight's fourth round EFL cup clash might want to rein in their expectations a little, according to both Arsene Wenger and the captain of
Reading, Paul McShane, despite the fact that the Gunners are playing at
home against lower league opposition.
I know he scored one hatrick v
Reading in the (7 - 5) League cup win (Chamakh scored twice) and another
against Newcastle at
home in a 7 goal rout.
I saw the article on JUst Arsenal about Arsene Wenger and his decision to mkae only two changes to the Arsenal XI for the
home game
against Everton today and I must say that I agree in general with the point that it was a really risky move from the Prof....
Read the full article here
Reading are unbeaten in their last six
home league games
against Norwich.
Dimitar Berbatov scored four goals in his last Premier League match
against Reading, in Tottenham's 6 - 4
home win in December 2007.
We have a relatively easy run during that period, 2 champions league games
against the weakest team in the group and efl cup
home game
against reading, 1 away game at Sunderland and 3
home league games
against swansea, Boro and the hardest one coming a month away
against the filth.
Anyone who had been
reading and commenting on Arsenal in the football media or websites in the build up to the planned protest by Arsenal fans during the
home match
against Norwich at the weekend could have been forgiven for thinking it was going to be an almost unanimous outpouring of anger towards Arsene Wenger.
THE Gunners have not had it too tough so far with wins
against Nottm Forest and
Reading, and another
home win tonight will mean we are just two more semi-final legs away from making the Final, and Martinez is determined that Arsenal will be there for the first trophy of the season.
While things are looking pretty flippin» good from an Arsenal point of view right now, with a decent draw
against Reading at
home for the next round of the EFL cup as well as a good chance of topping our Champions League group and winning the last four Premier League games in a row, the Gunners are still faced with the worrying fact that we are still five points behind the current league leaders.
The former Manchester United and Netherlands defender Jaap Stam is the manager of
Reading and although Arsenal should be feeling confident ahead of this match at
home to lower league opposition, I reckon that Stam will be feeling a bit more confident knowing which players his
Reading team will be coming up
against.
Those losses
against Leicester and Manchester United mean the Swans»
home record so far this season does not make pretty
reading.
8
home games undefeated
against Spurs now and a 4 year record that
reads 5 Arsenal wins 2 spurs wins and the rest draws in all competitions.
Arsene Wenger was in now way suggesting that Arsenal should take it easy in our Champions League group game at
home to PSG tonight, as he has called on his players to finish the job they have started by already securing a place in the next round by getting the result
against the French champions to make sure that we finish on top of group A....
Read the full article here
Playing
Reading days before the Royals» FA Cup semi-final at Wembley looks easy enough, while
home games
against Bolton and Sheffield Wednesday should see them over the line.
Home matches
against already - relegated Blackpool and FA Cup semi-finalists
Reading should reap the required points, and they'll fancy their chances at struggling Millwall in their penultimate encounter.
The teams were Stevenage who held
Reading at
home, Carlisle did the same at
home against manager less Sheff Wed..
Burnley have been fantastic on
home soil this season having gone W11 D2 L3 across all competitions and if you break that down to just their last eight games at Turf Moor, then their form
reads W7 D1, with that draw happening
against Chelsea in the Premier League last weekend.
Brede Hangeland put the Eagles in the lead at the Emirates Stadium much
against the run of play on 35 minutes, but Laurent Koscielny headed
home Alexis Sanchez's free kick from close range on the stroke of half time to restore parity for the Gunners (click here to
read more).
While Bolton were losing
against us, Charlton, despite a hat trick from Yaya Sanogo, were beaten 4 - 3 at
home by
Reading.
He made his return to action in front of 7,000 fans at Highbury during a reserve team game
against Reading the reception he received from the
home fans almost reduced him to tears.
Wolves have gone W3 D1 L1 in their last five league games
home and away
against Reading and have won back to back
home games
against them with a clean sheet in both.
Their
home from across the season in all competition
reads W4 L2 from their six outings and they will be looking for bounce back performance at Bramall Lane after losing there in a testy match
against Norwich in their last
home game.
Reading have gone W2 D1 L1 at
home in their last four
against the magpies.
The defense, though, does remain a point of concern with Newcastle conceding 2 goals in all of their previous four
home games — two of which were
against Reading and Southampton.
Emyr Huws continues his fine form for Huddersfield as his late equaliser gives Town a point at
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Wolves really have to step up here and they should have enough on
home soil
against a
Reading side who look pretty tame.
West Brom
home form
reads W1 D3 L2 and they have lost their last two at the Hawthorns in tough games
against Manchester City and Chelsea.
He only misses Wale's next qualifier midweek, leaving him fresh for a probable start
against Reading at
home next weekend.
Essential
reading for all Tottenham fans: «I'm angry today, because for the second time on Spurs Official, the club has posted a story telling us that from January 19 — our
home match
against Sunderland — a Controlled Parking Zone is coming into effect, which in short will prevent supporters from leaving their cars in around 100 streets near the stadium.
Having not done much at U21 level for CSKA, Chalov caught the attention of the senior coaches with a string of good performances in the UEFA Youth League, grabbing two assists at
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«With ongoing back problems leaving him without a chance of playing
against Brazil in Berlin on Tuesday,»
read the statement from the German football association, «Emre Can has returned
home today.
They were on a three match winning streak at
home, taking great wins over Norwich, Leeds and
Reading, before slipping to a 3 - 1 defeat there
against Barnsley in their most recent
home fixture.
Everton's recent
home record
against West Brom makes for impressive
reading.