Reading v Aston Villa: Will Villa rule over the Royals?
Aston Villa and Reading start today in the bottom three but there's only one set of fans heading to the Madejski with a smile on their faces and that's the visitors. You see Reading and Aston Villa have met nine times in the league down the years and Villa have won all but one of them. That should give Paul Lambert and his men great confidence, but they will have to dig deep if they are to leave Berkshire with a win bonus.
The Royals may be on a four-game losing streak, but Brian McDermott's men can get it right from time to time. January proved to be a great month for them, beating West Brom and Newcastle and drawing with Chelsea before seeing off Sunderland as we entered February. But since then they have picked up nothing but pain.
Aston Villa have fared even worse. They have managed just six points from a possible 30, winning only once since stunning Liverpool back in December. Villa come into the game on the back of two narrow defeats against Arsenal and Man City so they will be feeling confident of getting a win today, but they will have to bring their A-game or face losing ground in their battle to beat the drop.
The smart money is on the visitors but this six-pointer really could go either way.
Reading v Aston Villa; Kick Off 3pm March 10 2013
Prediction Panel
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Arsenal |
Josh Ben Moshe |
3 |
V |
1 |
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Aston Villa |
Frank Pattison |
1 |
V |
2 |
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Chelsea |
Apoorva Ankur |
TBA |
V |
TBA |
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Everton |
Chris Goodwin |
0 |
V |
1 |
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Fulham |
Neil Springate |
2 |
V |
2 |
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Liverpool |
Dave Disciascio |
1 |
V |
2 |
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Man City |
Callum Rothwell |
2 |
V |
1 |
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Man United |
Peter Johnstone |
TBA |
V |
TBA |
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Newcastle |
Greg Hall |
0 |
V |
0 |
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Norwich |
Sue Read |
2 |
V |
1 |
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QPR |
John Jaycock |
1 |
V |
1 |
|
Reading |
Jon Keen |
2 |
V |
1 |
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Southampton |
Andy Saunders |
2 |
V |
2 |
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Stoke City |
Peter Holland |
2 |
V |
2 |
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Sunderland |
Tony Ratton |
1 |
V |
2 |
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Swansea |
Jim Barry |
1 |
V |
1 |
|
Spurs |
Adam Crawford |
TBA |
V |
TBA |
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West Brom |
Andy Wakeman |
1 |
V |
0 |
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West Ham |
Matt Beeby |
1 |
V |
0 |
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Wigan |
Jimmy Shine |
1 |
V |
2 |
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OUR EXPERTS |
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Writer |
Colin Illingworth |
3 |
V |
3 |
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Writer |
Steve Coulter |
1 |
V |
2 |
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Writer |
Hugh Larkin |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Writer |
Mitch Waddon |
1 |
V |
0 |
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Writer |
Chris Pettitt |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Writer |
Sarshar Hosseinnia |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Blackburn fan |
Terry Kennedy |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Bolton fan |
David Blackburn |
2 |
V |
0 |
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Boro fan |
Sue Gardener |
2 |
V |
0 |
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Pompey fan |
Dan Taylor |
2 |
V |
2 |
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Pompey fan |
Peter Rendle |
2 |
V |
2 |
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West Ham fan |
Nigel Telfer |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Wolves fan |
Chris Cox |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Editor |
Antony Melvin |
0 |
V |
0 |
Panel Verdict
Draw.
Home: 9; Draw: 16; Away: 6. TBA 3.
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