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Brighton & HA face a trip to Reading at Madjeski Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 41 games played, Seagulls have recorded 9 wins, and Reading have come away with 19 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in April 2003, with Brighton & HA inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Royals in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Fri 04 Apr | Reading | 1 - 2 | Brighton & HA | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 30 Nov | Brighton & HA | 0 - 1 | Reading | LD1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 09 Mar | Reading | 0 - 0 | Brighton & HA | LD2 |
| 2001/2002 | Mon 11 Feb | Brighton & HA | 3 - 1 | Reading | LD2 |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 30 Apr | Reading | 2 - 0 | Brighton & HA | LD2 |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 20 Nov | Brighton & HA | 0 - 1 | Reading | LD2 |
| 1992/1993 | Sat 16 Jan | Reading | 3 - 0 | Brighton & HA | LD2 |
Recent respective form guides
Reading are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. These low-scoring games have seen just 4 goals scored and conceded.
The Seagulls 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 Seagulls's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 5 against.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Reading | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| Brighton & HA | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Brighton & HA 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: | |
| Reading | Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Brighton & HA | 3 successive away victories. 4 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |