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West Ham prepare to entertain Reading at Boleyn Ground on Saturday evening, for the first time in their history, and will be hoping to give their new opponents the runaround.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Mon 05 Aug | Reading | 5 - 4 | West Ham | FR |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 11 Sep | Reading | 0 - 0 | West Ham | LC |
Recent respective form guides
West Ham United are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 8 goals have been scored by the Hammers in those games, with 3 conceded.
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 games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the Royals, and 3 goals against.
West Ham's total of 10 points from their 5 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Nationwide League Division One. Reading are holding the final promotion place in the Nationwide League Division One, and have accumulated 11 points from the 5 games they have played so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| West Ham | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 |
| Reading | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 14 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
West Ham are starting to turn Boleyn Ground into a fortress, but the quality of opposition for this game makes your FootyMad panel believe the teams will share the spoils on this occassion. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| West Ham | Unbeaten in the last 8 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Reading | 3 successive away victories. 4 games since last away draw. 7 games since last defeat. |