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History of the Plymouth Argyle v Reading fixture

Plymouth Arg. are ready to welcome Reading to Home Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Pilgrims are clearly on top, having won 17 and lost only 6 of the 29 games.

The previous match played between the two at Home Park was more than three years back, in November 2005, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-2 winners in a Championship match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2008/2009	Sat 16 Aug	Reading	2 - 0	Plymouth Arg.	CHMP
2005/2006	Sat 26 Nov	Plymouth Arg.	0-2	Reading	CHMP
2005/2006	Sat 06 Aug	Reading	1 - 2	Plymouth Arg.	CHMP
2004/2005	Sat 05 Feb	Reading	0 - 0	Plymouth Arg.	CHMP
2004/2005	Tue 02 Nov	Plymouth Arg.	2 - 2	Reading	CHMP
1999/2000	Tue 21 Dec	Plymouth Arg.	1 - 0	Reading	FAC
1999/2000	Sat 11 Dec	Reading	1 - 1	Plymouth Arg.	FAC

Recent respective form guides

Plymouth Argyle have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, While Pilgrims have scored 7, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.

Reading have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The Royals's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 7.

Plymouth Arg. find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 42 points from their 36 matches. Reading are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 62 points from 34 games.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Plymouth Arg.	6	2	1	3	6	11	7
Reading	6	2	2	2	3	4	8

FootyMad's prediction ...

Your FootyMad panel thinks that Plymouth Arg.'s indifferent home form is due to continue with a narrow home defeat against Reading. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Plymouth Arg.	Unbeaten run of 3 matches.
Reading	Last drawn game 4 outings ago.