Royals Seek Revenge Against Brentford

By Hob Nob Anyone?

Reading will be looking for revenge this evening after their 1-4 defeat at Brentford earlier this season. The Bees visit the Madejski Stadium looking to make it a maximum six out of six points from Reading, with The Royals dropping back from the League's top two after two consecutive draws. Reading will need a victory to show they are serious about promotion this season after recent results saw us drop to 4th in the table and also saw the chasing pack close on the top six.

With over two thirds of the season gone, every result is taking on extra importance - and the Brentford visit is the last chance to pick up points at home before taking to the road for difficult away trips to third placed Huddersfield and second placed Brighton. If Reading fail to win tonight then a February picking up just 2 or 3 points could be on the cards - and that would see us hanging onto the top six by a thread. If the result doesn't go our way tonight then many will point to the curse of the manager of the month award after Jaap Stam picked up the honours for January ahead of a difficult February for his side. A victory tonight will ease the nerves, and instead fans will be talking about Reading's run of 6 games undefeated ahead of the Huddersfield game. Fickle things are football fans.

Stam is expected to have the same squad that drew 0-0 with Barnsley to choose from tonight with McShane, van den Berg, Rakels, and Quinn still sidelined. Jordon Mutch missed Saturday's game through injury and remains doubtful. Brentford have no new injury worries after their 2-4 defeat at Preston at the weekend.

Recent Meetings With Brentford

DATE	COMPETITION	OPPOSITION	SCORE	REPORT
27 September 2016	Championship	Brentford (Away)	L: 1-4	Read report...
28 December 2015	Championship	Brentford (HOME)	L: 1-2	Read report...
29 August 2015	Championship	Brentford (Away)	W: 3-1	Read report...
25 April 2015	Championship	Brentford (HOME)	L: 0-2	Read report...
04 October 2014	Championship	Brentford (Away)	L: 1-3	Read report...
20 April 2002	Division Two	Brentford (Away)	D: 1-1	Read report...
27 October 2001	Division Two	Brentford (HOME)	L: 1-2	Read report...
10 February 2001	Division Two	Brentford (Away)	W: 2-1	Read report...
09 September 2000	Division Two	Brentford (HOME)	W: 4-0	Read report...
11 March 2000	Division Two	Brentford (HOME)	W: 1-0	Read report...
02 November 1999	Division Two	Brentford (Away)	D: 1-1	Read report...

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SU Sutekh 13 Feb 2017 · 11:37am

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CO CountryRoyal 13 Feb 2017 · 12:03pm

Gonna go for another lacklustre 0-0.
HO Hound 13 Feb 2017 · 12:16pm

I thought Brentford were the best time I've seen this season when we lost 4-1 there. But then they must be where they are in the table for a reason.
GE genome 13 Feb 2017 · 12:18pm

Bad feeling about this one... our recent record against Brentford is ruddy awful and they were excellent at Griffin Park (csb - I've been to two away games this season, Brentford 4-1 and Fulham 5-0 :lol: ) 2-1 Brentford and belmonts abound on the Team board.
BC bcubed 13 Feb 2017 · 12:59pm

Gonna go for another lacklustre 0-0. I tend to agree with you but at least it should be a bit warmer
JS John Smith 13 Feb 2017 · 5:12pm

I thought Brentford were the best time I've seen this season when we lost 4-1 there. But then they must be where they are in the table for a reason. Yes I agree. Well they've lost Hogan but they've still got Sawyers and a few other useful lads. I'm going to go with us to nick it 2-1 after going a goal down, and a Brentford red card to turn the tide
RJ Royal_jimmy 13 Feb 2017 · 5:23pm

I have a bad feeling about this one 1-0 defeat
EM Emeraldroyal 13 Feb 2017 · 5:38pm

Tough one to call. We're at home so need to dictate the pace of the game to them. This hasn't happened of late and we've ended up chasing games and nicking draws or the usual mass possession with little penetration. If the likes of Kelly / Gmac / swift pull the strings and express themselves a bit, we'll win. If they don't then fuck knows what will happen. I'll go 2-1 Reading. Kelly and Gmac and yet another backheel involved at some point 8) Happy Valentines :oops:

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