Home win, away defeat. It’s the same pattern for Reading after finally ending their year-long Saturday Madejski Stadium victory drought with victory over Preston.
But that was followed by a 1-0 defeat at Fulham on Tuesday evening to leave the relegation battle finely poised.
COLUMN: Come and join the singing South Stand this weekend!
Paul Clement’s men are five points clear with four games to play, but face another side battling to avoid the drop at the Mad Stad this weekend in what the boss has called the club’s biggest game of the season.
PREVIEW: Clement says Sunderland visit is Reading’s biggest game of the season
All that and more in this week’s The Tilehurst End Podcast Extra with Tom Crocker and Olly Allen.