READING are seeking to end a miserable run of four straight defeats in the Championship when they travel to Queens Park Rangers on Saturday.
The Royals are struggling at the bottom end of the table and in the midst of a relegation battle where they sit just one place and three points above 22nd placed Peterborough.
However, Reading could be in further danger if Peterborough are able to take advantage of their two games in hand.
Veljko Paunovic’s team are in dreadful form which has seen them go eight games without a win with their leaky defence costing them points.
Reading have now conceded the joint most amount of goals in the entire division (51).
Meanwhile, QPR are fighting at the other end of the table and in the hunt for promotion after their impressive form of late.
Rangers have won their last four Championship matches which puts them up to fourth.
They are just two points off an automatic promotion spot with a game in hand to play on all three sides above them.
Mark Warbuton’s team have won three away games on the bounce with the same scoreline, the latest being a 2-1 away victory at Coventry City on Saturday.
Albert Adomah secured the points with an 88th minute winner to continue their rise up the table.
Late winners have been a theme in recent games for QPR as Charlie Austin netted an 89th minute decisive goal in a 1-0 win over West Bromwich Albion in their last match at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium
QPR snatched a last gasp point earlier in the season on their visit to the Select Car Leasing Stadium as late goals from Andre Gray and Stefan Johansen saw the points shared in a 3-3 draw after John Swift’s hat-trick wasn’t enough for Reading.
Meanwhile, it was Reading who enjoyed the jubilation of a late winner on their last trip to QPR when Michael Olise hit a stunning strike in the 89th minute to take the points in December 2020.
