Reading will look to continue their upsurge in form when they travel away to face Queens Park Rangers on Saturday.
The Royals’ recent upturn in form has seen them claim wins over Bristol City and Nottingham Forest in front of the Sky Sports cameras as they moved back up to third in the table prior to their midweek battle at home to Birmingham City on Wednesday night (report online at Wokingham.Today).
Meanwhile, QPR have had a difficult start to the season under manager Mark Waterburn and are 18th in the table prior to their Tuesday night match at Millwall.
Rangers have lost their last three Championship fixtures with defeats to Huddersfield Town, Bristol City and local rivals Brentford to put them in the bottom half of the table.
QPR finished just one place above Reading in the 2019/20 season in 13th place, collecting two more points than the Royals.
However, it was Reading who took the points when the sides last met at the Madejski Stadium, in December 2019, when John Swift scored a stunner with the only goal of the game to triumph.
The team’s last met at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium in October 2019 in just Mark Bowen’s second game in charge of Reading, playing out an entertaining 2-2 draw.
QPR went ahead through Nakhi Wells before George Puscas replied with an instant equaliser. Rangers took the lead again through Jordan Hugill, but Sam Baldock ensured that Reading would return with a point with a 74th minute strike.
There is positive news on the injury front for Veljko Paunovic’s side as the Serbian boss confirmed that Swift is in the final stages of recovery and is expected to return to action in the new year.
However, Andy Yiadom is expected to be sidelined for much longer having re-injured himself against Stoke, while Felipe Araruna and George Puscas are also facing spells on the sideline.
