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Reading vs Cardiff

Reading at home!...say no more.

League leaders have been imperious on home soil with a run of 11-1-1 of results and only conceded 9 in that time, while scoring 32: quality.
Cardiff are 4-3-6 on the road , scoring 14 and conceding 14: average stuff.

Reading are 9-1-0 26:5 for the last 10
Cardiff : 4-2-4 10:11

Huge gap in quality and results , therefore this should be an easy enough win for Reading and the AH of -1.25 covered.

Team news:soccernet.com

Reading :
Reading boss Steve Coppell could welcome leading goalscorer Dave Kitson back into his squad for the home clash with Cardiff.

The 25-year-old striker missed the New Year's Eve draw at Derby with cramp in his hamstring, but is expected to recover in time to play some part against the Bluebirds.

Fellow frontman Leroy Lita has been sidelined since early December with an ankle complaint and, although he is still not fully recovered, he is available if needed.

James Harper is still struggling for fitness so Iceland international Brynjar Gunnarsson is set to continue in midfield.

Cardiff:
Cardiff will have to change a winning formula if skipper Darren Purse and Rhys Weston are to return to the team.
Both have sat out the last two Championship games, Purse through suspension and Wales international Weston with a hip injury.

Ex-Watford star Neil Cox has stood in for Purse while former Wimbledon ace Neal Ardley has been deputising for Weston, the pair playing in the 1-0 defeat at QPR and the 2-1 home success against Southampton.

Cardiff will run the rule over several walking wounded before confirming the starting XI.

The visitors have selection worries ahead of this match and it would seem only commonsense to place the advantage, on all fronts, with the home side.
The key difference between these two sides is the consistency of goal scoring: Reading do it week in week out, while Cardiff struggle to find the net.

With Kitson looking to be back in the game we should expect them to do so again, while the defence is solid enough to deal with any attacks from the visitors.

There are no 'positives' that I can find to sway me into thinking that reading will lose, not at all. Regards covering this handicap..well, I don't see Cardiff scoring, while Reading should be able to find at least two, as they are averaging 2.5 a game , while conceding at a rate of only 0.7.
It's a very tempting price on a side with so much in its favour: take it