Reading FC v Cardiff City FC
League Championship
Saturday 4th April, KO 3PM
Madejski Stadium
Referee: Scott Duncan
Reading (19th)
Form (all comps): LWLWD
Charlton v Reading: 3-2
Reading v Bradford (FA Cup): 3-0
Watford v Reading: 4-1
Reading v Brighton: 2-1
Bradford v Reading (FA Cup): 0-0
Manager: Steve Clarke
Form (all comps): WDWLW
Cardiff v Birmingham: 2-0
Cardiff v Bournemouth: 1-1
Brentford v Cardiff: 1-2
Cardiff v Charlton: 1-2
Rotherham v Cardiff: 1-3
17 May 2011 Cardiff v Reading W 0-3 League Championship Play-Offs
19 Nov 2011 Reading v Cardiff L 1-2 League Championship
02 Jan 2012 Cardiff v Reading L 3-1 League Championship
21 Nov 2014 Cardiff v Reading L 2-1 League Championship
24 Jan 2015 Cardiff v Reading W 1-2 FA Cup
This will be the 62nd meeting between these two sides in all competitions after they first met in a 1926/7 FA Cup semi-final - won 3-0 by Cardiff. This was one of 22 victories against the Royals who have won on 21 occasions when these two sides have met with 18 ending in a draw. Cardiff and Reading most recently met in the FA Cup in January when they secured a 2-1 victory at the Cardiff City Stadium. In the Championship fixture at the same venue back in November the Welsh side came out on top, securing a 2-1 win thanks to a first half Alex Pearce own goal and a Peter Wittingham penalty conceded by Pearce on the stroke of half time which also saw him sent off. You have to go back to 2006 for the last time Reading won at home to Cardiff.
Reading: Reading could hand debuts to loan signings Nathan Ake and Kwesi Appiah, who have arrived from Chelsea and Crystal Palace respectively.