Reading hosts Fulham in round 25 of the English Championship. The match will be played on Tuesday, January 11th at Select Car Leasing Stadium (Reading)
Reading is remembered as an example of an attempt to create a new ambitious project in British football with Russian money. At one time, the club was owned by Anton Zingarevich. But the oligarch pretty quickly brushed the club off and sold it to Thai businessmen. Now the long-suffering team is owned by other investors from the Far East, the Chinese. They now have enough problems, and this is reflected in the club. In November, the federation punished Reading with -6 points for too large losses in recent years. Moreover, if they do not like the business plan for the rest of the season, or if there are new violations, then the Royals will be punished again, and this can become fatal. Now Reading is one line above the relation zone. Taking into account the punishment, the club has only 22 points and is ahead of Peterborough by only three points. After a good segment in September and October, the Royals have won only twice in their last 12 matches. And on January 8, they left the FA Cup due to a 1-2 defeat to Kidderminster from the 6th tier of the English football league system!
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Fulham is simply obliged to step up. This club is a classic modern football "lift". But if last season it played against the project from London (it couldn’t gain a foothold in the Premier League), now there were hopes of confirming the status of the favorite in the Championship. Under the management of ambitious and talented Marco Silva, the Cottagers showed a good start to the season. In the second half of autumn, they even managed to win seven matches in a row, and it seemed that everything would end with the early completion of the task for the season. But Fulham has not managed to gain a single victory in the last month and a half. First, the club tied against Derby County, Preston, Bournemouth, and Luton Town. And the previous year ended with a home defeat to Sheffield United. The pause that followed (the game against Swansea had to be postponed) probably helped the Portuguese coach to find some new ideas. At least, his men finally won, albeit in the cup and only in the 105th minute. Harry Wilson scored a decisive goal against Bristol City.
It seems that Reading cannot properly focus on football at the moment. And Fulham needs to earn three points, as it has already dropped to 3rd place in the English Championship standings. It is unlikely that the hosts will be able to stop Mitrovic and the company, who should be inspired by the cup success. We are waiting for the victory of the guests from London.
Prediction for the match: Fulham to win
