Reading vs Bradford City - prediction, team news, lineups

Reading volition beryllium looking to instrumentality to winning ways erstwhile they invited Bradford City to the Select Car Leasing Stadium connected Saturday afternoon.

The hosts presently beryllium ninth successful the League One table, portion the visitors are top.

Match preview

Reading person made a decent commencement to the League One run and are unbeaten successful their past 2 matches.

Leam Richardson's broadside followed a 2-0 location triumph implicit Notts County with a 2-2 gully distant to Wycombe, doubly taking the pb astatine Adams Park earlier getting pegged back.

Jack Marriott has been their astir important subordinate truthful acold this season, bagging 8 goals successful 7 league games and helium volition beryllium looking to proceed his bully signifier against Bradford.

The Royals volition beryllium feeling assured astir their chances connected location soil, having won their past 3 league matches astatine the Select Car Leasing Stadium.

Bradford, meanwhile, person made an fantabulous commencement and beryllium 1 constituent wide of Sheffield Wednesday astatine the apical of the table.

However, this volition beryllium their archetypal crippled pursuing the departure of caput manager Graham Alexander, who was appointed Preston North End brag past week.

Mark Trueman and Colin Doyle person taken interim complaint portion Bradford hunt for a replacement and it remains to beryllium seen however overmuch of an interaction Alexander's departure volition have.

The Bantams person won their past 5 matches crossed each competitions, beating Mansfield Town, Leyton Orient, Notts County, Luton Town and Newcastle United's Under-21s.

Bradford person been peculiarly awesome defensively, conceding the fewest goals successful League One truthful acold and signaling 5 cleanable sheets from 7 games.

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Team News

Reading volition beryllium without respective players who are distant connected planetary duty, with Andy Rinomhota, Jeriel Dorsett and Charlie Savage each unavailable.

Marriott is acceptable to pb the enactment for the Royals, with enactment retired wide from Kyreece Lisbie and Paddy Lane.

Josh Stokes is besides expected to commencement successful the No. 10 role, with George Earthy presently injured.

Bradford are besides missing 2 players owed to planetary duty, with Jon McCracken and Ibou Touray distant with Scotland and Gambia respectively.

The Bantams volition besides beryllium without Tyreik Wright and Josh Neufville owed to injury.

Reading imaginable starting lineup:

Pereira; Godwin-Malife, O'Connor, Ward, Roberts; Rinomhota, Wing; Lisbie, Stokes, Lane; Marriott

Bradford City imaginable starting lineup:

Dawson; Pennington, Baldwin, Pratt; Lapslie, Pointon, Connolly, O'Keeffe; Jackson, Sarcevic; Beesley

We say: Reading 1-1 Bradford City

Bradford person been successful fantabulous signifier and travel up against a Reading broadside with a beardown caller grounds astatine home.

It is hard to accidental what interaction Alexander's departure volition person connected Bradford, but we are expecting a hard-fought clash connected Saturday.

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