West Ham United v Reading: Irons aim to Hammer the Royals
Reading won the Championship title last season while West Ham had to do things the hard way through the play-offs. Well 12 months on and the champions are going back to the Championship while the Hammers are planning for another year in the top flight.
There is no love loss between West Ham and Reading. Ever since Alan Pardew swapped the dugout at the Madejski for Upton Park, there has been a bit of needle between the two sides. The Royals always raise their game for the encounters with the Hammers. In 11 league meetings, the Royals have come out on top in seven of them - including the last three, and don't even mention that 6-0 demolition at the Madejski in 2007.
However, this is the perfect opportunity for the Hammers to send the Royals down with their tails between their legs. West Ham have only lost at home once in 2013 - v Spurs - while Reading have only won twice since the turn of February.
It looks like a home win all day long.
West Ham v Reading; Kick Off 4pm May 19 2013
Prediction Panel
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Arsenal |
Josh Ben Moshe |
2 |
V |
0 |
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Aston Villa |
Frank Pattison |
2 |
V |
1 |
|
Chelsea |
Apoorva Ankur |
1 |
V |
2 |
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Everton |
Chris Goodwin |
2 |
V |
1 |
|
Fulham |
Neil Springate |
1 |
V |
2 |
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Liverpool |
Dave Disciascio |
2 |
V |
1 |
|
Man City |
Callum Rothwell |
1 |
V |
2 |
|
Man United |
Peter Johnstone |
2 |
V |
0 |
|
Newcastle |
Greg Hall |
2 |
V |
0 |
|
Norwich |
Sue Read |
3 |
V |
1 |
|
QPR |
John Jaycock |
TBA |
V |
TBA |
|
Reading |
Jon Keen |
TBA |
V |
TBA |
|
Southampton |
Andy Saunders |
1 |
V |
1 |
|
Stoke City |
Peter Holland |
2 |
V |
1 |
|
Sunderland |
Tony Ratton |
2 |
V |
1 |
|
Swansea |
Jim Barry |
1 |
V |
0 |
|
Spurs |
Adam Crawford |
2 |
V |
1 |
|
West Brom |
Andy Wakeman |
3 |
V |
0 |
|
West Ham |
Matt Beeby |
TBA |
V |
TBA |
|
Wigan |
Jimmy Shine |
TBA |
V |
TBA |
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OUR EXPERTS |
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Writer |
Colin Illingworth |
3 |
V |
1 |
|
Writer |
Steve Coulter |
2 |
V |
1 |
|
Writer |
Hugh Larkin |
2 |
V |
0 |
|
Writer |
Mitch Waddon |
3 |
V |
0 |
|
Writer |
Chris Pettitt |
1 |
V |
1 |
|
Writer |
Sarshar Hosseinnia |
TBA |
V |
TBA |
|
Blackburn fan |
Terry Kennedy |
1 |
V |
0 |
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Bolton fan |
David Blackburn |
2 |
V |
0 |
|
Boro fan |
Sue Gardener |
2 |
V |
0 |
|
Pompey fan |
Dan Taylor |
TBA |
V |
TBA |
|
Pompey fan |
Peter Rendle |
2 |
V |
0 |
|
West Ham fan |
Nigel Telfer |
TBA |
V |
TBA |
|
Wolves fan |
Chris Cox |
2 |
V |
0 |
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Editor |
Antony Melvin |
2 |
V |
1 |
Panel Verdict
Home win.
Home: 22; Draw: 2; Away: 3. TBA 7.
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