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The ramifications of this fixture couldn’t be more clear to either team, its manager, players or supporters. The loser is relegated and the other granted a stay of execution for 24-hours at least. For Reading and QPR the objective is to avoid being the first one to drop into the Championship with both currently 10 points from safety. A draw would only serve to delay the inevitable for another week.
Frankly the sands of time have been running out on the Royals for some time and its difficult to see them gaining wins from each of their four remaining games that would haul them to safety. The largely unpopular decision to replace Brian McDermott with Nigel Adkins has failed to spark a revival at the Madjeski Stadium with the former Southampton boss still searching for his first victory after four matches in charge. In fact the Berkshire club have managed just one point from the last possible 27 and already seemed doomed to their fate.
The same can be said for QPR, whose own mid-season managerial adjustment has failed trigger the desired turnaround that would see them achieve Premier League survival. Back-to-back victories over Southampton and Sunderland in March offered renewed hope to the R’s support but it proved to be another false dawn with their next five matches yielding a single point. Even with Harry Redknapp and his magic wand in the dugout the west London club aren’t set for a happy ending.
Team News
Reading could have Hope Akpan and Hal Robson-Kanu back in contention after overcoming knocks. Jimmy Kebe, however, remains sidelined due to a long-term thigh injury.
Wingers Andros Townsend (hamstring) and Shaun Wright-Phillips (ankle) are missing for QPR. Bobby Zamora serves the final game of a three-match suspension, while Adel Taarabt (shoulder) requires a fitness test.
What the managers said…
“The environment we have got here is that everyone is working very, very hard and I have been very positive about that. There is a positivity about the place, you could talk about how could there be that positivity with were we sit in the table, but there is and that is important. We are not down first of all. What we have got in a group of players who are working very hard and we are looking at one game at a time, that is the way we have gone about it.” Nigel Adkins is remaining positive in the face of relegation (The Sun)
“I have none whatsoever. I think if you come and work for good people, you enjoy coming to work every day. I think it’s unfortunate. If we were getting smashed every week and done awful, I’d be the first to hold my hand up, but we’ve just been short in one or two key positions.” Harry Redknapp has n regrets about taking the QPR job (ESPN)
Pre-match Statistic: Reading have managed just 100 shots on target this season – the lowest in the Premier League
Prediction: Reading 2-2 QPR
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