Reading 1-2 Liverpool (FA Premiership 7/04/07)

[JD]

Madejski Stadium
Saturday, 7 April
Kick-off: 1500 BST
Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy is pushing for a start after missing the last two matches with a rib injury.

Mohamed Sissoko is available again after missing the PSV match through suspension, but Fabio Aurelio is out.
1. Won just two of the last six Premiership matches.

2. Looking for a 18th top League victory of the season. Only Manchester United (25) and Chelsea (22) have won more.

3. Managed 17 Premiership shut-outs. Only Chelsea have registered more (19).

4. Conceded just 21 top flight goals, at one every 133 minutes (two hours 13 minutes). Only Chelsea have a better record with 19 shipped (one every 147 minutes).

5. Conceded only once in the first 15 minutes of a Premiership match this term. Only Chelsea can match that.

6. Boast the strongest defence in the last quarter-hour with just four goals shipped in that Premiership time sector.

7. On the joint longest current run in the Premiership without a score draw of 23 games, since ending 1-1, home to Blackburn on 14 October.

8. Only sixth best away from home in the highest echelon with 18 points from a possible 45.

9. The return leg with PSV follows this, before a League visit to Manchester City. Other Premiership fixtures in April feature successive home clashes against Middlesbrough and Wigan and a trip to Portsmouth.


Score predictions?  2-1 to the reds.  Agger and Bellamy.

We need a victory otherwise the Arse will probably recapture 3rd spot off us.

[mrtommo]

3 - 0 to the Reds.
Pennant to score the first and win me the mug
Alonso and Kuyt.

[Glenbuck]

I'm a pessimistic sod sometimes and although my heart says a trouncing will be handed out I'm going for a 2-1 win (I nearly went for the draw!! ) with Bellamy and Gerrard scoring.

[mr.green]

Reading 0-2 Liverpool

[scallyon]

I reckon 2-0 to us and hope all the lads come through unscathed.

[DM Osbon]

I predict a 0-1 win with Fowler to score

[drawde]

3-0, Kuyt Hat-Trick.

If only...

[davie t]

2 - 0 to the reds Fowler and Bellamy with the goals

[Tallfc]

Hope JD is right ,have got Agger in the Comp.....MMMMMMM tea and biscuits in a new mug.

[batman0077]

2-0, crouch with both of them. I can picture myself with the mug now....

[Cy]

2-4 Liverpool....a hell of a game..

[RED1028]

4-1 or 4-2 to Liverpool.
Kuyt, Gerrard, Risse and Crouch.
Some say I'm a dreamer but I'm not the ony one...! 

[wdavidw10]

3-0 to liverpool gerrard, kuyt and crouch to score

[EddieC]

Reading have had a great season, personally I expected them to stay up, but not as comfortably as they have.

However, recently they seem to have taken their foot off the gas a bit, and it could be the perfect time to play them. I would've liked to have seen us line up 4-3-3 for this one, but Kuyt has looked knackered recently & I think he could do with a rest.

I'm going to go 2-0, Crouch to maintain his goalscoring form with the first, and Gerrard to net the other.

[smigger15]

2-0 the reds, Stevie to score first 

[Rokets]

Live streams if anyone need them  http://redsgoals.blogspot.com/

[batman0077]

Live streams if anyone need them  http://redsgoals.blogspot.com/

ooooo thank you sooooooooooooooooooooooo ooo much mate!!!!!!!!! you should do this for every game!!!!!!

[ASF]

Peter Crouch and Craig Bellamy will lead the attacking line for Liverpool at Reading this afternoon. 
Sami Hyypia returns at the heart of the defence in place of Daniel Agger, while Momo Sissoko is back in midfield alongside Javier Mascherano.
 
The Liverpool team in full for today's clash is:
 
Reina
Arbeloa
Carragher
Hyypia
Finnan
Gonzalez
Sissoko
Mascherano
Gerrard
Crouch
Bellamy
 
Subs:
Dudek
Agger
Riise
Pennant
Kuyt


Erm, anyone know why Alonso isn't even on the bench?

[batman0077]

what the hell?!?!?! where is alonso??? this is strange...

[edu_rbb]

Goal of arbeloa, pass of crouch ... as it is said in spain, this is the tiki-taka!