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.
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