3rd Jan 2013 | Football
Crawley v Reading Tip
Another potential banana skin for a team from the top flight.
One of the foremost lower league giantkillers of recent years entertain Reading on Saturday and will fancy their chances of claiming another scalp at best odds of 2/1 with BetVictor.
Crawley have seen off a host of Championship sides in the last two years including Millwall and Bolton in this season’s League Cup. With the Royals languishing near the foot of the Premier League, Town will be desperate to add a team from the top table to their list of victims.
One factor in their favour will be that you question whether Reading themselves really want to survive this test. Brian McDermott will surely ring the changes to his squad with vital relegation scraps to come clearly the priority.
The Broadfield Stadium pitch is famed for its unpredictability with Reds manager Mark Connolly commenting that “Reading will be used to playing on pool tables.” Crawley warmed up for the clash with a 3-0 win over Colchester and will be raring to go.
Odds correct at time of publishing: 23:51 3rd Jan, 2013 but subject to change
