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Match insight

The current table puts distance between Reading and Wigan Athletic — a serious step up in class for whichever side is behind. Reading currently sit 18 places and 11 points above Wigan Athletic in the table — 6th against 24th. Reading have taken 8 points from their last 5, against 4 for Wigan Athletic over the same stretch. Form and table position both point the same way here, but a class gap on paper is still no guarantee on the day for Reading against a motivated Wigan Athletic.