Relegation countdown: Reading's future in the balance

Reading's Premier League future is precariously hanging in the balance after their home defeat to Tottenham on Saturday.

The 1-0 loss means that Steve Coppell's men remain in the bottom three with only one round of fixtures remaining.

Reading travel to already relegated Derby for the season's finale knowing that a defeat would send them down but a positive result and defeats for Birmingham and Fulham would save them.

A win would make Reading safe if Fulham fail to win when they play Portsmouth at Fratton Park, while Birmingham's take on in-form Blackburn at St. Andrews.

If Fulham were to win then only a 7-0 or 8-0 Reading victory would keep them up while the only way Coppell's side would remaining in the top flight with a defeat is if Fulham are get hammered by six goals at Pompey, and Birmingham also lose.

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