Just one place and two points separate hosts Reading from visitors Bournemouth as the sides sitting fifth and sixth in the Sky Bet Championship meet on Friday night.
Not that you would think that looking at the odds, with bookmakers across the board making the Cherries comfortable favourites and hopefully providing value hunters with some decent fodder.
Reading made a lightning start to the season, claiming 22 points from the first 24 to set the early pace before a run of four successive defeats pulled them back towards the pack.
Many might have expected a club that has finished the past three seasons 14th, 20th and 20th to fade away from there but Veljko Paunovic’s Royals seem to be made of sterner stuff.
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Odds correct at 1630 GMT (27/01/21)
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