Kick-off: Saturday, October 3 (3pm)
Venue: Select Car Leasing Stadium
Possible line-ups
READING (4-2-3-1)
GK Joel Pereira, RB Udoka Godwin-Malife, CH Paudie O’Connor, CH Benn Ward, LB Haydon Roberts, CM Lewis Wing, CM Andy Rinomhota, RAM Kyreece Lisbie, CAM Josh Stokes, LAM Paddy Lane, F Jack Marriott.
Substitutes: Reid, Brown, Kyerewaa, Williams, Fraser, Knight, Stevens.
Leading league scorer: Jack Marriott, 8.
League position: 9th.
Last four league matches: Wycombe (a) D2-2, Notts County (h) W2-0, Cambridge (a) L2-1, Blackpool (h) W3-1.
BRADFORD CITY
GK Cameron Dawson, CH Matt Pennington, CH Aden Baldwin, CH George Pratt, RWB Kayden Jackson, CM Callum Connolly, CM Kieran Morgan, LWB Corey O’Keeffe, RW Bobby Pointon, LW Antoni Sarcevic, F Jake Beesley.
Substitutes: Powell, Humphrys, Phillips, Cartwright, Lapslie, Gillesphey, Barrow.
Leading league scorer: Bobby Pointon, 2.
League position: 1st.
Last four league matches: Luton (a) W1-0, Notts County (a) W1-0, Mansfield (h) W1-0, Cambridge (h) L1-2.
Referee: Paul Howard last took charge of City when they won 2-0 at Port Vale in March, as goals from Bobby Pointon and Tyreik Wright kept up their promotion push.
Match odds: Reading 13/10, City 2/1, Draw 12/5.
Last time sides met: Pain. Paddy Lane and Matt Ritchie scored at the death as Reading completed an improbable turnaround for the visitors after Matt Pennington looked to have sealed all three points for the visitors.