Turf Moor, tomorrow 3pm

BURNLEY (probable)

4-1-4-1

JENSEN

SINCLAIR

CAHILL

McGREAL

CAMARA

GRANT

ROCHE

CHAPLOW

O'CONNOR

BRANCH

MOORE

READING

(probable)

4-4-2

HAHNEMANN

MURTY

SONKO

INGIMARSSON

SHOREY

LITTLE

SIDWELL

HARPER

HUGHES

FORSTER

FERDINAND

REF:

STOP PRESS

Burnley are without Micah Hyde, who remains suspended following the postponement of the FA Cup tie against Liverpool. Richard Chaplow deputises, while Michael Duff (calf) and Frank Sinclair (hamstring) are doubts. Reading are without top scorer Dave Kitson (knee) and Graeme Murty is battling to shake off knee and ankle injuries to start. Bobby Convey stands by as a replacement.

DID YOU KNOW?

Former Clarets striker Andy Payton was the first visiting player to score against Reading at thre Madejski Stadium in the 1-1 draw in September 1998.

OPPOSITION KEY MAN

GLEN LITTLE: Burnley will hope the old adage about players returning to haunt their former clubs does not come true for once. Little needs no introduction to Burnley fans, who enjoyed his wing wizardry for seven-and-a-half years before his tearful exit last summer. Now 29, the Wimbledon born wide-man has settled in well at Reading, where ominously he still has to open his account after seeing a header against Stan Ternent's Gillingham chalked off on New Year's Day.

YOUNG GUN

STEVE SIDWELL: The archetypal midfielder often makes the Royals tick with his impressive box-to-box workrate. Sidwell, still only 22, served his trade at Arsenal before arriving at Reading following loan spells at Brentford and Brighton. The former England U21 international has not looked back since and will surely be a target for Premiership clubs should Steve Coppell's men fail to make the top flight this season.

THE STATS

MATCH ODDS

BURNLEY - 13/10

READING - 7/4

DRAW - 9/4

REFEREE: Michael Jones (Cheshire)

FIRST GOAL

MOORE - 6/1

BRANCH - 12/1

CHAPLOW - 14/1

O'CONNOR - 16/1

CAMARA - 40/1

SINCLAIR - 50/1

TOP SCORER

BURNLEY: Branch 4

READING: Kitson 12