Little and Long playing tonight
We do battle with Pompey's second string at Havant & Waterlooville, kick off 7pm. and a victory would keep us in the hunt for the title.
Ulises De La Cruz and Adam Federici are the only other players with Premier League experience as boss Brian McDermott has named a young team.
The full team is:
1 Adam Federici
2 Julian Kelly
3 Daniel Spence
4 Harrison Bayley
5 Adam Bygrave
6 Ulises De La Cruz (c)
7 Glen Little
8 James Henry
9 Shane Long
10 Gylfi Sigurdsson
11 Gary Frewen
12 Nicholas Bignall
13 Alex McCarthy
14 Mitchell Bryant
15 Jahson Downes
16 Simon Cox
Adam Bygrave plays at centre half after coming back to Reading following a loan at Gillingham. Academy winger Gary Frewen is involved for the first time, while under 16s schoolboy Simon Cox is on the bench.
We will have a full report here on the site at 9pm, with video highlights to follow on Reading World.















