Both teams are credited as relegation contenders, but Reading in more danger to end at the bottom of table after that last season daved the ass just thanks to the work of Ince as interim manager, confirmed on a regular basis for this season.

Blackpool made a good first part of season last year, considered as struggler to avoid the lower part of table this one. They lose last season their head coach but maintained almost all key players with no big departures.

Some problems of concurrency for them avoided to finalize with some target for now and for this match they only have problems to fill the right back position, as they have unavailable defenders Husband, Stewart and Gabriel, while Keogh is doubtful.

But Reading is the main reason for this pick. They are in financial difficulties and under transfer embargo, so only free agents and on loan players for them and the team is not completed yet.

Many starting players are gone and after topscorer Swift (11 goals last season) there are rumors that also second scorer Joao ( 10 goals last season and he is in strong doubt for the opening round because an injury in the friendly match with Brighton) could leave too. If out, Joao should be substituted by newcomer 35 years old striker Long, who scored just 3 goals with Southampton last season.

Important defenders Dann and Moore are two relevant misses for this match, arriving at a moment in which the guests are by far to have completed their summer campaign.

So the guests are weakened in every sector, specially attack, by misses and departures. Hosts have a great chance to start the new campaign with a home victory here.

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两支球队都被认为是保级的有力争夺者，但是雷丁在上赛季因为因斯作为临时教练的工作而在积分榜上垫底。因斯是本赛季的常规教练。

布莱克浦在上个赛季的前半段表现很好，在这个赛季被认为是在努力避免排名靠后的位置。他们上赛季失去了他们的主教练，但几乎保留了所有的关键球员，没有大的离开。

他们目前避免了一些同时完成目标的问题，本场比赛他们只在填补右后卫位置上有问题，因为他们没有后卫丈夫，斯图尔特和加布里埃尔，而基奥则不确定。

但是雷丁是这个选择的主要原因。他们在财政困难和转会禁令，所以只有自由球员和租借球员为他们和球队还没有完成。

很多首发球员都离开了，继头号射手斯威夫特(上赛季11球)之后，有传言称二号射手若昂(上赛季10球，他在与布莱顿的友谊赛中受伤，很难确定能否参加首轮比赛)也会离开。如果不能上场，若昂将被35岁的新援前锋朗换下，后者上赛季在南安普顿只打进3球。

重要后卫丹恩和摩尔是本场比赛的两个重要缺阵，他们来的时候客人们还没有结束他们的夏季联赛。

所以客人在每个区域都被削弱了，特别是攻击，因为错过和离开。东道主有很大的机会以主场的胜利开始新的征程。