14.05. (Tue) 21:00 Reading - Manchester City

PROBABLE LINEUPS

READING
McCarthy
Gunter, Mariappa, Morrison, Kelly
Karacan, Guthrie
McCleary, McAnuff, Robson-Kanu
Pogrebnyak

MANCHESTER CITY
Hart
Richards, Kompany, Nastasic, Clichy
Barry, Yaya Toure
Silva, Tevez, Nasri
Aguero

Manchester City will be without right-back Pablo Zabaleta after the Argentina defender was sent-off in Saturday's shock FA Cup final defeat to Wigan.

Scott Sinclair (shoulder) is unlikely to be included after spending last week in hospital receiving treatment for a blood clot.

Nigel Adkins may be able to call on the services of goalkeeper Adam Federici (ankle) and young midfielder Hope Akpan (ankle) after the pair resumed training after recent lay-offs.

Veteran striker Jason Roberts (hip) is out for the season and winger Jimmy Kebe (groin) is still some way off a return to action.

DID YOU KNOW?
Manchester City have won just eight games on the road this year - the lowest amount out of all the sides in the top five.
They have also scored the fewest amout of goals (23) away from the Etihad Stadium out of all the sides in the Premier League's leading quintet.
City's points tally of 75 from 36 games is 14 shy of the 89 they claimed when winning the Premier League last season.
Reading need just one point for their last two games to ensure they do not finish bottom the Premier League.
Nigel Adkins has seen his team concede the joint-highest amount of goals in the top flight this season (67). Wigan, Newcastle and Aston Villa are the other sides.
Thy Royals points tally of 28 points from 36 games is eight points shy of the 36 they earned when being relegated from the top flight on goal difference in 2007/08.

Prediction
With all the turmoil surrounding Manchester City it would be wise to suggest they may come into this game unsettled, however, such is the superiority of their squad, they should still canter to victory against the long since relegated Royals. Nigel Adkins will be hoping to wave goodbye to the Premier League with a home win, and his side will no doubt work doubly hard to give themselves a fighting chance, but they may come up short against the FA Cup finalists.

Editor's Prediction
Reading 1-3 Manchester City

Scottish Premier League Opta Facts – Kilmarnock v Hibernian May 15

Hibernian are unbeaten in four clashes with Kilmarnock this season (in all competitions), winning twice.
Leigh Griffiths has netted six times in four appearances against Killie this season, including a hat-trick in their Scottish Cup meeting in March.
Griffiths has netted six times in his last six appearances for Hibernian in all competitions.
Ross Caldwell's 90th minute winner against Hearts helped the Hibees end an eight game winless run in the Scottish Premier League (D5 L3).
Only Dundee (16) have picked up fewer points at home this season than Kilmarnock (19).
Kille have conceded more goals in the final 15 minutes of matches this season (16) than any other side in the SPL.

Europa League Final Opta Facts - Benfica v Chelsea

This will be Benfica's ninth major European final. After winning the first two (European Cup finals in 60/61 and 61/62) they have lost each of their last six.
Chelsea will be taking part in their fifth major European final, having won three so far, including last season's Champions League.
The two sides have only met on two previous occasions, in March and April last season in the Champions League, when the Blues won both games, 2-1 at home and 1-0 away.
Three of the four scorers in those games, Salomon Kalou and Raul Meireles for Chelsea and Javi Garcia for Benfica, are no long with their respective clubs (Frank Lampard, still with the Blues, also scored).
The Super Eagles have met English opposition in a European final before, when they were beaten 4-1 at Wembley by Manchester United in the 1968 European Cup Final.
Chelsea have suffered just one defeat in their eight previous clashes with Portuguese opposition, winning six (including each of the last five) and drawing one.
The Blues have shipped just one goal in their last four games against sides from Portugal.
Benfica, on the other hand, have registered just one victory in their last seven clashes with English sides; 3-1 at home to Newcastle in April.
In European competitions this season (excluding qualifiers), only PSG's Zlatan Ibrahimovic (7) has provided more goal assists than Chelsea's Juan Mata (6).
Victor Moses has netted in each of Chelsea's last four Europa League games (four in four).
Benfica hitman Oscar Cardozo has netted five in his last five Europa League fixtures.
Six of the Blues' last eight Europa League goals have come after the break.