Reading v Sheff Utd The FA Cup Preview Jan 26, 2013
Head-to-head
Reading have won 16 and lost 15 of the 38 league and cup games against Sheffield United, spanning 34 years.
The clubs were in the Championship last season and Sheffield United are unbeaten in five matches against the Royals (won four, drawn one).
Their only previous FA Cup meeting was in the last 16 in February 1998, when the Blades won 1-0 at home and went on to reach the semi-finals.
Reading
Reading, the 1927 semi-finalists, have reached the last eight in two of the last three seasons.
The Royals were knocked out in the third round by League One Stevenage last season, and are facing a third-tier club for the third tie running, having already dismissed Crawley in the current run.
Brian McDermott's side, who have won their last three games in all competitions, are one of four teams from the Premier League in danger of falling to third level opposition.
Sheffield United
Sheffield United, 31 spots lower than the Royals, are looking for a fourth win in five away FA Cup matches, and a place in the fifth round for the first time in four seasons.
Since beating Premier League Manchester City in the fourth round in January 2008, the Blades have lost on all four occasions they have been drawn against top-flight clubs.
The Bramall Lane outfit have won the FA Cup four times, but not since 1925, and the most recent of their six appearances in the final was 1936.
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