Reading boss Paul Ince is expecting:

Paul Ince: Cardiff will be buoyant


Reading boss Paul Ince is expecting a tough test when his side come to Cardiff tomorrow.

The Royals are coming off a decent win against Rotherham, against whom they had to come from behind, while Cardiff are also coming into the game off the back of a rare victory.

“Any game for us at the moment is going to be a tough game,” said Ince. “We don’t usually have games where we’re 3-0 up and we can just breathe… they tend to be tense, nervous games!

“I don’t expect any different at Cardiff. They’re coming off the back of a 2-0 win at Birmingham, which isn’t an easy place to go. They’ll be in a buoyant mood. And they haven’t had an easy start under Lamouchi, with three away games from his first four. So they’ll want to get three points in front of their fans.

“We’re under no illusion – it’ll be a tough game. But we go in off the back of three points against Rotherham, so we’ll go in full of confidence.

“We know our away form hasn’t been great this year. That’s been about small margins. So the most important thing is that we stay in every game. As we showed against Rotherham on Tuesday, if we stay in the game, we’ve got a chance of picking up points.”