QPR are hoping that Tommy Smith will return from the hamstring problem that forced him to miss Tuesday evening's win against his former club Portsmouth.
Martin Rowlands is still struggling with a calf strain.
MATCH PREVIEW
Queens Park Rangers are yet to win at the Madejski Stadium. Their last away triumph against Reading was at Elm Park in September 1997, when they laboured to a thoroughly unimpressive 2-1 win towards the end of Stewart Houston's unhappy reign as Rangers manager.
Mike Sheron, Houston's flagship capture and still the club's record signing, made his debut that night, and scored the winner with the help of a lucky deflection. But Rangers' big spending failed to lift them back into the top flight at the second attempt, and from then the club's fortunes went from bad to worse.
Now, after 15 years out of the Premier League, Rangers head to Reading five points clear at the top of the table, with current boss Neil Warnock on course to succeed where Houston and others failed. Their superiority at the top of the Championship is underlined by their goal difference of +30, which far outstrips the division's next best: Nottingham Forest's +15.
But they face a Reading side that are in good form. Brian McDermott's men have lost only one of their last 13 league matches, and are unbeaten in eight at home. And on Tuesday the Royals came within seconds of winning at Cardiff, who rescued a point with a Craig Bellamy free-kick seven minutes into injury time.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
• QPR's 3-1 win against Reading in November means a victory on Friday would complete their first league league double over them since the 1963/64 season, when both clubs were in the old Third Division.
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• Rangers are three league goals away from their 100th against the Royals.
Reading
• Reading have picked up eight points from the last possible 12, and are undefeated in six league and cup games (W4, D2).
• No Championship side has had more draws this season than the Royals' 12.
• They have not lost a league match after scoring the opening goal.
Queens Park Rangers
• QPR, unbeaten in six league matches, have conceded a total of one goal in their last four outings, and 18 goals in 29 Championship games this term.
• They have kept an unrivalled 16 clean sheets, with six of them coming in 0-0 draws.
• Rangers have gone on to win all eight games in which have led at half-time, and have dropped a mere four points from winning positions this season.
Source: BBC Sport
Source: BBC Sport