Pay in advance or on the day, prices have been reduced for this low-key tie.
Following Saturday's poor showing at home against Brentford even the heavily reduced prices are unlikely to tempt many fans in on a Tuesday night.
The North and Upper West stands are CLOSED for the game.

Lower West, East Stands:
Adults: £8 in advance, £10 on the night.
Concessions: £1 in advance, £5 on the night.

Smart card season tickets will not be in use on the night - it's paper tickets only.
The crowd is expected to be similar to the 1,561 that saw the Royals beat Orient in the first round of the same competition two seasons ago.
Tickets can be purchased in advance by calling the ticket office on 0118 968 1000.

Home match - See away fans guide for travel, food and beer guide.

Pardew may well experiment with the team in a game that no-one is interested in. Those that do go might appreciate a bit a variety in the Reading side that has been performing below standard recently.

Reading - from: Whitehead, Murty, Williams, Viveash, Whitbread, Robinson, Harper, Parkinson, A Smith, Igoe, Forster, Butler, Cureton, Hughes, Shorey, Henderson, N.Smith.

Colchester - from: Woodman, G Johnson, Clark, White, Gregory, Stockwell, Izzet, Pinault, Duguid, McGleish, Rapley, Morgan, Brown, Ross Johnson, Bowry, Opara.

Colchester United are a couple of positions above the Royals in the Second Division table.
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Reading wins: 26
Draws: 13
Colchester wins: 23
Figures include League, FA Cup and League Cup only.

2001/2002 Season:
Colchester United have already beaten the Royals once this season - doing us 0-2 in the League at the start of October.
5 October 2001: Colchester United 2 Reading 0

2000/2001 Season:
Colchester United were one of the few teams to beat Reading at the Madejski Stadium last season - a first half goal was enough to give them all three points in November of last year. The visit to Layer Road saw Reading needing a victory to have a chance of automatic promotion. A decent away following packed into the away allocation only to watch Reading lose 1-2 and lose out on second place to Rotherham United. A bad day for Reading fans.
28 April 2001: Colchester United 2 Reading 1
11 November 2000: Reading 0 Colchester United 1

1999/2000 Season:
Reading won on aggregate over the two league matches during the 1999/2000 season with each team managing a home victory to share the points:
29 January 2000: Reading 2 Colchester United 0
28 August 1999: Colchester United 3 Reading 2
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