Tommy Miller is relieved Ipswich Town are facing one of their Premiership-chasing rivals tomorrow.

The Blues midfielder says it is good news they are taking on fourth-placed Reading as they look to extend their lead at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship.

Miller told the Gazette: "We play better against the sides at the top end of the table.

"The games are always more open as a lot of teams that have come to Ipswich this season have put men behind the ball.

"It makes it very frustrating and you can hear the fans getting on your back as maybe it's not going the way they expect it to.

"But against the teams near the top we know they're going to come at us a bit more."

More in today's Evening Gazette

Published Friday, January 21, 2005

Brought to you by the Evening Gazette