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Next Game: Reading vs. Peterborough United - Tuesday, December 9 at 8pm in League One
| Current League Standings | P | GD | PTS | |
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 17 | 0 | 22 |
| 18 | Reading | 17 | 0 | 22 |
| 19 | Burton Albion | 18 | -8 | 22 |
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