Championship preview and statistics: Norwich City - Reading at Carrow Road

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 01.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Carrow Road (27244 seats)

A key match in Championship as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Norwich City in 1st position and Reading placed 7th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Norwich City have the the best goal difference (+36) in Championship

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

Reading is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Norwich City form and stats

Norwich City, who have the the best goal difference (+36) in Championship, are steadily winning Championship games and points here at Carrow Road. 13 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 22 games. The Norwich City manager D. Farke might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Norwich are returning here after visiting Queens Park Rangers in a Championship game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Xavier Quintilla, Max Aarons and Emiliano Buendía scored the goal(s). Before that game, the home loss against Watford with the scoreline 0-1.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Norwich matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, one draw and one defeat (from five games).

The Norwich fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 35 goals in 22 league matches. Norwich have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Reading form and stats

Playing away, Reading have won 7 games, drawn 9 and suffered 6 defeats in the Championship this season. Reading have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.

Reading's last game was the home draw against Swansea City (2-2). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Luton Town that ended 0-0.

As mentioned above, Reading drew the match against Swansea City. Manager V. Paunovic brought on Tomás Esteves to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Reading playing away, we found three games. Results were one away win, one draw and one home win.

Reading are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 24 away goals from 22 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 23 goals have been conceded by Reading in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Reading - Norwich City 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Norwich victories, one draw and three Reading wins. Over/under statistics; ten of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NorwichT. Pukki
T. Pukki
25 goals
ReadingL. Santos João
L. Santos João
19 goals
Norwich CityE. Buendía
E. Buendía
14 goals

Norwich City missing players

Reading missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Norwich City Reading
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
44 22 6 Played P 6 22 44
28 13 4 Won W 1 7 19
9 6 0 Drew D 2 9 12
7 3 2 Lost L 3 6 13
69 35 6 Scored S 6 24 59
33 14 4 Conceded C 11 23 48
93% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 77% 89%
66% 59% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 64% 75%
41% 36% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 32% 48%
20% 18% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 18% 20%
7% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 14% 7%
48% 41% 17% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 50%
41% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 17% 41% 39%
18% 18% 17% Failed to Score F T 33% 32% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1 1
4 3 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.3 16 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 10.2 11
4.7 4.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.5 4.1
34% 35% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 31% 33%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Norwich City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Norwich City have the most scored goals in the first half (36) in Championship
  • Norwich City have the the best goal difference (+36) in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Norwich City 44 28 9 7 69 33 22 13 6 3 35 14 22 15 3 4 34 19 36 93
2 Watford 44 26 10 8 61 28 22 18 2 2 42 12 22 8 8 6 19 16 33 88
3 Brentford 43 21 15 7 73 41 21 10 9 2 36 20 22 11 6 5 37 21 32 78
4 AFC Bournemouth 44 22 11 11 73 43 22 13 3 6 40 22 22 9 8 5 33 21 30 77
5 Swansea City 44 22 11 11 54 36 22 11 6 5 25 15 22 11 5 6 29 21 18 77
6 Barnsley 44 23 8 13 56 46 22 12 5 5 28 20 22 11 3 8 28 26 10 77
7 Reading 44 19 12 13 59 48 22 12 3 7 35 25 22 7 9 6 24 23 11 69
8 Cardiff City 44 17 13 14 61 48 22 8 5 9 36 25 22 9 8 5 25 23 13 64
9 Middlesbrough 44 18 9 17 54 49 22 11 4 7 30 22 22 7 5 10 24 27 5 63
10 Queens Park Rangers 44 17 11 16 52 54 22 10 4 8 29 26 22 7 7 8 23 28 -2 62
11 Luton Town 43 17 9 17 39 48 21 8 7 6 24 22 22 9 2 11 15 26 -9 60
12 Millwall 44 14 17 13 42 45 22 6 10 6 20 23 22 8 7 7 22 22 -3 59
13 Stoke City 44 14 15 15 48 50 22 9 5 8 29 26 22 5 10 7 19 24 -2 57
14 Preston North End 44 16 7 21 45 55 22 6 5 11 19 24 22 10 2 10 26 31 -10 55
15 Blackburn Rovers 44 14 11 19 59 51 22 8 7 7 32 26 22 6 4 12 27 25 8 53
16 Birmingham City 44 13 13 18 35 52 22 6 4 12 18 33 22 7 9 6 17 19 -17 52
17 Nottingham Forest 44 12 15 17 36 43 22 6 8 8 20 22 22 6 7 9 16 21 -7 51
18 Bristol City 44 15 6 23 44 61 22 7 3 12 17 27 22 8 3 11 27 34 -17 51
19 Coventry City 44 13 12 19 42 59 22 9 7 6 24 21 22 4 5 13 18 38 -17 51
20 Huddersfield Town 44 12 11 21 47 68 22 8 6 8 27 22 22 4 5 13 20 46 -21 47
21 Derby County 44 11 10 23 32 53 22 6 6 10 17 23 22 5 4 13 15 30 -21 43
22 Rotherham United 42 11 6 25 42 57 22 5 3 14 25 34 20 6 3 11 17 23 -15 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 44 12 9 23 37 58 22 8 7 7 22 17 22 4 2 16 15 41 -21 39
24 Wycombe Wanderers 44 9 10 25 35 69 22 6 5 11 16 28 22 3 5 14 19 41 -34 37

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Norwich City 44 28 9 7 69 33 22 13 6 3 35 14 22 15 3 4 34 19 36 93
2 Watford 44 26 10 8 61 28 22 18 2 2 42 12 22 8 8 6 19 16 33 88
3 Brentford 43 21 15 7 73 41 21 10 9 2 36 20 22 11 6 5 37 21 32 78
4 AFC Bournemouth 44 22 11 11 73 43 22 13 3 6 40 22 22 9 8 5 33 21 30 77
5 Swansea City 44 22 11 11 54 36 22 11 6 5 25 15 22 11 5 6 29 21 18 77
6 Barnsley 44 23 8 13 56 46 22 12 5 5 28 20 22 11 3 8 28 26 10 77
7 Reading 44 19 12 13 59 48 22 12 3 7 35 25 22 7 9 6 24 23 11 69
8 Cardiff City 44 17 13 14 61 48 22 8 5 9 36 25 22 9 8 5 25 23 13 64
9 Middlesbrough 44 18 9 17 54 49 22 11 4 7 30 22 22 7 5 10 24 27 5 63
10 Queens Park Rangers 44 17 11 16 52 54 22 10 4 8 29 26 22 7 7 8 23 28 -2 62
11 Luton Town 43 17 9 17 39 48 21 8 7 6 24 22 22 9 2 11 15 26 -9 60
12 Millwall 44 14 17 13 42 45 22 6 10 6 20 23 22 8 7 7 22 22 -3 59
13 Stoke City 44 14 15 15 48 50 22 9 5 8 29 26 22 5 10 7 19 24 -2 57
14 Preston North End 44 16 7 21 45 55 22 6 5 11 19 24 22 10 2 10 26 31 -10 55
15 Blackburn Rovers 44 14 11 19 59 51 22 8 7 7 32 26 22 6 4 12 27 25 8 53
16 Birmingham City 44 13 13 18 35 52 22 6 4 12 18 33 22 7 9 6 17 19 -17 52
17 Nottingham Forest 44 12 15 17 36 43 22 6 8 8 20 22 22 6 7 9 16 21 -7 51
18 Bristol City 44 15 6 23 44 61 22 7 3 12 17 27 22 8 3 11 27 34 -17 51
19 Coventry City 44 13 12 19 42 59 22 9 7 6 24 21 22 4 5 13 18 38 -17 51
20 Huddersfield Town 44 12 11 21 47 68 22 8 6 8 27 22 22 4 5 13 20 46 -21 47
21 Derby County 44 11 10 23 32 53 22 6 6 10 17 23 22 5 4 13 15 30 -21 43
22 Rotherham United 42 11 6 25 42 57 22 5 3 14 25 34 20 6 3 11 17 23 -15 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 44 12 9 23 37 58 22 8 7 7 22 17 22 4 2 16 15 41 -21 39
24 Wycombe Wanderers 44 9 10 25 35 69 22 6 5 11 16 28 22 3 5 14 19 41 -34 37

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.