Norwich City supporters put their faith in manager Smith to deliver victory against Reading

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Fri 30.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Carrow Road (27244 seats)

Championship: Two sides who have performed well so far. Get to know Norwich City - Reading with this full preview!

Insights:
  • Reading have the most conceded goals (22) away in Championship

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Norwich City form and stats

Norwich City have played 12 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-4 (wins-draws-losses). The Norwich manager Smith might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

No payout for Norwich City in their previous match, an away game at Luton Town that ended in defeat 1-2. The striker Pukki was declared "man of the match" for Norwich with a rating of 7.65/10. Pukki scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Blackburn Rovers (0-2).

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Norwich City's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 7 games, won 5 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Watford in only three days. This game is also played here at Carrow Road.

The Norwich City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 12 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Norwich have conceded 14 in these home matches.

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Reading form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Reading so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-8 (win-draw-lose).

Impressive finishing from Ince and Carroll secured the home win 2-1 against Swansea City in their previous game. Goalkeeper Lumley was absolutely vital in the Reading victory against Swansea City, making six saves.

Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Birmingham City's place.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Reading when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 0 and winning 2 games.

Reading have another match away from home in just three sleeps, a Championship fixture vs West Bromwich Albion. A difficult calendar for the visiting team!

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Reading as they have only managed to score 10 times from 12 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Reading have conceded 22 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Norwich have managed a sequence of 8 consecutive matches without losing (6-2-0) when facing Reading.

Here's the final score when the teams met earlier this campaign; Reading - Norwich City 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

Norwich CityJ. Sargent
J. Sargent
9 goals
NorwichT. Pukki
T. Pukki
8 goals
ReadingT. Ince
T. Ince
6 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
24 12 3 Played P 5 12 24
10 5 1 Won W 1 3 11
5 3 1 Drew D 0 1 2
9 4 1 Lost L 4 8 11
31 18 2 Scored S 3 10 28
27 14 2 Conceded C 10 22 34
96% 92% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
71% 83% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 67% 75%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 58% 58%
17% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 33% 21%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 8%
58% 58% 0% BTTS BTTS 40% 42% 46%
25% 25% 67% Clean Sheets C S 20% 25% 29%
21% 25% 67% Failed to Score F T 40% 42% 29%
 
6.7 6 7.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 5.1 4.7
3.9 3.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.7 4.6
2 1.6 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.8 2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.2 15.7 16 Shots (avg) S ( 7 9.7 10.1
4.3 5.1 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.4 3.1 3.2
30% 30% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 27% 36%
 
11.2 9.9 10.7 Shots against (avg) S A 14.6 12.1 11
3.6 3.3 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 3.8 3.2
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Reading have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Reading have the most conceded goals (22) away in Championship
  • Reading have the the worst goal difference (-12) away 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 Burnley 24 14 8 2 49 24 13 9 4 0 29 11 11 5 4 2 20 13 25 50
2 Sheffield United 24 14 5 5 41 21 12 7 3 2 26 12 12 7 2 3 15 9 20 47
3 Blackburn Rovers 24 13 0 11 28 28 11 8 0 3 18 11 13 5 0 8 10 17 0 39
4 Watford 24 10 7 7 30 24 12 6 2 4 17 12 12 4 5 3 13 12 6 37
5 Norwich City 24 10 5 9 31 27 12 5 3 4 18 14 12 5 2 5 13 13 4 35
6 Millwall 23 10 5 8 29 26 11 7 2 2 17 8 12 3 3 6 12 18 3 35
7 Queens Park Rangers 24 10 5 9 27 27 11 5 2 4 15 13 13 5 3 5 12 14 0 35
8 Reading 24 11 2 11 28 34 12 8 1 3 18 12 12 3 1 8 10 22 -6 35
9 Sunderland 24 9 7 8 33 27 12 4 4 4 16 13 12 5 3 4 17 14 6 34
10 Preston North End 24 9 7 8 23 24 13 3 4 6 8 14 11 6 3 2 15 10 -1 34
11 Middlesbrough 24 9 6 9 36 31 12 5 5 2 17 12 12 4 1 7 19 19 5 33
12 Luton Town 23 8 9 6 26 25 12 3 7 2 16 13 11 5 2 4 10 12 1 33
13 Coventry City 23 9 6 8 26 25 11 6 2 3 14 9 12 3 4 5 12 16 1 33
14 West Bromwich Albion 24 8 8 8 31 26 12 4 4 4 17 14 12 4 4 4 14 12 5 32
15 Birmingham City 24 8 8 8 26 25 12 4 5 3 16 12 12 4 3 5 10 13 1 32
16 Swansea City 24 8 8 8 31 34 11 5 2 4 15 14 13 3 6 4 16 20 -3 32
17 Stoke City 24 8 6 10 28 32 11 3 3 5 13 16 13 5 3 5 15 16 -4 30
18 Bristol City 24 7 6 11 31 34 13 4 3 6 14 14 11 3 3 5 17 20 -3 27
19 Rotherham United 24 6 9 9 28 34 12 4 4 4 20 17 12 2 5 5 8 17 -6 27
20 Cardiff City 24 7 6 11 20 28 13 4 4 5 10 11 11 3 2 6 10 17 -8 27
21 Hull City 24 7 6 11 27 41 13 4 2 7 13 22 11 3 4 4 14 19 -14 27
22 Blackpool 24 6 7 11 26 35 11 3 2 6 12 16 13 3 5 5 14 19 -9 25
23 Wigan Athletic 24 6 6 12 24 38 12 2 3 7 9 20 12 4 3 5 15 18 -14 24
24 Huddersfield Town 23 6 4 13 21 30 12 4 2 6 10 12 11 2 2 7 11 18 -9 22

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 24 14 8 2 49 24 13 9 4 0 29 11 11 5 4 2 20 13 25 50
2 Sheffield United 24 14 5 5 41 21 12 7 3 2 26 12 12 7 2 3 15 9 20 47
3 Blackburn Rovers 24 13 0 11 28 28 11 8 0 3 18 11 13 5 0 8 10 17 0 39
4 Watford 24 10 7 7 30 24 12 6 2 4 17 12 12 4 5 3 13 12 6 37
5 Norwich City 24 10 5 9 31 27 12 5 3 4 18 14 12 5 2 5 13 13 4 35
6 Millwall 23 10 5 8 29 26 11 7 2 2 17 8 12 3 3 6 12 18 3 35
7 Queens Park Rangers 24 10 5 9 27 27 11 5 2 4 15 13 13 5 3 5 12 14 0 35
8 Reading 24 11 2 11 28 34 12 8 1 3 18 12 12 3 1 8 10 22 -6 35
9 Sunderland 24 9 7 8 33 27 12 4 4 4 16 13 12 5 3 4 17 14 6 34
10 Preston North End 24 9 7 8 23 24 13 3 4 6 8 14 11 6 3 2 15 10 -1 34
11 Middlesbrough 24 9 6 9 36 31 12 5 5 2 17 12 12 4 1 7 19 19 5 33
12 Luton Town 23 8 9 6 26 25 12 3 7 2 16 13 11 5 2 4 10 12 1 33
13 Coventry City 23 9 6 8 26 25 11 6 2 3 14 9 12 3 4 5 12 16 1 33
14 West Bromwich Albion 24 8 8 8 31 26 12 4 4 4 17 14 12 4 4 4 14 12 5 32
15 Birmingham City 24 8 8 8 26 25 12 4 5 3 16 12 12 4 3 5 10 13 1 32
16 Swansea City 24 8 8 8 31 34 11 5 2 4 15 14 13 3 6 4 16 20 -3 32
17 Stoke City 24 8 6 10 28 32 11 3 3 5 13 16 13 5 3 5 15 16 -4 30
18 Bristol City 24 7 6 11 31 34 13 4 3 6 14 14 11 3 3 5 17 20 -3 27
19 Rotherham United 24 6 9 9 28 34 12 4 4 4 20 17 12 2 5 5 8 17 -6 27
20 Cardiff City 24 7 6 11 20 28 13 4 4 5 10 11 11 3 2 6 10 17 -8 27
21 Hull City 24 7 6 11 27 41 13 4 2 7 13 22 11 3 4 4 14 19 -14 27
22 Blackpool 24 6 7 11 26 35 11 3 2 6 12 16 13 3 5 5 14 19 -9 25
23 Wigan Athletic 24 6 6 12 24 38 12 2 3 7 9 20 12 4 3 5 15 18 -14 24
24 Huddersfield Town 23 6 4 13 21 30 12 4 2 6 10 12 11 2 2 7 11 18 -9 22

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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.