The Reading & Norwich City managers V. Paunovic and D. Farke are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Championship league table.
- Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Norwich City has the most points (19) away in Championship
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Reading and Norwich City.
Reading form and stats
18 points is a decent return from 9 Championship games here at Madejski Stadium for Reading. The data says 6 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses.
Reading enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Queens Park Rangers's place. The match ended 1-0 with Michael Olise scoring. Before that game, the home loss against Birmingham City with the scoreline 1-2.
Manager V. Paunovic felt very clever after Michael Olise scored the winning goal against Queens Park Rangers, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 66th minute.
Reading are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Brentford awaits in three days.
The Reading fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. On the other hand, Reading have conceded 9 goals.
Norwich City form and stats
The away team, who have the most points (19) away in Championship, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Championship.
Two travels in a row for Norwich City, whose manager D. Farke could celebrate last time after the Championship win against Blackburn Rovers. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Nottingham Forest.
Norwich goalie Michael McGovern was high and low in the Blackburn Rovers game, contributing six saves towards the victory.
A new game in only three days for Norwich, the Championship home match versus Cardiff City. Busy days.
Norwich are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 9 away games so far. 10 goals have been conceded by Norwich in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Reading-Norwich City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Reading three wins, Norwich City five wins, two draws. nine of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Santos João 11 goals |   T. Pukki 9 goals |  Y. Meïté 6 goals |
Reading missing players
Norwich City missing players
| Reading | Norwich City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 28 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 14 | 25 |
| 21 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 17 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 78% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 61% |
| 50% | 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 50% |
| 22% | 11% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 22% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 11% | 6% |
| 44% | 22% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 67% | 61% |
| 44% | 56% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 17% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 11% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 12.4 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 14.1 | 16.4 |
| 4.7 | 5.4 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 33% | 27% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 31% | 29% |
- Norwich City has the most points (19) away in Championship
- Norwich City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Norwich City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 37 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 18 | 34 |
| 3 | Swansea City | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Watford | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 33 |
| 5 | Reading | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 33 |
| 6 | Brentford | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 31 |
| 7 | Bristol City | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 30 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 29 |
| 9 | Middlesbrough | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 10 | Cardiff City | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
| 11 | Luton Town | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 26 |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 25 |
| 13 | Barnsley | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 25 |
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -5 | 24 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | -3 | 23 |
| 16 | Birmingham City | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -2 | 22 |
| 17 | Millwall | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 21 |
| 18 | Coventry City | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -7 | 21 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 18 |
| 20 | Rotherham United | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 16 |
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | -13 | 13 |
| 22 | Derby County | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -14 | 13 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -16 | 11 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 9 |
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