Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Norwich City 13th with 62 points, Reading 22nd with 44, 18 apart. Norwich City ranked just 22nd in the league on five-round form despite their 13th table position. Per game in the league, Norwich City were scoring 1.24 and conceding 1.17, Reading 1 and 1.48, against a competition average of 1.22 goals per team per game.
The sides have met 15 times in the GioScore results database: 8 wins for Norwich City, 4 draws and 3 for Reading, at 3.67 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 87% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 93%.
Carrow Road in Norwich staged the fixture, a ground that holds 27,359. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.