Norwich City FC vs Reading FC, Championship 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Norwich City FC vs Reading FC — Championship at Carrow Road.
- Norwich City FC 46 games · 65 pts (2025/26)
- Reading FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 30 Dec Reading FC H 1–1 D 26 Dec Luton Town FC A 1–2 L 17 Dec Blackburn Rovers FC H 0–2 L 10 Dec Swansea City AFC A 1–0 W 12 Nov Middlesbrough FC H 1–2 L 05 Nov Rotherham United FC A 2–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 30 Dec Norwich City FC A 1–1 D 27 Dec Swansea City AFC H 2–1 W 16 Dec Birmingham City FC A 2–3 L 10 Dec Coventry City FC H 1–0 W 12 Nov Hull City AFC A 2–1 W 08 Nov Watford FC A 0–2 L Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history20% Clean Sheets
Norwich City FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Norwich City FC0-15–/216-302/131-451/146-602/361-753/176+3/1■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Norwich City FCJovon Makama 10 G Mohamed Toure 9 G 3 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Norwich City FC kicks off things out of here…
- 2' Grant Hanley was booked on 2.
- 7' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 12' Norwich City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 17' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 22' Nesta Guinness-Walker needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 27' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 31' It’s a booking for Norwich City FC player. Sam McCallum gets a Yellow card.
- 36' Kenny McLean has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 49 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
- 41' It looks like no one’s ball. Norwich City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 46' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 51' Norwich City FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 54' Adam Idah puts Norwich City FC on the lead.
- 59' Tom Holmes is having his name booked by the referee on 59.
- 64' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 65' The supporters are chanting for Yakou Meite. He replaces Lucas Joao on 65 minute.
- 70' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 74' Nesta Guinness-Walker has so much to prove this time. He replaces Tom McIntyre on 74 minute.
- 75' Another substitution for Norwich City FC to replace Marcelino Nunez by Kieran Dowell on 75 minute.
- 77' The referee shows Reading FC player a Yellow card on 77.
- 79' Gabriel Sara was booked on 79.
- 83' What a strike from Andy Carroll! The score is 1-1.
- 88' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Naby Sarr made 378 appearances and scored 16 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 89' Amadou Salif Mbengue has so much to prove this time. He replaces Junior Hoilett on 89 minute.
- 90' Isaac Hayden has so much to prove this time. He replaces Sam McCallum on 90 minute.
- The final score is 1-1.
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Lineups
Norwich City FC Lineups
Starting XI
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- 28
- 5
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- 23
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15
Sam McCallum ↓ Isaac Hayden 90'
- 24
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11
Adam Idah ↓ Onel Hernandez 75'
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26
Marcelino Nunez ↓ Kieran Dowell 75'
Bench
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10
Kieran Dowell ↑ 75'
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8
Isaac Hayden ↑ 90'
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25
Onel Hernandez ↑ 75'
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- 9
- 4
- 46
Reading FC Lineups
Starting XI
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- 17
- 8
- 10
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- 23
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9
Lucas Joao ↓ Yakou Meite 65'
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- 24
- 22
- 5
Bench
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11
Yakou Meite ↑ 65'
- 6
- 7
- 21
- 12
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18
Nesta Guinness-Walker ↑ 74'
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27
Amadou Salif Mbengue ↑ 89'
Coach Paul Ince -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Teemu Pukki 3 Kieran Dowell 2 Jon Daði Boðvarsson 1 Joshua Laurent 1 Mario Vrancic 1 Xavier Quintilla 1 Mario Vrancic 1 Jeff Hendrick 1 Head to Head
Norwich City FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.43 Norwich City FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.23 Reading FC xGI would bet for: Norwich City FC or Reading FC 72%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.66Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 91% 9% ± 1.5 74% 26% ± 2.5 49% 51% ± 3.5 28% 72% ± 4.5 14% 86% Double Chance
Norwich City FC or Draw 70%Draw or Reading FC 58%Norwich City FC or Reading FC 72%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual1 – 0 9%0 – 0 9%2 – 1 8.5%0 – 1 7.6%1 – 2 7.3%2 – 0 7%2 – 2 5.2%0 – 2 5.2%3 – 1 4.1%3 – 0 3.3%1 – 3 3%Asian Handicap — Norwich City FC
Handicap Norwich City FC covers Push Reading FC covers -2.5 8% — 92% -2 8% 12% 80% -1.5 20% — 80% -1 20% 21% 60% -0.5 40% — 60% +0.5 69% — 31% +1 69% 17% 13% +1.5 87% — 13% +2 87% 9% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
Norwich City FC keeps clean sheet 30% ✓Reading FC keeps clean sheet 25% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.