Norwich City 2-1 Reading: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 April 2013

Result

Norwich City 2-1 Reading

Premier League · Saturday 20 April 2013, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Norwich City 2-1 Reading: match report

Norwich City defeated Reading 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 April 2013. The half-time score was 0-0.

Ryan Bennett opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Norwich City's goals came from Ryan Bennett (50') and Elliott Bennett (51'). Reading scored through Garath McCleary (72').

Discipline: Norwich City received 2 yellow cards; Reading received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Norwich City were 15th on 34 points from 33 and Reading 19th on 26 points from 33. Norwich City went on to finish that season 12th with 43 points, and Reading 19th with 30.

Norwich City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Norwich City wins, 1 draw and 0 for Reading.

Going into the match Norwich City's last five read L-D-L-D-D and Reading's D-L-L-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Danny GuthrieReading
  • 50'Goal · Ryan BennettNorwich City · 1-0
  • 50'Yellow card · Jem KaracanReading
  • 51'Goal · Elliott BennettNorwich City · 2-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Robert SnodgrassNorwich City
  • 68'Yellow card · Nick BlackmanReading
  • 72'Goal · Garath McClearyReading · 2-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Elliott BennettNorwich City

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Norwich City 0, draws 1, Reading 0.

Team news

Norwich City line-up (4-4-2)

Russell Martin, Sebastien Bassong, Michael Turner, Javier Garrido, Elliott Bennett, Jonathan Howson, Bradley Johnson, Robert Snodgrass, Mark Bunn, Grant Holt, Kei Kamara

Reading line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Garath McCleary, Danny Guthrie, Jem Karacan, Jobi McAnuff, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Adrian Mariappa, Stephen Kelly, Nick Blackman