Reading 2-1 Norwich City: result and report

Championship · Sunday 28 December 2014

Result

Reading 2-1 Norwich City

Championship · Sunday 28 December 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Reading 2-1 Norwich City: match report

Reading defeated Norwich City 2-1 in the Championship on Sunday 28 December 2014. It was 2-0 at half-time.

H. Robson-Kanu opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Reading's goals came from H. Robson-Kanu (25', penalty) and Simon Cox (34'). Norwich City scored through Bradley Johnson (71').

Discipline: Reading received no yellow cards; Norwich City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 19th on 25 points from 23 and Norwich City 7th on 37 points from 23. Reading went on to finish that season 20th with 49 points, and Norwich City 1st with 93.

Reading lined up in a 4-4-2 and Norwich City in a 4-3-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Reading wins, 2 draws and 2 for Norwich City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Bradley JohnsonNorwich City
  • 25'Penalty goal · H. Robson-KanuReading · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · Simon CoxReading · 2-0
  • 63'Yellow card · Russell MartinNorwich City
  • 71'Goal · Bradley JohnsonNorwich City · 2-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Steven WhittakerNorwich City

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Reading 5, draws 2, Norwich City 2.

Team news

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Reading expected line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Stephen Kelly, Alex Pearce, Jordan Obita, Jem Karacan, Hal Robson-Kanu, Garath McCleary

Norwich City expected line-up (4-3-1-2)

John Ruddy, Russell Martin, Martin Olsson, Steven Whittaker, Bradley Johnson, Alexander Tettey, Jonathan Howson, Cameron Jerome