Reading 1-2 Norwich City: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 19 September 2018

Result

Reading 1-2 Norwich City

Championship · Wednesday 19 September 2018, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Reading 1-2 Norwich City: match report

Reading were beaten by Norwich City 1-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 19 September 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Teemu Pukki opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Reading's goal came from Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (72'). Norwich City scored through Teemu Pukki (14') and Mario Vrancic (73').

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

Going into the game Reading were 22nd on 5 points from 7 and Norwich City 18th on 8 points from 7. Reading went on to finish that season 20th with 47 points, and Norwich City 1st with 94.

Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Norwich City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Teemu Pukki of Norwich City (7.8), level with Mario Vrančić (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Reading wins, 2 draws and 5 for Norwich City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Teemu PukkiNorwich City · 0-1
  • 27'Yellow card · Y. MeïtéReading
  • 54'Yellow card · Chris GunterReading
  • 72'Goal · Jón Dadi BödvarssonReading · 1-1
  • 73'Goal · Mario VrancicNorwich City · 1-2
  • 76'Yellow card · Mario VrancicNorwich City
  • 81'Yellow card · M. AaronsNorwich City
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Alexander TetteyNorwich City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Reading 3, draws 2, Norwich City 5.

Team news

Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)

Sam Walker, Chris Gunter, Tiago Ilori, Liam Moore, Andy Yiadom, Leandro Bacuna, Liam Kelly, Sone Aluko, John Swift, Yakou Méïté, Sam Baldock

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

Tim Krul, Max Aarons, Christoph Zimmermann, Timm Klose, Jamal Lewis, Alexander Tettey, Moritz Leitner, Emiliano Buendía, Marco Stiepermann, Todd Cantwell, Teemu Pukki