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
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.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Teemu Pukki
- 27'Yellow card · Y. Meïté
- 54'Yellow card · Chris Gunter
- 72'Goal · Jón Dadi Bödvarsson
- 73'Goal · Mario Vrancic
- 76'Yellow card · Mario Vrancic
- 81'Yellow card · M. Aarons
- 90+4'Yellow card · Alexander Tettey
Head-to-head
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