England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Reading and Norwich City, taking place on Tuesday, 04 October 2022, at Select Car Leasing Stadium in Reading.
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Reading, Recent FormReading head into this match with some confidence in the knowledge that they recorded a solid 3-1 home win against Huddersfield Town in their last league encounter. Their share of possession in that meeting was 47%, while racking up 9 shots along the way, 3 of which were on target, in contrast to the numbers reached by Huddersfield Town, who had 9 shots on goal with 2 on target.
Manager Paul Ince will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, with them having scored 7 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 9 goals conceded in the same period. They have shown that they have a consistent appetite for goals at home of late, having clocked up goals in 5 of their last 6 matches at Select Car Leasing Stadium. The defensive quality of his current squad will be troubling Ince of late, his defence having only notched up 2 clean sheets from their last 6 home games.
They have had an excellent run of form at Select Car Leasing Stadium recently, winning 5 out of their last 6 home games.
Norwich City, Recent FormHaving secured a 1-0 away win against Blackpool in their latest league match, Norwich City will have a positive feeling ahead of this match. They achieved 53% possession in that match and had 22 strikes at goal, with 8 hitting the target, up against Blackpool's tally of 15 efforts at goal, 6 of which were on target.
Manager Dean Smith will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, with them having scored 11 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 4 goals conceded in the same period. They are consistently finding a way through on goal, scoring in each of their last 10 games.
They've had a good run of form away from home recently, with 3 straight wins in a row.
Having scored 4 goals in his last 6 league games for Norwich City, Teemu Pukki will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
After a good 4-1 win for Norwich City in this pair's last league encounter, Reading will certainly be looking for a better result this time round.
Reading will be confident of finding the net in this one against The Canaries, with an impressive scoring record of at least 1 goal in their previous 11 encounters between the two sides. Norwich have a decent scoring record against The Royals in recent times, having hit the back of the net 13 times in the last 5 matches between the two.
In the last 2 league meetings between the teams, Norwich has taken all 3 points and has not lost to Reading in 7 games.
Shane Long is on a hot scoring streak against Norwich, having scored in each of Reading's last 4 meetings with them.
Reading manager Paul Ince has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Femi Azeez (Hamstring), Scott Dann (Calf), Ovie Ejaria (Hamstring), Shane Long (Leg), Liam Moore (Knee) and Naby Sarr (Groin) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Norwich manager Dean Smith has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Dimitrios Giannoulis (Ligament), Liam Gibbs (Ankle), Isaac Hayden (Knee), Sam McCallum (Broken foot), Jonathan Rowe (Shin) and Jacob Sørensen (Sprained ankle) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Reading Playing at home | Norwich City Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | Goals scored | 1 |
| 1 | Goals conceded | 0.8 |
| 20' | Time first goal scored | 58' |
| 44' | Time first goal conceded | 47' |
| 2.5 | Yellow cards | 1.8 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.2 |
| 2.8 | Subs used | 4.4 |
| 3-0 | Biggest victory | 2-1 |
| 3-0 | Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
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