England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Norwich City and Reading, taking place on Friday, 30 December 2022, at Carrow Road in Norwich.
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Norwich City, Recent FormFailing to acquire any points in their 2-1 away defeat by Luton Town will have left the Norwich City squad feeling a little deflated. Their share of possession in that meeting was 54%, while racking up 18 shots along the way, 5 of which were on target, in contrast to Luton Town, who had 13 shots on goal with 3 on target.
It seems pretty certain that Dean Smith will be quite pleased with his squad's ability to score goals in recent matches, having managed 5 goals in their past 6 outings. In contrast, however, he will be concerned that their defensive qualities look a little more fragile, with 7 goals conceded in those matches and some crucial points dropped. Finding the net regularly has been an issue for them in their home stadium, with zero goals scored in 3 of their last 6 matches. It's clear that with only 1 clean sheet from the last 6 matches at home, Smith will have some concerns regarding his squad's defensive abilities of late.
They've had a terrible run of form at Carrow Road recently and having lost 4 of their last 6 home games managing just 1 win.
Having scored 3 goals in his last 6 league games for Norwich City, Aaron Ramsey will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
Reading, Recent FormHaving taken all 3 points, with a crucial 2-1 home win over Swansea City in their last league game, Reading will undoubtedly be very satisfied with their work. In that game they recorded 25 of the possession, with 9 attempts on goal, 4 on target. Their opponents found the target on 7 of their 12 shots on goal.
It's fair to say that manager Paul Ince will be pretty happy with his squad's ability to find the net of late, having scored 8 goals in their last 6 matches. That said, he will also be aware there is still work to do at the back, where they have shipped 9 goals in those same matches as well as some valuable points. Up front, they have been showing a certain level of consistency in breaching their opponents' defences, with goals netted in 5 of their last 6 outings. They will need to tighten up at the back, having failed to keep a clean sheet in all but 1 of their last 6 away games.
They've had a bad run of form away from home recently, having lost 4 of their last 6 on the road and managing just 1 win.
Tom Ince has scored 3 goals in the last 6 away games and will be looking to add more in this fixture against Norwich City.
In the most recent meeting between these teams, they both managed to find the net, but the game finished in a 1-1 draw.
Goals should be on the cards for Norwich in this one, given they have found the net, with at least 1 goal, against The Royals in their last 12 meetings together. In their last 3 away league games against The Canaries, Reading have conceded a total of 9 goals and that's an average of 3 per game.
Norwich have certainly shown themselves to be resilient opponents against Reading in the league, having gone unbeaten against them in their last 8 meetings.
Shane Long is on a hot scoring streak against Norwich, having scored in each of Reading's last 1 meetings with them.
Norwich manager Dean Smith has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Todd Cantwell (Groin), Jonathan Rowe (Ankle) and Jacob Sørensen (Ankle) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Paul Ince has a number of injury concerns in his Reading squad to contend with: Scott Dann (Calf), Liam Moore (Calf) and Dejan Tetek (Leg)
Norwich City Playing at home | Reading Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | Goals scored | 0.8 |
| 1.2 | Goals conceded | 1.8 |
| 29' | Time first goal scored | 43' |
| 46' | Time first goal conceded | 21' |
| 1.6 | Yellow cards | 1.8 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4.4 | Subs used | 2.9 |
| 3-0 | Biggest victory | 2-1 |
| 2-0 | Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
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