EFL Championship: Game Week 13
Stadium: Madejski Stadium
4th October 2022
Reading is ready to welcome their host Norwich City on Tuesday. Reading has lost six of their last seven league games against Norwich. Would Reading be able to redeem this time?
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Reading from at home is phenomenal this season (W5 L1) as they managed to win on 5 occasions out of 6. They registered their 5th win at the home by defeating Huddersfield (3-1) in the last game. They lost their only home game of the season against Sunderland by (0-3).
Earlier this season Reading defeated Stoke City (2-1), Millwall (1-0), Middlesbrough (1-0), Blackburn (3-0), and Cardiff (2-1) at home. In their 6 home league games, Reading scored 12 goals against their visitors and conceded 6 in return.
At away, Reading’s form is a bit poor than home as they managed (W2 L3) to win on 2 occasions out of 5 games. With 23 points in 11 games, Reading is sitting at 2nd position. They have netted 13 goals so far this season and conceded 15 in return.
Lucas Jacob is the team’s top scorer with 3 goals followed by Thomas Ince (2) and tom McIntyre (2) respectively.
Reading’s possible lineup
Lumley; Yiadom, Holmes, McIntyre; Hoilett, Hutchinson, Ince, Hendrick, Guiness-Walker; Carroll, Joao.
Norwich City’s Form
Norwich looks promising with their away form this season. They managed (W3 L2) to win on 4 occasions out of 5 games. After losing two games in a row against Hull (1-2) and Cardiff (0-1) Norwich did a solid comeback by winning 3 games in a row.
They defeated Blackpool (1-0), Birmingham (2-1) and Sunderland (1-0) in their last three away games. Norwich Scored 5 goals against their hosts this season and conceded 3 in return.
At home, Norwich is unbeaten (W4 D2) this season as they didn’t lose a single game yet. With 23 points in 11 games, they are sitting at 2nd position. They have netted 17 goals so far this season and conceded 9 in return.
Joshua Sargent is the team’s top scorer with 6 goals followed by Teemu Pukki (4) and Sam Byram (1) respectively.
Norwich’s possible lineup
Krul; Aarons, Omobamidele, Hanley, Byram; Nunez, Mclean; Hernandez, Ramsey, Sargent; Pukki.
Reading vs Norwich expert tips
Reading’s current form at home is exceptional this season. But they are winless against Norwich since 2017. On the other end, Norwich looks in good touch by winning three consecutive away games. Despite what the history is beating Reading could be challenging for Norwich now. Still, we are favouring Norwich to win the game due to their recent performance. We can expect under 2.5 goals in the game.