Norwich City 2-1 Reading: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 20 April 2013
Result
Norwich City 2-1 Reading
Premier League · Saturday 20 April 2013, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Norwich City 2-1 Reading: match report
Norwich City defeated Reading 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 April 2013. The half-time score was 0-0.
Ryan Bennett opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Norwich City's goals came from Ryan Bennett (50') and Elliott Bennett (51'). Reading scored through Garath McCleary (72').
Discipline: Norwich City received 2 yellow cards; Reading received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Norwich City were 15th on 34 points from 33 and Reading 19th on 26 points from 33. Norwich City went on to finish that season 12th with 43 points, and Reading 19th with 30.
Norwich City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Norwich City wins, 1 draw and 0 for Reading.
Going into the match Norwich City's last five read L-D-L-D-D and Reading's D-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Danny Guthrie
- 50'Goal · Ryan Bennett
- 50'Yellow card · Jem Karacan
- 51'Goal · Elliott Bennett
- 61'Yellow card · Robert Snodgrass
- 68'Yellow card · Nick Blackman
- 72'Goal · Garath McCleary
- 78'Yellow card · Elliott Bennett
Head-to-head
Team news
Norwich City line-up (4-4-2)
Russell Martin, Sebastien Bassong, Michael Turner, Javier Garrido, Elliott Bennett, Jonathan Howson, Bradley Johnson, Robert Snodgrass, Mark Bunn, Grant Holt, Kei Kamara
Reading line-up (4-4-2)
Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Garath McCleary, Danny Guthrie, Jem Karacan, Jobi McAnuff, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Adrian Mariappa, Stephen Kelly, Nick Blackman