Norwich City 7-1 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 8 April 2017
Result
Norwich City 7-1 Reading
Championship · Saturday 8 April 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 6-1
Norwich City 7-1 Reading: match report
Norwich City beat Reading 7-1 in the Championship on Saturday 8 April 2017. The half-time score was 6-1.
Nélson Oliveira opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Norwich City's goals came from Nélson Oliveira (3', penalty), Wesley Hoolahan (15'), Alex Pritchard (26'), Russell Martin (31'), Alex Pritchard (35'), Wesley Hoolahan (41') and Cameron Jerome (89'). Reading scored through Yann Kermorgant (39').
Discipline: Norwich City received 1 yellow card; Reading received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Norwich City were 10th on 57 points from 40 and Reading 3rd on 73 points from 40. Norwich City went on to finish that season 8th with 70 points, and Reading 3rd with 90.
Norwich City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Wesley Hoolahan of Norwich City (9.3), ahead of Alex Pritchard (8.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Norwich City wins, 2 draws and 6 for Reading.
Key events
- 3'Penalty goal · Nélson Oliveira
- 15'Goal · Wesley Hoolahan
- 26'Goal · Alex Pritchard
- 31'Goal · Russell Martin
- 35'Goal · Alex Pritchard
- 39'Goal · Yann Kermorgant
- 41'Goal · Wesley Hoolahan
- 59'Yellow card · Liam Moore
- 88'Yellow card · Jacob Murphy
- 88'Yellow card · Jordan Obita
- 89'Goal · Cameron Jerome
Head-to-head
Team news
Norwich City line-up (4-2-3-1)
John Ruddy, Ivo Pinto, Russell Martin, Timm Klose, Mitchell Dijks, Alexander Tettey, Jonathan Howson, Jacob Murphy, Alex Pritchard, Wesley Hoolahan, Nélson Oliveira
Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ali Al-Habsi, Chris Gunter, Reece Oxford, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Jordon Mutch, Liam Kelly, Garath McCleary, John Swift, Lewis Grabban, Yann Kermorgant