Norwich City 3-2 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 17 March 2018
Result
Norwich City 3-2 Reading
Championship · Saturday 17 March 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-1
Norwich City 3-2 Reading: match report
Norwich City won against Reading 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 17 March 2018. It was 3-1 at half-time.
Mario Vrancic opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Norwich City's goals came from Mario Vrancic (14'), Grant Hanley (26') and James Maddison (37', penalty). Reading scored through Liam Kelly (32') and Sam Smith (51').
Discipline: Norwich City received 2 yellow cards; Reading received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Norwich City were 14th on 49 points from 37 and Reading 19th on 36 points from 37. Norwich City went on to finish that season 14th with 60 points, and Reading 20th with 44.
Norwich City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Reading in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to James Maddison of Norwich City (8.3), ahead of Liam Kelly (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Norwich City wins, 2 draws and 4 for Reading.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Mario Vrancic
- 26'Goal · Grant Hanley
- 32'Goal · Liam Kelly
- 35'Yellow card · Onel Hernández
- 36'Yellow card · Anssi Jaakkola
- 37'Penalty goal · James Maddison
- 45'Yellow card · Pelle Clement
- 51'Goal · Sam Smith
- 62'Yellow card · Grant Hanley
- 70'Yellow card · Modou Barrow
- 73'Yellow card · Tyler Blackett
- 89'Yellow card · Yann Kermorgant
Head-to-head
Team news
Norwich City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Angus Gunn, Ivo Pinto, Timm Klose, Jamal Lewis, Grant Hanley, Harrison Reed, Mario Vrančić, Josh Murphy, James Maddison, Onel Hernández, Dennis Srbeny
Reading line-up (4-3-3)
Anssi Jaakkola, Chris Gunter, Liam Moore, Tiago Ilori, Tyler Blackett, Dave Edwards, Pelle Clement, Liam Kelly, Sone Aluko, Modou Barrow, Sam Smith