Norwich City 4-1 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 1 May 2021

Result

Norwich City 4-1 Reading

Championship · Saturday 1 May 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Norwich City 4-1 Reading: match report

Norwich City defeated Reading 4-1 in the Championship on Saturday 1 May 2021. The half-time score was 1-1.

Josh Laurent opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Norwich City's goals came from Kieran Dowell (30'), Kieran Dowell (64'), Xavi Quintillà (78') and Teemu Pukki (85'). Reading scored through Josh Laurent (12').

Discipline: Norwich City received 2 yellow cards; Reading received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Norwich City were 1st on 93 points from 44 and Reading 7th on 69 points from 44. Norwich City went on to finish that season 1st with 97 points, and Reading 7th with 70.

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 Kieran Dowell of Norwich City (8.9), ahead of Emiliano Buendía (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Norwich City wins, 1 draw and 3 for Reading.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Josh LaurentReading · 0-1
  • 17'Yellow card · M. AaronsNorwich City
  • 25'Yellow card · Omar RichardsReading
  • 30'Goal · Kieran DowellNorwich City · 1-1
  • 42'Yellow card · O. SkippNorwich City
  • 64'Goal · Kieran DowellNorwich City · 2-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Alfa SemedoReading
  • 78'Goal · Xavi QuintillàNorwich City · 3-1
  • 85'Goal · Teemu PukkiNorwich City · 4-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Norwich City 6, draws 1, Reading 3.

Team news

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Norwich City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Tim Krul, Max Aarons, Andrew Omobamidele, Grant Hanley, Xavi Quintillà, Oliver Skipp, Kenny McLean, Emiliano Buendía, Kieran Dowell, Todd Cantwell, Teemu Pukki

Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)

Rafael Cabral, Andy Yiadom, Tom Holmes, Lewis Gibson, Omar Richards, Dejan Tetek, Josh Laurent, Michael Olise, John Swift, Ovie Ejaria, Lucas João