Reading 3-1 Norwich City: result and report

Championship · Monday 26 December 2016

Result

Reading 3-1 Norwich City

Championship · Monday 26 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Reading 3-1 Norwich City: match report

Reading won against Norwich City 3-1 in the Championship on Monday 26 December 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Yann Kermorgant opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Reading's goals came from Yann Kermorgant (37'), Garath McCleary (68') and Callum Harriott (90+1'). Norwich City scored through Nélson Oliveira (60').

Discipline: Reading received 2 yellow cards; Norwich City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Reading were 3rd on 40 points from 22 and Norwich City 9th on 33 points from 22. Reading went on to finish that season 3rd with 90 points, and Norwich City 8th with 70.

Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Norwich City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Liam Kelly of Reading (7.8), level with Yann Kermorgant (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Reading wins, 2 draws and 2 for Norwich City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Joey van den BergReading
  • 34'Yellow card · Alexander TetteyNorwich City
  • 37'Goal · Yann KermorgantReading · 1-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Ivo PintoNorwich City
  • 60'Goal · Nélson OliveiraNorwich City · 1-1
  • 67'Red card · Jonathan HowsonNorwich City
  • 68'Missed penalty · Yann KermorgantReading
  • 68'Goal · Garath McClearyReading · 2-1
  • 90+1'Goal · Callum HarriottReading · 3-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · John SwiftReading

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Reading 6, draws 2, Norwich City 2.

Team news

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

Ali Al-Habsi, Chris Gunter, Paul McShane, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Joey van den Berg, Danny Williams, Roy Beerens, Liam Kelly, Garath McCleary, Yann Kermorgant

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

John Ruddy, Ivo Pinto, Ryan Bennett, Sebastien Bassong, Robbie Brady, Alexander Tettey, Graham Dorrans, Jonathan Howson, Steven Naismith, Jacob Murphy, Nélson Oliveira