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Reading face a trip to Norwich City on Tuesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Royals have won 7 of the 27 games compared to the host's 12 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2003, with Reading inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Canaries in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Wed 05 Mar | Norwich | 0 - 1 | Reading | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 18 Sep | Reading | 0 - 2 | Norwich | LD1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sun 03 May | Reading | 0 - 1 | Norwich | LD1 |
| 1997/1998 | Tue 21 Oct | Norwich | 0 - 0 | Reading | LD1 |
| 1996/1997 | Tue 04 Mar | Reading | 2 - 1 | Norwich | LD1 |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 16 Nov | Norwich | 1 - 1 | Reading | LD1 |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 16 Mar | Reading | 0 - 3 | Norwich | LD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Norwich City have an excellent home record, winning five and losing just one of the last six games. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Canaries in those games, with 6 conceded.
Reading's away form is equally impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 12 goals for the Royals, and 5 goals against.
Norwich are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 17 points from 9 games. Reading's 14 points from 9 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Norwich | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 13 |
| Reading | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Norwich is likely to be a very close encounter, but one that the Madmen sees going the way of the home team. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Norwich | Won 5 successive home games. 13 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
| Reading | 7 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 7 outings ago. |