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Reading pack their bags to visit Norwich City at Carrow Road on Monday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 31 games played, Royals have recorded 8 wins, and Norwich City have come away with 13 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Carrow Road was more than three years back, in September 2005, with Reading inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Canaries in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 13 Dec | Reading | 2 - 0 | Norwich City | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 31 Jan | Reading | 4 - 0 | Norwich City | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 24 Sep | Norwich City | 0 - 1 | Reading | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Mon 12 Apr | Reading | 0 - 1 | Norwich City | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 30 Sep | Norwich City | 2 - 1 | Reading | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 05 Mar | Norwich City | 0 - 1 | Reading | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 18 Sep | Reading | 0 - 2 | Norwich City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Norwich City have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. These games have seen the Canaries score just 7 goals, though they have conceded 4.
The Royals have had a decent run of form away from home recently, unbeaten in the last six, but with four of them resulting in draws. Just 7 goals have scored in these games, though to be fair only a measly 4 have been let in at the wrong end.
Norwich City are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 46 points from their 44 games thus far. Reading are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 74 points from 44 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Norwich City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Reading | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Reading are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Norwich City | 6 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Reading | Undefeated in last 8 away games. 4 games since last defeat. |