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Norwich City face a trip to Reading at Madejski Stadium on Tuesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 30 games played, Canaries have recorded 9 wins, and Reading have come away with 15 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in April 2004, with Norwich City inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Royals in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 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 |
| 1997/1998 | Sun 03 May | Reading | 0 - 1 | Norwich City | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Tue 21 Oct | Norwich City | 0 - 0 | Reading | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Reading are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. In this time, Royals have rattled up an impressive 18 goals, and conceded 5.
The Canaries have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The Canaries's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 7 against.
Reading are leading the way in the Coca Cola Championship, with their 30 games giving them a return of 73 points. Norwich City's 39 points from 30 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Reading | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 12 |
| Norwich City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Reading 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: | |
| Reading | Unbeaten in the last 19 home games. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Norwich City | Undefeated in last 4 away games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |