English League Championship

FT Saturday, December 13, 2008
Norwich City WLLWL 0
–
Reading LDWWW 2
Select Car Leasing Stadium · 19,382 att.

Team Stats

13
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
8
0
Saves
4
51
Possession
49
7
SHOTS
11
3
ON GOAL
0
0.4
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
3
Accurate Crosses
5
7
Crosses
13
0.4
Cross %
0.4
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
11
Clearances
3

Head to Head

REA leads series 3-2

Lineups

REA

  1. 32Adam FedericiG
  2. 22Liam RoseniorD
  3. 16Ivar IngimarssonD
  4. 29Michael DuberryD
  5. 3Chris ArmstrongD
  6. 7Marek MatejovskýM
  7. 4Kalifa CisseM
  8. 15James HarperM
  9. 10Stephen HuntM
  10. 9Kevin DoyleF
  11. 11Noel HuntF

Substitutes

  1. 49Alex McCarthyG
  2. 42Julian KellyD
  3. 6Brynjar GunnarssonM
  4. 27James HenryM
  5. 24Shane LongF

NOR

  1. 1David MarshallG
  2. 2Jon OtsemoborD
  3. 12Gary DohertyD
  4. 5John KennedyD
  5. 21Ryan BertrandD
  6. 7Lee CroftM
  7. 8Sammy ClinganM
  8. 24Matthew PattisonM
  9. 17David BellM
  10. 16Mark FotheringhamM
  11. 20Darel RussellM

Substitutes

  1. 25Stuart NelsonG
  2. 22Elliot OmozusiD
  3. 14Wes HoolahanM
  4. 18Arturo LupoliF
  5. 29Carl CortF

Timeline

  1. 20' James Harper is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  2. 54' Norwich City makes a sub: Carl Cort enters for Matthew Pattison. Reason: Injury
  3. 69' Reading makes a sub: James Henry enters for Kalifa Cisse. Reason: Injury
  4. 74' Reading makes a sub: Brynjar Gunnarsson enters for James Harper. Reason: Tactical
  5. 80' Reading makes a sub: Shane Long enters for Noel Hunt. Reason: Tactical
  6. 84' Ryan Bertrand is awarded a yellow card. Reason: dissent
  7. 84' Stephen Hunt places the penalty kick with his left foot to the lower right corner and scores!! The goalkeeper guessed correctly but could not stop the shot.
  8. 86' Goal!! Shane Long hits a very good header to the lower right corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Reading now leads 2 - 0
  9. 89' Norwich City makes a sub: Elliot Omozusi enters for John Kennedy. Reason: Injury
  10. 90' End of the game

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