Championship

Championship | Gameweek 45

May 1, 2021 at 3pm UK

Carrow Road

Norwich
4 - 1
Reading

Dowell (30', 64'), Quintilla (78'), Pukki (85')
Aarons (17'), Skipp (42')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Laurent (12')
Richards (25'), Semedo (77')

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The Match

Match Report

Kieran Dowell bagged a brace at Carrow Road.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Norwich City and Reading, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Norwich City win with a probability of 51.3%. A draw had a probability of 25.4% and a win for Reading had a probability of 23.33%.

The most likely scoreline for a Norwich City win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.45%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.75%) and 2-1 (9.42%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.03%), while for a Reading win it was 0-1 (7.69%). The actual scoreline of 4-1 was predicted with a 1.9% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Norwich City would win this match.

Result
Norwich City	Draw	Reading
51.3%	25.37%	23.33%

Both teams to score 48.99%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

46.42%

53.58%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

24.91%

75.09%

Norwich City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

79.1%

20.91%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

46.38%

53.63%

Reading Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

61.94%

38.06%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

25.18%

74.83%

Score Analysis

Norwich City 51.29%

Reading 23.33%

Draw 25.37%

Norwich City	Draw	Reading
1-0 @ 12.45% 2-0 @ 9.75% 2-1 @ 9.42% 3-0 @ 5.09% 3-1 @ 4.91% 3-2 @ 2.37% 4-0 @ 1.99% 4-1 @ 1.92% 4-2 @ 0.93% Other @ 2.47% Total : 51.29%	1-1 @ 12.03% 0-0 @ 7.96% 2-2 @ 4.55% Other @ 0.84% Total : 25.37%	0-1 @ 7.69% 1-2 @ 5.81% 0-2 @ 3.71% 1-3 @ 1.87% 2-3 @ 1.46% 0-3 @ 1.2% Other @ 1.59% Total : 23.33%

How you voted: Norwich vs Reading

Norwich City

89.4%

Draw

6.4%

Reading

4.3%