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Reading 4-0 Norwich City - January 31, 2006 / Championship 2005/2006

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Championship 2005/2006 - Round 31

Madejski Stadium - Reading - England

January 31, 2006

21 442

Reading

4 - 0

Norwich City

Nicky Shorey

Steve Sidwell

17'

Leroy Lita

55'

Bobby Convey

69'

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6' - Goal Nicky Shorey6

17' - Goal Steve Sidwell17

45' - Substitution Adam Druryis substituted by Jason Jarrett

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55' - Goal Leroy Lita55

60' - Substitution Glen Littleis substituted by John Oster60

64' - Substitution Peter Thorneis substituted by Jonatan Johansson photo Ian Henderson

64' - Substitution Paul McVeighis substituted by Ian Henderson

69' - Goal Bobby Convey69

71' - Substitution Steve Sidwellis substituted by Brynjar Gunnarsson71

74' - Substitution Kevin Doyleis substituted by Shane Long74

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Reading

4 - 0

Norwich City

Reading Norwich City

Team line-ups

Reading

Hahnemann

Marcus Hahnemann

United States

B.date15/06/1972

Age33 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Sonko

Ibrahima Sonko

Senegal

B.date22/01/1981

Age25 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Ingimarsson

Ívar Ingimarsson

Iceland

B.date20/08/1977

Age28 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Murty

Graeme Murty

Scotland

B.date13/11/1974

Age31 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Shorey6

Nicky Shorey

England

B.date19/02/1981

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Sidwell1771

Steve Sidwell

England

B.date14/12/1982

Age23 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Harper

James Harper

England

B.date09/11/1980

Age25 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Little60

Glen Little

England

B.date15/10/1975

Age30 years

H1m91

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Convey69

Bobby Convey

United States

B.date27/05/1983

Age22 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Doyle74

Kevin Doyle

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/09/1983

Age22 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Lita55

Leroy Lita

England

B.date28/12/1984

Age21 years

H1m76

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Marcus Hahnemann		33	172	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ibrahima Sonko		25	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ívar Ingimarsson		28	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Murty		31	171	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Shorey	6	24	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Sidwell	1771	23	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Harper		25	170	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Glen Little	60	30	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Convey	69	22	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Doyle	74	22	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leroy Lita	55	21	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

109

Norwich City

Green

Robert Green

England

B.date18/01/1980

Age26 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Fleming

Craig Fleming

England

B.date06/10/1971

Age34 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Doherty

Gary Doherty

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/01/1980

Age26 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Drury45

Adam Drury

England

B.date29/08/1978

Age27 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Charlton

Simon Charlton

England

B.date25/10/1971

Age34 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

Colin

Jürgen Colin

Netherlands

B.date20/01/1981

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Etuhu

Dickson Etuhu

Nigeria

B.date08/06/1982

Age23 years

H1m88

positionMidfield

Hughes

Andy Hughes

England

B.date02/01/1978

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Huckerby

Darren Huckerby

England

B.date23/04/1976

Age29 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

Thorne64

Peter Thorne

England

B.date21/06/1973

Age32 years

H1m83

positionStriker

McVeigh64

Paul McVeigh

Northern Ireland

B.date06/12/1977

Age28 years

H1m68

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Robert Green		26	221	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Craig Fleming		34	223	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Doherty		26	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Adam Drury	45	27	196	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Simon Charlton		34	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jürgen Colin		25	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dickson Etuhu		23	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Hughes		28	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Huckerby		29	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Thorne	64	32	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul McVeigh	64	28	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

101

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Brynjar Gunnarsson	71	30	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Oster	60	27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shane Long	74	19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Ian Henderson	64	21	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jason Jarrett	45	26	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jonatan Johansson	64	30	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Glen Little

John Oster

OUT

Graeme Murty

Chris Makin

OUT

Ívar Ingimarsson

Brynjar Gunnarsson

OUT

Marcus Hahnemann

Graham Stack

OUT

Bobby Convey

Stephen Hunt

OUT

Kevin Doyle

Shane Long

OUT

Nicky Shorey

John Halls

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Adam Drury

Jason Jarrett

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Coppell

128

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Coppell vs Norwich City

12 victories

2 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on January 31, 2006

Coppell vs Worthington

4 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 31, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

Nigel Worthington

253

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Worthington vs Reading

4 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on January 31, 2006

Worthington vs Coppell

2 victories

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on January 31, 2006

Referee

Lee Mason

7 victories	3 draws	7 losses	Reading17 matches	General total	Norwich City15 matches	2 victories	2 draws	11 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Reading2 matches	Season total	Norwich City2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on December 14, 2019					Latest figure on October 19, 2019

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Key figures

Reading keeps its 19 matches with at least one goal scored at home in Championship running (since 05/04/2005). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 27/04/1927 (17 matches)

The last time Norwich City has lost with a difference of 4 goals in Championship, It was on the 22/03/2003 (vs )

The last time Norwich City has ended with the score 0-4 in Championship, It was on the 22/03/2003 (vs )

Read the next 24 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VReading 5-1 Brighton & Hove10/12/2005

VReading 2-0 Leicester28/12/2005

VReading 5-1 Cardiff City02/01/2006

VReading 2-0 Coventry14/01/2006

VReading 3-2 West Bromwich Albion17/01/2006

DReading 1-1 Birmingham City28/01/2006

Overall

VReading 5-1 Cardiff City02/01/2006

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Reading07/01/2006

VReading 2-0 Coventry14/01/2006

VReading 3-2 West Bromwich Albion17/01/2006

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Reading20/01/2006

DReading 1-1 Birmingham City28/01/2006

Current form

Away

DCoventry 2-2 Norwich City26/11/2005

LDerby County 2-0 Norwich City03/12/2005

VCrewe Alexandra 1-2 Norwich City10/12/2005

VSheffield United 1-3 Norwich City26/12/2005

VLeicester 0-1 Norwich City31/12/2005

DPlymouth 1-1 Norwich City14/01/2006

Overall

VNorwich City 2-1 Burnley28/12/2005

VLeicester 0-1 Norwich City31/12/2005

LNorwich City 0-3 Preston North End02/01/2006

LNorwich City 1-2 West Ham07/01/2006

DPlymouth 1-1 Norwich City14/01/2006

LNorwich City 2-3 Watford21/01/2006

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	19	12
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	23	12
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	0
Winless streak	1	4
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	4	3
Conceding streak	1	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

30	Number of games (Competition total)	30
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
22	Victories (Competition total)	11
13	Victories (Home / Away)	5
7	Draws (Competition total)	6
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
1	Losses (Competition total)	13
1	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

62	Goals scored (Competition total)	35
39	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
16	Goals conceded (Competition total)	40
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	24
2.07	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.17
2.6	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.13
0.53	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.33
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.6

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
17	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
2-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (2 times)

Bookings

27	Yellow cards (Competition total)	47
13	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	29
0	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Dave Kitson	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Dean Ashton
Dave Kitson	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Paul McVeigh
Dave Kitson	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Paul McVeigh
Dave Kitson	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Dave Kitson	9 goals during the last 9 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 8 matches	Paul McVeigh

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

2 v

0 d

4 l

4 gf

9 ga

Away

7 matches

2 v

4 d

1 l

8 gf

7 ga

Total

13 matches

4 v

4 d

5 l

12 gf

16 ga

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

1 v

4 d

2 l

7 gf

8 ga

Away

6 matches

4 v

0 d

2 l

9 gf

4 ga

Total

13 matches

5 v

4 d

4 l

16 gf

12 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	September 24, 2005
Home	2 - 1	March 04, 1997

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	March 16, 1996
Away	3 - 0	March 16, 1996

Latest head to head

September 24, 2005 - Championship 2005/2006

Norwich City

0 - 1

Reading

April 12, 2004 - First Division 2003/2004

Reading

0 - 1

Norwich City logo Norwich City

September 30, 2003 - First Division 2003/2004

Norwich City

2 - 1

Reading

March 05, 2003 - First Division 2002/2003

Norwich City

0 - 1

Reading

September 18, 2002 - First Division 2002/2003

Reading

0 - 2

Norwich City logo Norwich City

Best historical scorers against Norwich City

	Nicky Forster	1 goal	2003 - 2003
	James Harper	1 goal	2005 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/09/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Reading

Philip Mulryne	2 goals	2002 - 2004
Paul McVeigh	2 goals	2002 - 2003
Darren Huckerby	1 goal	2003 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/09/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Norwich City

Graeme Murty	5 matches	2002 - 2005
Marcus Hahnemann	4 matches	2002 - 2005
Andy Hughes	4 matches	2002 - 2004
Nicky Forster	4 matches	2002 - 2004
Ady Williams	4 matches	2002 - 2004
Steve Sidwell	3 matches	2003 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/09/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Paul McVeigh	5 matches	2002 - 2005
Robert Green	5 matches	2002 - 2005
Malky Mackay	4 matches	2002 - 2004
Adam Drury	4 matches	2002 - 2005
Philip Mulryne	4 matches	2002 - 2004
Gary Holt	4 matches	2002 - 2004