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Expected information about the match

England Championship 8.Round

19.9 20:00

Stadium: Madejski

Capacity: 24045

Turf: Grass

Distance: 267 km (166 mi.)

Reading

Vito Mannone will miss and it can be big blow for team

Vito Mannone - Goalkeeper (GK) - Regular player

6

8

0

540

0

David Meyler will miss and it can be big blow for team

David Meyler - Midfielder (CM) - Rotation player

5

4

0

379

0

1

0

Reading should have summer signing Saeid Ezatolahi available to face Norwich in the Championship on Wednesday. The on-loan Rostov midfielder joined last month and got his visa in France last week.

Jordan Obita (knee) and Gareth McCleary (ankle) are long-term injury absentees.

Adrian Popa (ankle) and Dave Edwards (knee) are also unavailable for boss Paul Clement.

Reading have lost each of their last three league matches against Norwich, conceding 12 goals.

Both teams have found the net in each of the last seven league meetings between Reading and Norwich, with a total of 29 goals scored.

Readings five points from their opening seven league games is their lowest points return at this stage in the second tier since the 1997-89 campaign (4), a season they went on to finish bottom and be relegated.

Reading manager Paul Clement has not won any of his previous seven matches in all competitions played on a Wednesday, drawing two and losing the other five.

Paul Clement: We have struggled at home this season, but as we showed at Preston, if you can go away and win scoring three goals, you certainly should be able to do it at home. "But youve got to do the work, the graft, look at the details. Theres a spirit in the group and theyve responded to some adversity at the start of this season. "Well be ready for Norwich. Daniel Farke is someone Ive met before and respect, who has brought that German footballing philosophy to the club. "We should expect a very difficult game against them, but so should they.

Reading have seen over 2.5 goals in their last 7 matches against Norwich in all competitions.

Reading have lost their last 3 home matches (Championship).

Reading have lost with a 1 goal margin in their last 3 home matches (Championship).

Vito Mannone is set to miss the next two weeks through injury

Norwich City

Onel Hernández will miss and it can be big blow for team

Onel Hernández - Attack (LW) - Key player

40

34

7

14

6

3161

8

9

2

0

Norwich continue to be without skipper Grant Hanley, who is sidelined with a quad injury. The defender could be out for up to two months

Christoph Zimmerman is likely to keep his spot after replacing Hanley for the 1-0 win over Middlesbrough on Saturday.

Kenny McLean (knee) and Louis Thompson (hamstring) will be back by the end of the month. Carlton Morris (knee) and Matt Jarvis (ankle) remain out for the Canaries.

Norwich have not won any of their last 11 league games away from home (D7 L4), their longest such run since August 2014 (a run of 12).

Norwich striker Nelson Oliveira has scored four goals in three league games against Reading, including one in a 7-1 victory over the Royals back in April 2017.