Under 2.5 goals.

Very important fixture in the championship, Norwich need the points to stay up and Reading still have faint hopes of that 2nd spot and premiership football after Birminghams loss to Preston on Saturday.

The Canaries are 3 points behind Barnsley in 18th and bascially a defeat here and they are going down. Even a draw is not enough Brian Gunn needs the points.

They do have a pretty good record at home though in recent weeks with 3 wins from 4 and have only lost the one goal in that defeat to Sheff Wed. We will need to see another fine defensive performance from Norwich tonight as Reading are one of the best footballing sides in the division.

Really Steve Coppells men should have been up and playing premership football but the goals dried up around Feb and vital points were tossed away. They didnt even manage a goal in that month on league duty and since the start of the year have failed to score in 8 games drawing 0-0 5 times.

Both sides miss important strikers, Noel Hunt is out till the end of the season after a shocking tackle in the match with Barnsley and Norwich cannot select Mooney, who has 7 very important goals this season as Reading own him.

Gow will play up front for Norwich and although he is a skillful player he does not get many goals.

I expect Gunn to play this game quite tight as the 1st goal is absolutly vital in a game as important as this one. He will be hoping to continue defending as they have been doing at Carrow road and that at some point his side can take one of their chances.

Norwich v Reading under 2.5 goals with sj at 1.83