NORWICH. Burnley was in the end too much to handle for Norwich City with the goal of Anass Zaroury (8′), Vitinho (54′) and Hjalmar Ekdal (60′).
The match was played at the Carrow Road stadium in Norwich on Saturday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Keith Stroud assisted by Ian Cooper and Samuel Lewis. The 4th official was Charles Breakspear. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.1 degrees Celsius or 50.09 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.
Match Statistics
- 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
- 10 Total 14
- 0 On Target 7
- 9 Off Target 6
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 109 Attack 95
- 53 Dangerous attack 27
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 3
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 15 Total 15
- 5 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Norwich City was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Burnley that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Norwich City had a more offensive attitude with 53 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 0 were on target. Anyhow, Burnley succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Norwich City shot 10 times, 0 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Burnley shot 14 times, 7 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Norwich City received 5 yellow cards (Dimitrios Giannoulis, A. Omobamidele, Kieran Dowell, M. Nuñez and A. Idah). On the other side, Burnley received 3 yellow cards (Josh Brownhill , C. Roberts and A. Barnes).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Norwich City will stay with 42 points like Millwall to gain in the 10th place. Talking about the opposition, Burnley will have 65 points to remain in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Norwich City will host Blackpool on the 6th of May with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Norwich City (3 draws).
Burnley will host Cardiff City on the 6th of May with a 6-3 head to head in favor of Cardiff City (11 draws).
Norwich City – Formation
Norwich City started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager David Wagner decided to play with the following team: Tim Krul
, Max Aarons , Andrew Omobamidele , Grant Hanley , Dimitrios Giannoulis , Kieran Dowell , Kenny McLean , Onel Hernández , Gabriel Sara , Josh Sargent and Teemu Pukki .The home team had on the bench: Christos Tzolis
, Marcelino Núñez , Michael McGovern, Sam McCallum, Adam Idah , Marquinhos and Jacob Lungi Sørensen.Substitutions
Norwich City made 3 changes: Josh Sargent for Adam Idah (61′), Onel Hernández for M. Nuñez Espinoza (61′) and Kieran Dowell for Christos Tzolis (72′).
Best player: Gabriel Sara
The player that probably impressed the most for Norwich City was Gabriel Sara.
His rating is
with 53 passes (71% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 6 crosses.Burnley – Formation
Burnley started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Vincent Kompany played with: Bailey Peacock-Farrell
, Connor Roberts , Hjalmar Ekdal , Jordan Beyer , Ian Maatsen , Josh Cullen , Josh Brownhill , Jóhann Guðmundsson , Ashley Barnes , Anass Zaroury and Nathan Tella .The following players were sitting on the bench: Lyle Foster
, Samuel Bastien, Scott Twine, Charlie Taylor, Darko Churlinov, Charlie Casper and Vitinho .Substitutions
Burnley made 3 changes: Nathan Tella for Vitinho (54′), Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson for Lyle Foster (73′) and Hjalmar Ekdal for Charlie Taylor (79′).
Best player: Ian Maatsen
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Burnley was Ian Maatsen even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 35 passes (82% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Swansea City – Birmingham City – 3-4
- Rotherham United – Sheffield United – 0-0
- Reading – Watford – 2-2
- Norwich City – Burnley – 0-3
- Hull City – Cardiff City – 1-0
- Preston North End – Bristol City – 1-2
- Millwall – Sunderland – 1-1
- Middlesbrough – Blackpool – 3-0
- Luton Town – Stoke City – 1-0
- Huddersfield Town – Queens Park Rangers – 1-1