BRISTOL. Bristol City beats Norwich City 1-0 after M. Sykes scored just 1 goal (24′). Norwich City was truly superior in terms of ball possession (65%).​

The match was played at the Ashton Gate Stadium stadium in Bristol on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Chris Kavanagh who had the assistance of Craig Taylor and Samuel Lewis. The 4th official was Samuel Allison. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 5.8 degrees Celsius or 42.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 46%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Norwich City was in firm control of the ball 65% while Bristol City was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Norwich City had a more offensive attitude with 64 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 1 were on target. Even so, Bristol City managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Bristol City shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Norwich City shot 17 times, 1 on target, 14 off target.

Cards

Bristol City didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Norwich City received 4 yellow cards (Kenny McLean, M. Aarons, Joe Williams and A. Omobamidele).

Standings

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Bristol City will play away against Queens Park Rangers on the 6th of May with a 9-8 head to head record in favor of Bristol City (7 draws).

Norwich City will host Blackpool on the 6th of May with a 4-2 head to head record in favor of Norwich City (3 draws).

Bristol City – Formation

Bristol City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Nigel Pearson decided to play with the following team: Max O’Leary (6.8), George Tanner (6.7), Robert Atkinson (7.0), Zak Vyner (7.2), Cameron Pring (6.9), Joe Williams (7.3), Matty James (7.1), Mark Sykes (7.4), Alex Scott (7.0), Sam Bell (6.1) and Nahki Wells (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Andy King, Nikita Haikin, Andreas Weimann, Tomáš Kalas, Jay Dasilva, Harry Cornick (6.2) and Anis Mehmeti (6.2).

Substitutions

Bristol City made 4 changes: S. Bell for Anis Mehmeti (60′), N. Wells for Harry Cornick (60′), A. Scott for Andreas Weimann (81′) and Mark Sykes for Tomáš Kalas (89′).

Best player: Mark Sykes​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Bristol City was Mark Sykes.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 25 passes (56% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 2 crosses.

Norwich City – Formation

Norwich City started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

David Wagner played with: Angus Gunn (5.8), Max Aarons (6.5), Andrew Omobamidele (6.8), Grant Hanley (7.4), Dimitrios Giannoulis (7.0), Kieran Dowell (6.9), Kenny McLean (6.4), Gabriel Sara (7.9), Teemu Pukki (6.6), Josh Sargent (6.8) and Marcelino Núñez (6.5).

They had on the bench: Sam McCallum, Ben Gibson, Onel Hernández (6.6), Liam Gibbs (6.8), Adam Idah (6.9), Jacob Lungi Sørensen and Tim Krul.

Substitutions

Norwich City made 3 changes: M. Nuñez for Onel Hernández (46′), Kieran Dowell for Liam Gibbs (61′) and Josh Sargent for Adam Idah (61′).

Best player: Gabriel Sara​

The player that probably impressed the most for Norwich City was Gabriel Sara.

His rating is (7.9) with 51 passes (86% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 9 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• Wigan Athletic – Huddersfield Town – 1-0
• Watford – Blackburn Rovers – 1-1
• Sunderland – Reading – 1-0
• Stoke City – Hull City – 0-0
• Sheffield United – Swansea City – 3-0
• Queens Park Rangers – Millwall – 1-2
• Coventry City – Luton Town – 1-1
• Cardiff City – Middlesbrough – 1-3
• Burnley – Preston North End – 3-0
• Bristol City – Norwich City – 1-0
• Blackpool – Rotherham United – 0-0