NORWICH. Sheffield United prevails over Norwich City 1-0 after J. McAtee scored just 1 goal (62′).
The match was played at the Carrow Road stadium in Norwich on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Darren Bond who had the assistance of Philip Dermott and Shaun Hudson. The 4th official was Richie Watkins. The weather was drizly. The temperature was cold at 8.1 degrees Celsius or 46.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.
Match Statistics
- 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
- 7 Total 7
- 1 On Target 1
- 3 Off Target 3
- 3 Shots blocked 3
- 95 Attack 106
- 37 Dangerous attack 49
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 5
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 13 Total 17
- 3 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Norwich City was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Sheffield United that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Sheffield United was putting more pressure with 49 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 1 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sheffield United won the contest.
Norwich City shot 7 times, 1 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sheffield United shot 6 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Norwich City received 3 yellow cards (M. Aarons, Gabriel Sara and Kenny McLean). Regarding the opposition, Sheffield United received 3 yellow cards (George Baldock, Sander Berge and Iliman Ndiaye).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Norwich City will stay with 57 points like Coventry City to remain in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Sheffield United will have 73 points to hold in the 2nd 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 statistic in favor of Norwich City (3 draws).
Sheffield United will play away agasint Birmingham City on the 6th of May with a 5-2 head to head record in favor of Birmingham City (4 draws).
Norwich City – Formation
The manager David Wagner decided to play with the following team: Angus Gunn, Grant Hanley, Ben Gibson, Dimitris Giannoulis, Maximillian James Aarons, Kenny McLean, Gabriel Davi Gomes Sara, Teemu Pukki, Adam Uche Idah, Joshua Sargent and Marcus Vinícius Oliveira Alencar.
The home team had on the bench: Sam McCallum, Christos Tzolis, Abu Kamara, Jakob Lungi Sørensen, Andrew Omobamidele, Liam Gibbs and Tim Krul.
Norwich City could not rely on the presence of Sam McCallum (injured).
Substitutions
Norwich City made 3 changes: Teemu Pukki for Christos Tzolis (70′), Gabriel Sara for Liam Gibbs (84′) and Dimitrios Giannoulis for Sam McCallum (84′).
Sheffield United – Formation
Paul Heckingbottom played with: Wesley Foderingham, George Baldock, Jack Robinson, John Egan, Max Lowe, Anel Ahmedhodzic, Sander Berge, Thomas Doyle, James Mcatee, Iliman Ndiaye and Oliver McBurnie.
These were the players on the bench: Will Osula, Chris Basham, Billy Sharp, John Fleck, Oliver Norwood, Jayden Bogle and Adam Davies.
Sheffield United could not rely on the presence of John Fleck (injured).
Substitutions
Sheffield United made 4 changes: Sander Berge for Oliver Norwood (69′), Oliver McBurnie for Billy Sharp (70′), J. McAtee for John Fleck (85′) and T. Doyle for Chris Basham (89′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Wigan Athletic – Queens Park Rangers – 1-0
- West Bromwich Albion – Millwall – 0-0
- Preston North End – Blackpool – 3-1
- Norwich City – Sheffield United – 0-1
- Luton Town – Watford – 2-0
- Hull City – Rotherham United – 0-0
- Huddersfield Town – Middlesbrough – 4-2
- Coventry City – Stoke City – 0-4
- Cardiff City – Swansea City – 2-3
- Bristol City – Reading – 1-1
- Birmingham City – Blackburn Rovers – 1-0