NORWICH. Norwich City prevails over Stoke City 1-0 after J. Stacey scored just 1 goal (44′). Stoke City lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Carrow Road stadium in Norwich on Saturday and it started at 10:00 am local time. The referee was Oliver Langford who had the assistance of Hristo Karaivanov and Rob Smith. The 4th official was John Busby. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 19.64 degrees Celsius or 67.35 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.
Match Statistics
- 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
- 13 Total 13
- 5 On Target 2
- 5 Off Target 6
- 3 Shots blocked 5
- 90 Attack 119
- 51 Dangerous attack 70
- 97 Ball safe 111
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 3
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 6 Total 14
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Stoke City was in firm control of the ball 56% while Norwich City was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Stoke City was putting more pressure with 70 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyway, Norwich City was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Norwich City shot 13 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Stoke City shot 13 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Norwich City received 2 yellow cards (Christian Fassnacht and Dimitrios Giannoulis). Talking about the opposition, Stoke City received 2 yellow cards (Mehdi Léris and Ben Pearson).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Norwich City will have 13 points to remain in the 4th place. On the other side, Stoke City will stay with 6 points like Leeds United and Queens Park Rangers to hold in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Norwich City will play away with Sheffield Wednesday on the 9th of April with a 10-5 head to head record in favor of Sheffield Wednesday (3 draws).
Stoke City will play away agasint Swansea City on the 10th of April with a 13-7 head to head statistic in favor of Stoke City (4 draws).
Norwich City – Formation
Norwich City
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Norwich City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager David Wagner decided to play with the following team: Angus Gunn , Jack Stacey , Shane Duffy , Ben Gibson , Dimitrios Giannoulis , Gabriel Sara , Kenny McLean , Christian Fassnacht , Ashley Barnes , Jonathan Rowe and Adam Idah .
The home team had on the bench: Ui-Jo Hwang , Tony Springett , Onel Hernández , Danny Batth, George Long, Przemysław Płacheta , Kellen Fisher, Liam Gibbs and Adam Forshaw.
Substitutions
Norwich City made 5 changes: Dimitrios Giannoulis for Przemysław Płacheta (60′), Adam Idah for Ui-Jo Hwang (60′), Jonathan Rowe for Onel Hernández (71′), Ashley Barnes for Liam Gibbs (82′) and Christian Fassnacht for Tony Springett (82′).
Best player: Kenny McLean
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Norwich City was Kenny McLean even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 59 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.
Stoke City – Formation
Stoke City
Also Stoke City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Alex Neil played with: Ki-Jana Hoever, Jun-Ho Bae, Mark Travers , Mehdi Léris , Michael Rose , Ben Wilmot , Lynden Gooch , Ben Pearson , Tyrese Campbell , Josh Laurent and Wouter Burger , Joon-ho Bae , Wesley Moraes .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Jack Bonham, Luke McNally, Nathan Lowe, Dwight Gayle , Daniel Johnson , Sead Hakšabanović , Jordan Thompson, Nikola Jojić and Junior Tchamadeu .
Substitutions
Stoke City made 4 changes: Wesley Moraes for Daniel Johnson (61′), Joon-ho Bae for Sead Hakšabanović (61′), Mehdi Léris for Junior Tchamadeu (74′) and Wouter Burger for Dwight Gayle (88′).
Best player: Tyrese Campbell
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Stoke City was Tyrese Campbell.
His rating is with 26 passes (65% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 13.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Watford – Birmingham City – 2-0
- Sheffield Wednesday – Ipswich Town – 0-1
- Queens Park Rangers – Sunderland – 1-3
- Preston North End – Plymouth Argyle – 2-1
- Norwich City – Stoke City – 1-0
- Huddersfield Town – Rotherham United – 2-0
- Cardiff City – Swansea City – 2-0
- Bristol City – West Bromwich Albion – 0-0
- Blackburn Rovers – Middlesbrough – 2-1
