NORWICH. Norwich City beats Birmingham City with a 2-0 win with a goal from G. Sara (55′) and a goal from J. Rowe (60′). Norwich City took advantage of its superior ball possession (58%).
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 Gavin Ward who had the assistance of Adam Crysell and Lee Venamore. The 4th official was Thomas Kirk. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 24.27 degrees Celsius or 75.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.
Match Statistics
- 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
- 16 Total 12
- 4 On Target 2
- 8 Off Target 7
- 4 Shots blocked 3
- 125 Attack 102
- 39 Dangerous attack 31
- 103 Ball safe 110
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 4
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 9 Total 8
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Norwich City had a superior ball possession 58% while Birmingham City was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Norwich City was more aggressive with 39 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Norwich City won the match.
Norwich City shot 16 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Birmingham City shot 12 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Norwich City received 1 yellow card (Gabriel Sara). Regarding the opposition, Birmingham City received 1 yellow card (Kevin Long).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Norwich City will have 16 points like Sunderland, Hull City and Cardiff City to sit in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Birmingham City will stay with 12 points like Bristol City to sit in the 12th 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 in favor of Sheffield Wednesday (3 draws).
Birmingham City will host Cardiff City on the 10th of April with a 12-4 head to head in favor of Cardiff City (9 draws).
Norwich City – Formation
Norwich City
57'
65'
55'
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 , Jonathan Rowe , Przemysław Płacheta and Adam Idah .
The home team had on the bench: Liam Gibbs, Danny Batth, Onel Hernández , Adam Forshaw , Kellen Fisher, George Long, Borja Sainz, Ui-Jo Hwang and Sam McCallum.
Substitutions
Norwich City made 5 changes: Adam Idah for Adam Forshaw (67′), Christian Fassnacht for Onel Hernández (57′), Gabriel Sara for Danny Batth (90′), Jonathan Rowe for Borja Sainz (90′) and Przemysław Płacheta for Ui-Jo Hwang (57′).
Best player: Gabriel Sara
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Norwich City was Gabriel Sara.
His rating is with 1 goal, 82 passes (94% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 14. He performed 4 crosses.
Birmingham City – Formation
Birmingham City
Also Birmingham City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
John Eustace played with: Lee Buchanan, John Ruddy , Cody Drameh , Dion Sanderson , Kevin Long , Emmanuel Longelo , Ivan Šunjić , Krystian Bielik , Oliver Burke , Koji Miyoshi and Jay Stansfield , Scott Hogan .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Juninho Bacuna , Siriki Dembélé , Marc Roberts, Neil Etheridge, Lukas Jutkiewicz , Emanuel Aiwu, Gary Gardner , Brandon Khela and Jordan James .
Substitutions
Birmingham City made 5 changes: Krystian Bielik for Jordan James (79′), Koji Miyoshi for Gary Gardner (79′), Scott Hogan for Lukas Jutkiewicz (76′), Ivan Šunjić for Juninho Bacuna (59′) and Oliver Burke for Siriki Dembélé (59′).
Best player: Gary Gardner
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Birmingham City was Gary Gardner.
His rating is with 10 passes (90% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 2.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 79′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Watford – Middlesbrough – 2-3
- Southampton – Leeds United – 3-1
- Queens Park Rangers – Coventry City – 1-3
- Preston North End – West Bromwich Albion – 0-4
- Norwich City – Birmingham City – 2-0
- Millwall – Swansea City – 0-3
- Hull City – Plymouth Argyle – 1-1
- Huddersfield Town – Ipswich Town – 1-1
- Cardiff City – Rotherham United – 2-0
- Bristol City – Stoke City – 2-3
