NORWICH. Wolverhampton Wanderers didn’t concede much to Norwich City to lock the result on a 0-0 scoreline on Saturday. Wolverhampton Wanderers was not able to win 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 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Simon Hooper with the help of Tim Wood and Derek Eaton. The 4th official was Andy Madley. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7 degrees Celsius or 44.56 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Wolverhampton Wanderers had a strong ball possession 56% while Norwich City was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Norwich City was was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Norwich City to win the match​.

Norwich City shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Wolverhampton Wanderers shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Norwich City received 2 yellow cards (B. Gilmour and B. Gibson). On the opposite side, Wolverhampton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards (R. Neves and N. Semedo).

Standings

After playing this contest, Norwich City will have 9 points like Burnley to remain in the 19th place. Regarding the opposition, Wolverhampton Wanderers will have 20 points to remain in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Norwich City will play away against Newcastle United on the 30th of November with a 6-3 head to head in favor of Newcastle United (4 draws).

Wolverhampton Wanderers will host Burnley on the 1st of December with a 8-8 head to head.

Norwich City – Formation

Norwich City started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Dean Smith decided to play with the following team: Tim Krul (7.2), Max Aarons (6.8), Grant Hanley (7.2), Ben Gibson (7.1), Brandon Williams (7.4), Mathias Normann (6.2), Josh Sargent (6.4), Billy Gilmour (6.8), Kenny McLean (6.8), Milot Rashica (7.4) and Teemu Pukki (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Andrew Omobamidele, Dimitrios Giannoulis, Kieran Dowell (6.4), Pierre Lees Melou, Angus Gunn, Adam Idah, Todd Cantwell, Christos Tzolis (6.6) and Lukas Rupp (7.6).

Norwich City could not rely on the presence of L. Rupp (injured).

Substitutions

Norwich City made 3 changes: M. Normann for L. Rupp (35′), J. Sargent for C. Tzolis (68′) and M. Rashica for K. Dowell (82′).

Best player: Lukas Rupp​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Norwich City was Lukas Rupp.

His rating is (7.6) with 30 passes (83% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 35′.

Wolverhampton Wanderers – Formation

Wolverhampton Wanderers started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Bruno Miguel Silva do Nascimento played with: José Sá (7.7), Max Kilman (7.4), Conor Coady (7.4), Romain Saïss (7.3), Nélson Semedo (6.5), Rúben Neves (7.6), João Moutinho (7.2), Rayan Aït Nouri (7.0), Francisco Trincão (6.4), Raúl Jiménez (6.4) and Hee-Chan Hwang (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Adama Traoré (6.6), John Ruddy, Leander Dendoncker (6.8), Fernando Marçal, Ki-Jana Hoever, Louie Moulden, Luke Cundle and Fábio Silva.

Substitutions

Wolverhampton Wanderers made 3 changes: Trincao for A. Traore (68′), N. Semedo for L. Dendoncker (76′) and Hwang Hee-Chan for K. Hoever (90′).

Best player: José Sá​

The most impressive player for Wolverhampton Wanderers was the goalkeeper: José Sá. His rating is 7.74. He performed 4 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Arsenal – Newcastle United – 2-0
• Brighton & Hove Albion – Leeds United – 0-0
• Crystal Palace – Aston Villa – 1-2
• Liverpool – Southampton – 4-0
• Norwich City – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 0-0