NORWICH. Blackburn Rovers beats Norwich City 3-1. Blackburn Rovers was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Tyrhys Dolan (8′), Sammie Szmodics (15′) and Sammie Szmodics (49′). Norwich City reduced the distance with a goal (90′ + 2′) by Gabriel Sara, but there was not much to do for them. Norwich City lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

Blackburn Rovers remained in 10 after Scott Wharton received a red card in the 54′. Still, Blackburn Rovers still was capable to win this match competing only in 10​.

The match was played at the Carrow Road stadium in Norwich on Sunday and it started at 7:00 am local time. In front of 25,696 spectators.​ The referee was Joshua Smith with the assistance of Samuel Lewis and Matthew Jones. The 4th official was Tom Nield. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 9 degrees Celsius or 48.2 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 51%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Norwich City had a superior ball possession 56% while Blackburn Rovers was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Norwich City was more aggressive with 77 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 8 were on target. Nevertheless, Blackburn Rovers found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Norwich City shot 21 times, 8 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Blackburn Rovers shot 10 times, 4 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Norwich City received 3 yellow cards (Marcelino Núñez, Shane Duffy and Onel Hernández). On the other side, Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards (Lewis Travis, Jon Dahl Tomasson and Joe Rankin-Costello).

Also, Blackburn Rovers didn’t end the match with 11 players after Scott Wharton (Blackburn Rovers) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (54′).

Standings

After this match, Norwich City will stay with 17 points like Millwall to remain in the 17th place. Talking about the opposition, Blackburn Rovers will have 19 points like Swansea City and Birmingham City to sit in the 15th 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 statistic in favor of Sheffield Wednesday (3 draws).

Blackburn Rovers will play away agasint Bristol City on the 10th of April with a 6-6 head to head record.

Norwich City – Formation

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

The manager David Wagner decided to play with the following team: Ben Gibson, George Long (6.0), Jack Stacey (6.8), Jaden Warner (6.8), Shane Duffy (6.4), Dimitrios Giannoulis (6.3), Gabriel Sara (8.5), Kenny McLean (7.0), Jonathan Rowe (6.7), Marcelino Núñez (7.9), Onel Hernández (6.6) and Ui-Jo Hwang (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Borja Sainz (6.4), Liam Gibbs, Adam Idah, Sam McCallum, Christian Fassnacht (7.0), Przemysław Płacheta (7.0), Danny Batth, Kellen Fisher (7.1) and Vicente Reyes.

Substitutions

Norwich City made 4 changes: Jack Stacey for Kellen Fisher (60′), Dimitrios Giannoulis for Przemysław Płacheta (60′), Shane Duffy for Christian Fassnacht (60′) and Onel Hernández for Borja Sainz (60′).

Best player: Gabriel Sara​

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

His rating is (8.5) with 1 goal, 74 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 11 crosses.

Blackburn Rovers – Formation

Blackburn Rovers started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Jon Dahl Tomasson played with: Leopold Wahlstedt (8.1), Joe Rankin-Costello (7.5), James Hill (7.7), Scott Wharton (5.8), Harry Pickering (7.5), Callum Brittain (7.0), Sondre Tronstad (7.3), Adam Wharton (6.7), Andrew Moran (8.2), Tyrhys Dolan (7.5), Sammie Szmodics (9.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Arnór Sigurdsson (6.6), Dilan Markanday, Niall Ennis, Harry Leonard (6.6), Jake Batty, Lewis Travis (7.0), Jake Garrett (6.8), Tom Atcheson and Joe Hilton.

Blackburn Rovers could not rely on the presence of Lewis Travis (injured) and Jake Garrett (injured).

Substitutions

Blackburn Rovers made 4 changes: Joe Rankin-Costello for Lewis Travis (64′), Andrew Moran for Arnór Sigurdsson (87′), Sammie Szmodics for Harry Leonard (87′) and Adam Wharton for Jake Garrett (88′).

Best player: Sammie Szmodics​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Blackburn Rovers was Sammie Szmodics.

His rating is (9.2) with 2 goals, 21 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Norwich City – Blackburn Rovers – 1-3