NORWICH. Norwich City tops Queens Park Rangers 1-0 after U. Hwang scored just 1 goal (21′). Queens Park Rangers was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (62%).​

The match was played at the Carrow Road stadium in Norwich on Saturday and it started at 10:00 am local time. In front of 25,650 spectators.​ The referee was Stephen Martin who was helped by Mark Dwyer and Matt McGrath. The 4th official was Stephen Parkinson. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 1.4 degrees Celsius or 34.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 43%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Queens Park Rangers was in firm control of the ball 62% while Norwich City was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Queens Park Rangers had a more offensive attitude with 48 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Norwich City was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Norwich City shot 7 times, 1 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Queens Park Rangers shot 9 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Norwich City received 4 yellow cards (Christian Fassnacht, Kenny McLean, Ashley Barnes and Gabriel Sara). On the opposite side, Queens Park Rangers received 4 yellow cards (Steve Cook, Andre Dozzell, Jack Colback and Chris Willock).

Standings

After playing this match, Norwich City will have 23 points to hold in the 13th place. On the other side, Queens Park Rangers will stay with 10 points to remain in the 23rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Norwich City will play away against Sheffield Wednesday on the 9th of April with a 10-5 head to head stats in favor of Sheffield Wednesday (3 draws).

Queens Park Rangers will play away agasint Plymouth Argyle on the 9th of April with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Plymouth Argyle (6 draws).

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: Przemysław Płacheta, Jonathan Rowe, George Long (7.5), Jack Stacey (7.3), Shane Duffy  (7.5), Danny Batth (7.0), Dimitrios Giannoulis (7.1), Kenny McLean (7.1), Gabriel Sara (7.7), Christian Fassnacht (6.7), Ashley Barnes (6.3), Onel Hernández (7.0) and Ui-jo Hwang (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Marcelino Núñez, Kellen Fisher, Jaden Warner, Borja Sainz (6.3), Liam Gibbs, Adam Idah (6.4), Sam McCallum, Vicente Reyes and Tony Springett.

Substitutions

Norwich City made 3 changes: Ui-jo Hwang for Adam Idah (64′), Onel Hernández for Borja Sainz (78′) and Christian Fassnacht for Sam McCallum (90′).

Player of the match: Gabriel Sara​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Norwich City was Gabriel Sara even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.7) with 42 passes (81% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 5 crosses.

Queens Park Rangers – Formation

Queens Park Rangers started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Martí Cifuentes Corvillo played with: Asmir Begović (6.6), Osman Kakay (6.7), Steve Cook (7.0), Jimmy Dunne (7.0), Kenneth Paal (7.3), Elijah Dixon-Bonner (7.0), Samuel Field (7.3), Jack Colback (6.7), Chris Willock (7.3), Lyndon Dykes (6.7), Ilias Chair (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Andre Dozzell (6.8), Jake Clarke-Salter, Jordan Archer, Taylor Richards, Ziyad Larkeche, Charlie Kelman (6.4), Stephen Duke-McKenna, Aaron Drewe (6.8) and Sinclair Armstrong (6.7).

Substitutions

Queens Park Rangers made 4 changes: Lyndon Dykes for Sinclair Armstrong (63′), Elijah Dixon-Bonner for Andre Dozzell (63′), Osman Kakay for Aaron Drewe (81′) and Chris Willock for Charlie Kelman (82′).

Player of the match: Chris Willock​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Queens Park Rangers was Chris Willock.

His rating is (7.3) with 46 passes (93% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• West Bromwich Albion – Ipswich Town – 2-0
• Swansea City – Hull City – 2-2
• Stoke City – Blackburn Rovers – 0-3
• Preston North End – Cardiff City – 1-2
• Plymouth Argyle – Sunderland – 2-0
• Norwich City – Queens Park Rangers – 1-0
• Millwall – Coventry City – 0-3
• Leicester City – Watford – 2-0
• Huddersfield Town – Southampton – 1-1
• Bristol City – Middlesbrough – 3-2
• Birmingham City – Sheffield Wednesday – 2-1