BRISTOL. Norwich City found a way to turn the tables against Bristol City to win 2-1. It was Bristol City to strike first with a goal of Jason Knight at the 34′. Then it was an own goal in the 59′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Adam Idah gave the win to Norwich City in the 90′ minute. Bristol City lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Ashton Gate Stadium stadium in Bristol on Sunday and it started at 7:30 am local time. The referee was Gavin Ward who had the assistance of Lee Venamore and Adam Crysell. The 4th official was Oliver Yates. The weather was rain and snow. The temperature was quite cold at 0.96 degrees Celsius or 33.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.
Match Statistics
- 60 Ball Possession 40
Shots
- 15 Total 12
- 6 On Target 3
- 4 Off Target 5
- 5 Shots blocked 4
- 136 Attack 73
- 56 Dangerous attack 45
- 71 Ball safe 54
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 6
Fouls
- 4 Total 6
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Bristol City had a strong ball possession 60% while Norwich City was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Bristol City was more aggressive with 56 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. Still, Norwich City managed to find the solution to win this match.
Bristol City shot 15 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Norwich City shot 12 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Bristol City received 1 yellow card (George Tanner). On the other side, Norwich City received 1 yellow card (Shane Duffy ).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Bristol City stays with 25 points to hold in the 14th place. On the other side, Norwich City will has 26 points to remain in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Bristol City will host Blackburn Rovers on the 10th of April with a 6-6 head to head.
Norwich City will play away against Sheffield Wednesday on the 9th of April with a 10-5 head to head record in favor of Sheffield Wednesday (3 draws).
Bristol City – Formation
Bristol City started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Liam Manning decided to play with the following team: Max O’Leary , Zak Vyner , Robert Dickie , Cameron Pring , George Tanner , Matty James , Taylor Gardner-Hickman , Mark Sykes , Andreas Weimann , Tommy Conway and Jason Knight .
The home team had on the bench: Joe Williams , Harry Cornick , Anis Mehmeti , Sam Bell , Stefan Bajić, Jamie Knight-Lebel, Ephrahim Yeboah and Jed Meerholz.
Substitutions
Bristol City made 4 changes: Taylor Gardner-Hickman for Joe Williams (81′), Tommy Conway for Harry Cornick (81′), Mark Sykes for Sam Bell (57′) and Andreas Weimann for Anis Mehmeti (74′).
Player of the match: Jason Knight
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Bristol City was Jason Knight.
His rating is with 1 goal, 53 passes (88% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 12. He performed 4 crosses.
Norwich City – Formation
Norwich City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
David Wagner played with: Angus Gunn , Jack Stacey , Shane Duffy , Kenny McLean , Dimitrios Giannoulis , Jonathan Rowe , Gabriel Sara , Marcelino Núñez , Onel Hernández , Liam Gibbs and Ashley Barnes .
These were the players on the bench: Borja Sainz , Adam Idah , George Long, Sam McCallum , Christian Fassnacht , Przemysław Płacheta , Danny Batth, Adam Forshaw and Kellen Fisher.
Norwich City could not rely on the presence of Sam McCallum (injured).
Substitutions
Norwich City made 5 changes: Dimitrios Giannoulis for Sam McCallum (75′), Onel Hernández for Przemysław Płacheta (75′), Liam Gibbs for Borja Sainz (83′), Jonathan Rowe for Christian Fassnacht (62′) and Ashley Barnes for Adam Idah (62′).
Player of the match: Angus Gunn
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Norwich City was the goalkeeper: Angus Gunn. His rating is 7.75. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.