NORWICH. Norwich City had a surprising win over Huddersfield Town with a 2-0 win with a goal from S. McCallum (47′) and a goal from B. Sainz (73′). Norwich City was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Carrow Road stadium in Norwich on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 26,067 spectators. The referee was Thomas Kirk with the help of Matthew Jones and Richard Wild. The 4th official was Gavin Ward. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.5 degrees Celsius or 50.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.
Match Statistics
- ! 61 Ball Possession 39
Shots
- 21 Total 5
- 9 On Target 1
- 9 Off Target 2
- 4 Shots blocked 2
- 117 Attack 93
- 77 Dangerous attack 65
- 83 Ball safe 99
- 0 Penalties 0
- 12 Corners 2
Fouls
- 9 Total 10
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 1
Ball possession
Norwich City had a superior ball possession 61% while Huddersfield Town was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Norwich City was more aggressive with 77 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Norwich City won the match.
Norwich City shot 21 times, 9 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Huddersfield Town shot 5 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Norwich City received 2 yellow cards (David Wagner and Shane Duffy ). On the other side, Huddersfield Town received 1 yellow card (Jack Rudoni).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Norwich City has 34 points like Watford to sit in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Huddersfield Town will stays with 22 points to hold in the 21st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Norwich City will play away with West Bromwich Albion on the 26th of December with a 9-7 head to head in favor of West Bromwich Albion (2 draws).
Huddersfield Town will host Blackburn Rovers on the 26th of December with a 5-4 head to head statistic in favor of Blackburn Rovers (10 draws).
Norwich City – Formation
Norwich City
68'
46'
73'
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: Angus Gunn , Jack Stacey , Shane Duffy , Kenny McLean , Dimitrios Giannoulis , Marcelino Núñez , Gabriel Sara , Onel Hernández , Jonathan Rowe , Borja Sainz and Ashley Barnes .
The home team had on the bench: Adam Idah , Sam McCallum , Ben Gibson , Liam Gibbs, George Long, Christian Fassnacht , Danny Batth, Ui-jo Hwang 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 (46′), Onel Hernández for Christian Fassnacht (66′), Jonathan Rowe for Adam Idah (66′), Ashley Barnes for Ui-jo Hwang (74′) and Gabriel Sara for Ben Gibson (81′).
Player of the match: Gabriel Sara
The most impressive player for Norwich City was Gabriel Sara even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 97 passes (93% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 9 crosses.
Huddersfield Town – Formation
Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield Town started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Darren Moore played with: Lee Nicholls, Daniel Ward, Chris Maxwell , Tom Lees , Michał Helik , Yuta Nakayama , Ben Jackson , Jack Rudoni , Jonathan Hogg , David Kasumu and Jaheim Headley , Sorba Thomas , Delano Burgzorg .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Rarmani Edmonds-Green, Josh Koroma, Brahima Diarra, Ben Wiles, Kyle Hudlin , Jacob Chapman, Josh Austerfield, Loick Ayina and Tom Iorpenda.
Substitutions
Huddersfield Town made only 1 change substituting Ben Jackson for Kyle Hudlin (69′).
Player of the match: Chris Maxwell
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Huddersfield Town was the goalkeeper: Chris Maxwell. His rating is 7.75. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Sunderland – Coventry City – 0-3
- Stoke City – Millwall – 0-0
- Sheffield Wednesday – Cardiff City – 1-2
- Queens Park Rangers – Southampton – 0-1
- Plymouth Argyle – Birmingham City – 3-3
- Norwich City – Huddersfield Town – 2-0
- Middlesbrough – West Bromwich Albion – 1-0
- Leicester City – Rotherham United – 3-0
- Leeds United – Ipswich Town – 4-0
- Blackburn Rovers – Watford – 1-2
