LONDON. Queens Park Rangers finds the way to recover against Norwich City with a goal on the J. Sargent 62′ and a goal on the K. McLean 48′. Norwich City was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%)
The match was played at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 35,261 spectators. The referee was Ben Toner who was helped by Paul Hodskinson and Jonathan Hunt. The 4th official was Leigh Doughty. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.62 degrees Celsius or 51.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.
Match Statistics
- 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
- 14 Total 12
- 4 On Target 4
- 8 Off Target 6
- 2 Shots blocked 2
- 90 Attack 105
- 33 Dangerous attack 37
- 30 Ball safe 32
- 0 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 8
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 8 Total 6
- 2 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Norwich City had a superior ball possession 56% while Queens Park Rangers was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Norwich City was more pushing with 37 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Norwich City to win the match.
Queens Park Rangers shot 14 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Norwich City shot 12 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Queens Park Rangers received 2 yellow cards (Ilias Chair and Jake Clarke-Salter). On the other side, Norwich City received 4 yellow cards (Sam McCallum, Grant Hanley, Ben Gibson and Kenny McLean).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Queens Park Rangers has 29 points to sit in the 22nd place. Regarding the opposition, Norwich City will has 45 points like Hull City and Preston North End to hold in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Queens Park Rangers will play away with Stoke City on the 14th of February with a 9-8 head to head stats in favor of Queens Park Rangers (6 draws).
Norwich City will host Watford on the 13th of February with a 14-5 head to head record in favor of Watford (3 draws).
Queens Park Rangers – Formation
Queens Park Rangers
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86'
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Queens Park Rangers adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Martí Cifuentes Corvillo decided to play with the following team: Asmir Begović , Reggie Cannon , Steve Cook , Jake Clarke-Salter , Kenneth Paal , Jack Colback , Isaac Hayden , Chris Willock , Joseph Hodge , Ilias Chair and Sinclair Armstrong .
The home team had on the bench: Lyndon Dykes , Jimmy Dunne, Paul Smyth , Michael Frey , Jordan Archer, Morgan Fox, Elijah Dixon-Bonner , Ziyad Larkeche and Lucas Andersen .
Substitutions
Queens Park Rangers made 5 changes: Joseph Hodge for Lucas Andersen (66′), Sinclair Armstrong for Michael Frey (66′), Chris Willock for Paul Smyth (66′), Isaac Hayden for Lyndon Dykes (86′) and Ilias Chair for Elijah Dixon-Bonner (90′).
Player of the match: Isaac Hayden
The player that probably impressed the most for Queens Park Rangers was Isaac Hayden.
His rating is with 40 passes (93% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.
Norwich City – Formation
Norwich City
Also Norwich City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
David Wagner played with: Shane Duffy , Angus Gunn , Jack Stacey , Grant Hanley , Ben Gibson , Dimitrios Giannoulis , Kenny McLean , Gabriel Sara , Christian Fassnacht , Ashley Barnes and Borja Sainz , Josh Sargent .
They had on the bench: Sydney van Hooijdonk, Liam Gibbs, George Long, Sam McCallum , Jacob Lungi Sørensen , Danny Batth, Onel Hernández , Marcelino Núñez and Jonathan Rowe .
Substitutions
Norwich City made 5 changes: Josh Sargent for Marcelino Núñez (69′), Jack Stacey for Jacob Lungi Sørensen (69′), Christian Fassnacht for Jonathan Rowe (59′), Dimitrios Giannoulis for Sam McCallum (86′) and Borja Sainz for Onel Hernández (86′).
Player of the match: Kenny McLean
The most impressive player for Norwich City was Kenny McLean.
His rating is with 1 goal, 80 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Watford – Leicester City – 1-2
- Sunderland – Plymouth Argyle – 3-1
- Southampton – Huddersfield Town – 5-3
- Queens Park Rangers – Norwich City – 2-2
- Middlesbrough – Bristol City – 1-2
- Leeds United – Rotherham United – 3-0
- Ipswich Town – West Bromwich Albion – 2-2
- Hull City – Swansea City – 0-1
- Cardiff City – Preston North End – 0-2
- Blackburn Rovers – Stoke City – 3-1
