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BLACKBURN. Norwich City and Blackburn Rovers draw 1-1. M. Núñez scored the first goal (22′) for Norwich City. D. Hyam made it even (56′). Norwich City was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%)
The match was played at the Ewood Park stadium in Blackburn on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 12,956 spectators. The referee was Oliver Langford with the assistance of Hristo Karaivanov and Bhupinder Gill. The 4th official was Geoff Eltringham. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 6.02 degrees Celsius or 42.84 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.
Match Statistics
- 42 Ball Possession 58
Shots
- 10 Total 7
- 5 On Target 3
- 3 Off Target 2
- 2 Shots blocked 3
- 107 Attack 97
- 40 Dangerous attack 46
- 95 Ball safe 113
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 6
- 2 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 14 Total 6
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Norwich City had a superior ball possession 58% while Blackburn Rovers was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Norwich City was putting more pressure with 46 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 3 were on target. However, that was not enough Norwich City to win the encounter.
Blackburn Rovers shot 10 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Norwich City shot 7 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards (Tyrhys Dolan and Scott Wharton). Talking about the opposition, Norwich City received 2 yellow cards (Christian Fassnacht and Ben Gibson).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Blackburn Rovers has 39 points like Swansea City to remain in the 16th place. Regarding the opposition, Norwich City will has 52 points like Preston North End to sit in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Blackburn Rovers will play away against Swansea City on the 2nd of March with a 5-5 head to head record.
Norwich City will host Sunderland on the 2nd of March with a 7-6 head to head stats in favor of Sunderland (3 draws).
Blackburn Rovers – Formation
Blackburn Rovers
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Blackburn Rovers started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager John Eustace decided to play with the following team: Aynsley Pears , Dominic Hyam , Kyle McFadzean , Scott Wharton , Callum Brittain , John Buckley , Sondre Tronstad , Ryan Hedges , Tyrhys Dolan , Sam Gallagher and Sammie Szmodics .
The home team had on the bench: Andrew Moran , Jake Garrett, Ben Chrisene, Harry Pickering , Connor O’Riordan, Arnór Sigurdsson , Leopold Wahlstedt, Semir Telalović and Yasin Ayari.
Blackburn Rovers could not rely on the presence of Harry Pickering (injured).
Substitutions
Blackburn Rovers made 3 changes: Ryan Hedges for Harry Pickering (15′), John Buckley for Andrew Moran (75′) and Tyrhys Dolan for Arnór Sigurdsson (85′).
Player of the match: Harry Pickering
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Blackburn Rovers was Harry Pickering.
His rating is with 27 passes (52% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 7 crosses.
His performance was amazing also because he commenced the contest from the bench before entering in the 15′.
Norwich City – Formation
Norwich City
Norwich City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
David Wagner played with: Angus Gunn , Jack Stacey , Grant Hanley , Ben Gibson , Dimitrios Giannoulis , Marcelino Núñez , Kenny McLean , Christian Fassnacht , Gabriel Sara , Borja Sainz and Josh Sargent .
These were the players on the bench: Ashley Barnes , Sam McCallum , Liam Gibbs , George Long, Sydney van Hooijdonk, Jacob Lungi Sørensen , Danny Batth, Onel Hernández and Kellen Fisher.
Norwich City could not rely on the presence of Ashley Barnes (injured).
Substitutions
Norwich City made 5 changes: Borja Sainz for Onel Hernández (63′), Marcelino Núñez for Ashley Barnes (75′), Christian Fassnacht for Liam Gibbs (85′), Grant Hanley for Jacob Lungi Sørensen (85′) and Dimitrios Giannoulis for Sam McCallum (85′).
Player of the match: Kenny McLean
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Norwich City was Kenny McLean.
His rating is with 86 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 8 duels out of 10.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Watford – Huddersfield Town – 1-2
- Sunderland – Swansea City – 1-2
- Southampton – Millwall – 1-2
- Sheffield Wednesday – Bristol City – 2-1
- Queens Park Rangers – Rotherham United – 2-1
- Middlesbrough – Plymouth Argyle – 0-2
- Ipswich Town – Birmingham City – 3-1
- Hull City – West Bromwich Albion – 1-1
- Cardiff City – Stoke City – 2-1
- Blackburn Rovers – Norwich City – 1-1
