NORWICH. Norwich City conquers Sunderland 1-0 after J. Sargent scored just 1 goal (81′).

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 26,668 spectators.​ The referee was Thomas Kirk with the collaboration of Matthew Smith and Matt McGrath. The 4th official was Daniel Middleton. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 7.37 degrees Celsius or 45.27 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Norwich City was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Sunderland that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Norwich City was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Norwich City won the match​.

Norwich City shot 16 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sunderland shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Norwich City received 2 yellow cards (Jacob Lungi Sørensen and Dimitrios Giannoulis). On the opposite side, Sunderland received 3 yellow cards (Pierre Ekwah, Trai Hume and Jenson Seelt).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Norwich City has 55 points to hold in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Sunderland will stays with 47 points like Cardiff City to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Norwich City will play away against Middlesbrough on the 6th of March with a 7-5 head to head in favor of Norwich City (2 draws).

Sunderland will host Leicester City on the 5th of March with a 5-2 head to head record in favor of Leicester City (3 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: Angus Gunn (7.9), Jack Stacey (7.9), Grant Hanley (7.3), Ben Gibson (7.8), Dimitrios Giannoulis (7.3), Gabriel Sara (8.2), Kenny McLean (6.7), Christian Fassnacht (6.8), Ashley Barnes (7.0), Borja Sainz (7.0) and Josh Sargent (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Liam Gibbs (6.7), George Long, Sydney van Hooijdonk (6.8), Sam McCallum, Jacob Lungi Sørensen (6.6), Danny Batth, Kellen Fisher, Finley Welch and Kenneth Aboh.

Substitutions

Norwich City made 4 changes: Christian Fassnacht for Liam Gibbs (74′), Borja Sainz for Jacob Lungi Sørensen (88′), Josh Sargent for Sam McCallum (89′) and Ashley Barnes for Sydney van Hooijdonk (61′).

Player of the match: Gabriel Sara​

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

His rating is 8.2 with 72 passes (92% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 8 crosses.

Sunderland – Formation

Sunderland started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Mike Dodds played with: Anthony Patterson (7.5), Trai Hume (7.0), Jenson Seelt (7.5), Luke O’Nien (7.3), Leo Fuhr Hjelde (7.3), Callum Styles (7.1), Dan Neil (7.3), Pierre Ekwah (7.3), Romaine Mundle (7.3), Luís Semedo (7.0) and Jobe Bellingham (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Nazariy Rusyn (7.3), Abdoullah Ba (7.0), Timothée Pembélé, Mason Burstow (6.6), Adil Aouchiche, Nathan Bishop, Chris Rigg (7.0), Caden Kelly and Thomas Lavery.

Substitutions

Sunderland made 4 changes: Callum Styles for Chris Rigg (74′), Romaine Mundle for Abdoullah Ba (66′), Luís Semedo for Nazariy Rusyn (66′) and Jobe Bellingham for Mason Burstow (86′).

Player of the match: Anthony Patterson​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sunderland was the goalkeeper: Anthony Patterson. His rating is 7.45. He performed 3 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Swansea City – Blackburn Rovers – 2-1
• Stoke City – Middlesbrough – 2-0
• Rotherham United – Sheffield Wednesday – 0-1
• Preston North End – Hull City – 0-0
• Plymouth Argyle – Ipswich Town – 0-2
• Norwich City – Sunderland – 1-0
• Millwall – Watford – 1-0
• Leicester City – Queens Park Rangers – 1-2
• Huddersfield Town – Leeds United – 1-1
• Bristol City – Cardiff City – 0-1
• Birmingham City – Southampton – 3-4