NORWICH. Norwich City tops Ipswich Town 1-0 after M. Núñez scored just 1 goal (39′). Ipswich Town was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (63%).
The match was played at the Carrow Road stadium in Norwich on Saturday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. In front of 27,001 spectators. The referee was Matt Donohue who was helped by Paul Hodskinson and Black Antrobus. The 4th official was Geoff Eltringham. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 18.31 degrees Celsius or 64.96 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.
Match Statistics
- ! 37 Ball Possession 63
Shots
- 12 Total 10
- 3 On Target 3
- 5 Off Target 3
- 4 Shots blocked 4
- 79 Attack 111
- 17 Dangerous attack 60
- 86 Ball safe 76
- 17 Free Kicks 12
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 6
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 11 Total 16
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Ipswich Town had a strong ball possession 63% while Norwich City was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Ipswich Town was more aggressive with 60 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Norwich City found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Norwich City shot 12 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Ipswich Town shot 10 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Norwich City didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Ipswich Town received 1 yellow card (Axel Tuanzebe).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Norwich City has 67 points to hold in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Ipswich Town will stays with 87 points to hold in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Norwich City will play away with Sheffield Wednesday on the 9th of April with a 10-6 head to head record in favor of Sheffield Wednesday (3 draws).
Ipswich Town will host Watford on the 10th of April with a 13-4 head to head in favor of Watford (3 draws).
Norwich City – Formation
Norwich City
90'
39'
Norwich City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager David Wagner decided to play with the following team: J. Sørensen, A. Gunn , Jack Stacey , Shane Duffy , Ben Gibson , Sam McCallum , M. Núñez , K. McLean , Gabriel Sara , Ashley Barnes , Borja Sainz and Josh Sargent .
The home team had on the bench: L. Gibbs , G. Long, S. van Hooijdonk, Christian Fassnacht, D. Batth, K. Fisher, F. Welch, K. Aboh and Guilherme Montóia.
Substitutions
Norwich City made 2 changes: Ashley Barnes for Ali Al-Hamadi (75′) and Borja Sainz for D. Batth (90′).
Player of the match: Jack Stacey
The most impressive player for Norwich City was Jack Stacey even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 23 passes (48% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.
Ipswich Town – Formation
Ipswich Town
31'
Also Ipswich Town adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Kieran McKenna played with: Vaclav Hladky , Axel Tuanzebe , Luke Woolfenden , Cameron Burgess , Leif Davis , Samy Morsy , Massimo Luongo , Omari Hutchinson , Conor Chaplin , Nathan Broadhead , Kieffer Moore .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Kayden Jackson, Christian Walton, Harry Clarke , Marcus Harness , Dominic Ball, Jack Taylor , Ali Al-Hamadi , Jeremy Sarmiento and Lewis Travis.
Substitutions
Ipswich Town made 5 changes: Massimo Luongo for Jack Taylor (75′), Conor Chaplin for Marcus Harness (74′), Axel Tuanzebe for Harry Clarke (62′), Nathan Broadhead for Jeremy Sarmiento (62′) and Kieffer Moore for L. Gibbs (75′).
Player of the match: Samy Morsy
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ipswich Town was Samy Morsy .
His rating is with 60 passes (93% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Watford – Preston North End – 0-0
- Sunderland – Bristol City – 0-0
- Stoke City – West Bromwich Albion – 2-2
- Queens Park Rangers – Sheffield Wednesday – 0-2
- Norwich City – Ipswich Town – 1-0
- Middlesbrough – Swansea City – 2-0
- Leicester City – Birmingham City – 2-1
- Huddersfield Town – Millwall – 1-0
- Coventry City – Leeds United – 2-1
- Cardiff City – Hull City – 1-3
- Blackburn Rovers – Southampton – 0-0
