PRESTON. Norwich City snatched a late win Preston North End 1-0 after G. Sara scored just 1 goal (86′). Norwich City took advantage of its superior ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Deepdale stadium in Preston on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 16,322 spectators.​ The referee was Andrew Kitchen with the help of James Wilson and Craig Taylor. The 4th official was David Webb. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 12.19 degrees Celsius or 53.94 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Norwich City had a superior ball possession 60% while Preston North End was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Norwich City was more aggressive with 48 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Norwich City won the encounter.​

Preston North End shot 12 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Norwich City shot 15 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Preston North End received 3 yellow cards (Jordan Storey, Robbie Brady and Jack Whatmough). Regarding the opposition, Norwich City received 1 yellow card (Borja Sainz).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Preston North End stays with 63 points like Coventry City and Middlesbrough to sit in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, Norwich City will has 71 points to remain in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Preston North End will play away with Southampton on the 16th of April with a 4-3 head to head stats in favor of Southampton (4 draws).

Norwich City will host Bristol City on the 20th of April with a 10-5 head to head stats in favor of Norwich City (3 draws).

Preston North End – Formation

Preston North End started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Ryan Lowe decided to play with the following team: Ali McCann, Freddie Woodman (7.5), Jordan Storey (7.0), Liam Lindsay (7.9), Andrew Hughes (6.7), Duane Holmes (7.0), Jack Whatmough (7.5), Alan Browne   (7.5), Robbie Brady (7.0), Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen (7.0), Milutin Osmajic (6.8) and Will Keane (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Greg Cunningham, Emil Riis (6.8), Ched Evans (6.3), Layton Stewart, Ryan Ledson, David Cornell, K. Best, N. Mawene and J. Seary.

Substitutions

Preston North End made 3 changes: Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen for Emil Riis (62′), Duane Holmes for Ched Evans (81′) and Will Keane for Layton Stewart (90′).

Player of the match: Liam Lindsay​

The most impressive player for Preston North End was Liam Lindsay.

His rating is 7.9 with 35 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Norwich City – Formation

Norwich City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

David Wagner played with: A. Gunn (7.1), Jack Stacey (7.0), Shane Duffy  (7.1), Ben Gibson (7.3), Sam McCallum (8.4), M. Núñez (7.9), K. McLean (8.1), Gabriel Sara (9.2), Ashley Barnes (6.8), Borja Sainz (6.8), Josh Sargent (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: D. Batth, G. Long, S. van Hooijdonk, J. Rowe (7.0), K. Fisher, F. Welch, K. Aboh, Pedro Lima and Guilherme Montóia.

Substitutions

Norwich City made 3 changes: Borja Sainz for J. Rowe (73′), Ashley Barnes for D. Batth (90′) and Josh Sargent for S. van Hooijdonk (90′).

Player of the match: Gabriel Sara​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Norwich City was Gabriel Sara.

His rating is 9.2 with 1 goal, 75 passes (88% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

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