NORWICH. Brentford overcame Norwich City 3-1 thanks to I. Toney who scored in the 32nd, 52nd and 58th minute. Brentford was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with I. Toney (32′), I. Toney (52′) and I. Toney (58′). Norwich City reduced the distance with a goal (90′ + 2′) by T. Pukki, but there was not much to do for them. Norwich City lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Carrow Road stadium in Norwich on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Anthony Taylor who was helped by Gary Beswick and Adam Nunn. The 4th official was Gavin Ward. The weather was drizly. The temperature was quite cold at 5.3 degrees Celsius or 41.59 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Norwich City was in firm control of the ball 59% while Brentford was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Norwich City was more pushing with 52 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 8 were on target. Even so, Brentford was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

Norwich City shot 16 times, 8 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Brentford shot 14 times, 7 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Norwich City received 2 yellow cards (B. Gibson and G. Hanley). On the other side, Brentford received 5 yellow cards (K. Ajer, C. Eriksen, P. Jansson, M. Roerslev Rasmussen and B. Mbeumo).

Standings

After playing this match, Norwich City will stay with 17 points to hold in the 20th place. On the opposite side, Brentford will have 27 points to sit in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Norwich City will host Aston Villa on the 14th of December with a 11-6 head to head in favor of Aston Villa (1 draw).

Brentford will host Burnley on the 12th of March with a 3-0 head to head statistic in favor of Burnley (0 draws).

Norwich City – Formation

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

The manager Dean Smith decided to play with the following team: Tim Krul (6.4), Sam Byram (7.0), Grant Hanley (6.4), Ben Gibson (5.2), Brandon Williams (6.1), Billy Gilmour (7.7), Mathias Normann (6.2), Kenny McLean (6.3), Josh Sargent (6.8), Teemu Pukki (7.4) and Milot Rashica (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: A. Gunn, Max Aarons (6.2), Jon Rowe (6.9), C. Zimmermann, Pierre Lees Melou (7.1), P. Płacheta, J. Sørensen, D. Giannoulis and K. Dowell.

Substitutions

Norwich City made 3 changes: B. Gilmour for J. Rowe (76′), M. Normann for P. Lees Melou (81′) and B. Williams for M. J. Aarons (81′).

Best player: Billy Gilmour​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Norwich City was Billy Gilmour.

His rating is (7.7) with 55 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 9 crosses.

Brentford – Formation

Brentford started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).

Thomas Frank played with: David Raya (7.6), Kristoffer Ajer (7.0), Pontus Jansson (7.6), Ethan Pinnock (7.6), Rico Henry (6.7), Bryan Mbeumo (7.4), Vitaly Janelt (6.6), Christian Nørgaard (7.0), Christian Eriksen (7.4), Sergi Canós (6.8) and Ivan Toney (9.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: M. Jensen, Mads Roerslev Rasmussen (6.4), M. Sørensen, M. Jørgensen, J. Lössl, Frank Onyeka (6.6), S. Ghoddos, S. Baptiste and Yoane Wissa (6.2).

Substitutions

Brentford made 3 changes: C. Norgaard for F. Onyeka (59′), K. Ajer for M. Roerslev Rasmussen (75′) and S. Canos for Y. Wissa (82′).

Best player: Ivan Toney​

The most impressive player for Brentford was Ivan Toney.

His rating is (9.2) with 3 goals, 23 passes (60% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Aston Villa – Southampton – 4-0
• Burnley – Chelsea – 0-4
• Leicester City – Leeds United – 1-0
• Liverpool – West Ham United – 1-0
• Newcastle United – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2-1
• Norwich City – Brentford – 1-3
• Wolverhampton Wanderers – Crystal Palace – 0-2