BIRMINGHAM. Birmingham City defeats Norwich City 1-0 after P. Seung-Ho scored just 1 goal (55′). Norwich City was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (64%).​

The match was played at the St. Andrew’s Stadium stadium in Birmingham on Saturday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. In front of 27,680 spectators.​ The referee was Oliver Langford with the help of Craig Taylor and Mark Stevens. The 4th official was Dean Whitestone. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 15.44 degrees Celsius or 59.79 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Norwich City had a superior ball possession 64% while Birmingham City was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Birmingham City had a more offensive attitude with 34 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Birmingham City won the match​.

Birmingham City shot 12 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Norwich City shot 5 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards (J. James and Ivan Šunjić). On the opposite side, Norwich City didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this encounter, Birmingham City has 50 points to remain in the 22nd place. On the other side, Norwich City will stays with 73 points to remain in the 6th place.

Next matches

Birmingham City – Formation

Birmingham City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Tony Mowbray decided to play with the following team: John Ruddy (7.3), Ethan Laird (7.3), Krystian Bielik (7.0), Dion Sanderson (7.0), Lee Buchanan (6.8), J. James (6.7), Ivan Šunjić (7.0), Koji Miyoshi (7.3), Paik Seung-Ho (7.5), Keshi Anderson (7.0) and J. Stansfield (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: J. Bacuna (6.4), N. Etheridge, Marc Roberts, Tyler Roberts, Lukas Jutkiewicz (7.0), Cody Drameh, Siriki Dembélé, Alex Pritchard (6.4) and G. Hall (6.4).

Substitutions

Birmingham City made 4 changes: Koji Miyoshi for G. Hall (84′), J. Stansfield for Alex Pritchard (85′), Keshi Anderson for Lukas Jutkiewicz (68′) and Paik Seung-Ho for J. Bacuna (68′).

Player of the match: Paik Seung-Ho​

The player that probably impressed the most for Birmingham City was Paik Seung-Ho.

His rating is 7.5 with 1 goal, 15 passes (60% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 5 crosses.

Norwich City – Formation

Also Norwich City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

David Wagner played with: Christian Fassnacht, A. Gunn (7.3), Jack Stacey (6.7), Shane Duffy  (7.1), Ben Gibson (6.7), Sam McCallum (6.7), J. Sørensen (7.0), K. McLean (6.8), Gabriel Sara (7.0), M. Núñez (7.3) and Borja Sainz (6.4), Josh Sargent (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: G. Hanley (6.8), G. Long, S. van Hooijdonk (6.4), D. Batth (6.7), J. Rowe (7.0), Dimitrios Giannoulis  (7.0), K. Fisher (6.6), F. Welch and K. Aboh.

Norwich City could not rely on the presence of D. Batth (injured).

Substitutions

Norwich City made 6 changes: Sam McCallum for Dimitrios Giannoulis  (57′), J. Sørensen for J. Rowe (57′), Jack Stacey for K. Fisher (82′), Josh Sargent for S. van Hooijdonk (82′), Shane Duffy  for D. Batth (75′) and Ben Gibson for G. Hanley (82′).

Player of the match: M. Núñez​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Norwich City was M. Núñez.

His rating is 7.3 with 47 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• West Bromwich Albion – Preston North End – 3-0
• Swansea City – Millwall – 0-1
• Sunderland – Sheffield Wednesday – 0-2
• Stoke City – Bristol City – 4-0
• Rotherham United – Cardiff City – 5-2
• Plymouth Argyle – Hull City – 1-0
• Middlesbrough – Watford – 3-1
• Leicester City – Blackburn Rovers – 0-2
• Leeds United – Southampton – 1-2
• Ipswich Town – Huddersfield Town – 2-0
• Coventry City – Queens Park Rangers – 1-2
• Birmingham City – Norwich City – 1-0