English League Championship

FT Sunday, August 10, 2014
Norwich City LLDLW 0
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Wolverhampton Wanderers WDWWW 1
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Molineux Stadium · 22,053 att.

Match Report

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Edwards header earns Wolves win

Wolves midfielder Dave Edwards gave last season's League One title winners the perfect start to life in the Championship as his second-half header earned them a deserved 1-0 win against 10-man Norwich City at Molineux.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
8
4
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
5
0
Corner Kicks
0
2
Saves
1
40
Possession
60
12
SHOTS
14
1
ON GOAL
3
0.1
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
7
Crosses
27
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
5
Blocked Shots
6
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
24
Clearances
44

Head to Head

NOR leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

WOL

  1. 1Carl IkemeG
  2. 2Matt DohertyD
  3. 6Danny BatthD
  4. 5Richard StearmanD
  5. 3Scott GolbourneD
  6. 14Lee EvansM
  7. 11Kevin McDonaldM
  8. 17Rajiv van La ParraM
  9. 4David EdwardsM
  10. 10Bakary SakoM
  11. 40Nouha DickoF

NOR

  1. 1John RuddyG
  2. 2Steven WhittakerD
  3. 5Russell MartinD
  4. 6Michael TurnerD
  5. 23Martin OlssonD
  6. 4Bradley JohnsonM
  7. 17Elliott BennettM
  8. 29Andrew SurmanM
  9. 14Wes HoolahanM
  10. 7Lewis GrabbanF
  11. 22Nathan RedmondF

Timeline

  1. 27' Martin Olsson is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  2. 54' Wesley Hoolahan is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  3. 60' Martin Olsson has been shown the red card and will no longer take part of this game! Reason: second bookable offence
  4. 63' Norwich City makes a sub: Javier Garrido enters for Wesley Hoolahan. Reason: Tactical
  5. 64' Goal!! David Edwards hits a header to the upper left corner from the centre penalty area and scores!! Wolverhampton Wanderers now leads 1 - 0
  6. 65' Norwich City makes a sub: Alexander Tettey enters for Andrew Surman. Reason: Tactical
  7. 76' Norwich City makes a sub: Kyle Lafferty enters for Steven Whittaker. Reason: Tactical
  8. 81' Wolverhampton Wanderers makes a sub: Michael Jacobs enters for Bakary Sako. Reason: Tactical
  9. 82' Javier Garrido is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  10. 85' Wolverhampton Wanderers makes a sub: James Henry enters for Rajiv Van La Parra. Reason: Tactical
  11. 87' Wolverhampton Wanderers makes a sub: Leon Clarke enters for Nouha Dicko. Reason: Tactical
  12. 90' End of the game
  13. 90'+1' Russell Martin is awarded a yellow card. Reason: dissent

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