English Carabao Cup

FT Thursday, September 17, 2026
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Manchester City WWWWW 5
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Match Report

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Samba, 17, nets twice in debut as Man City rout Norwich

Teenager Floyd Samba stole the limelight with two debut goals as Manchester City eased into the Carabao Cup fourth round with a 5-0 victory over Norwich.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
0
34.1
Possession
65.9
4
SHOTS
14
0
ON GOAL
6
0.0
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
314
Accurate Passes
708
385
Passes
761
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
1
10
Crosses
6
0.1
Cross %
0.2
42
Long Balls
31
16
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
3
18
Effective Tackles
10
31
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
8
Interceptions
4
10
Effective Clearances
11
10
Clearances
11

Highlights

00:54 Maresca: I'm happy with the way my Man City team are working Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

MNC leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 28Gerónimo RulliG
  2. 22Vitor ReisCD-L
  3. 45Abdukodir KhusanovCD-R
  4. 33Nico O'ReillyLB
  5. 82Rico LewisRB
  6. 10Rayan CherkiAM
  7. 8Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 32Ayyoub BouaddiRM
  9. 75Floyd SambaF
  10. 21Rayan Aït-NouriAM-L
  11. 37Allan EliasAM-R

NOR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 32Daniel GrimshawG
  2. 28Bruno AlvesCD-L
  3. 6Harry DarlingCD-R
  4. 13Darlin YongwaLB
  5. 35Kellen FisherRB
  6. 20Anis SlimaneAM
  7. 16Jacob WrightLM
  8. 26Sam FieldRM
  9. 30Mathias KvistgaardenF
  10. 19Pape DialloAM-L
  11. 17Ante CrnacAM-R

Timeline

  1. 29' Goal! Manchester City 1, Norwich City 0. Floyd Samba (Manchester City) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Allan.
  2. 30' Kellen Fisher (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 32' Goal! Manchester City 2, Norwich City 0. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ayyoub Bouaddi following a fast break.
  4. 45' Substitution, Manchester City. Ryan McAidoo replaces Rayan Cherki.
  5. 45' Substitution, Norwich City. Paris Maghoma replaces Papa Diallo.
  6. 48' Goal! Manchester City 3, Norwich City 0. Allan (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rayan Aït-Nouri.
  7. 54' Goal! Manchester City 4, Norwich City 0. Floyd Samba (Manchester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rayan Aït-Nouri.
  8. 62' Substitution, Norwich City. Anthony Musaba replaces Ante Crnac.
  9. 71' Substitution, Manchester City. Kaden Braithwaite replaces Allan.
  10. 71' Substitution, Norwich City. Mohamed Touré replaces Anis Ben Slimane.
  11. 71' Substitution, Norwich City. Ruairi McConville replaces Bruno Alves.
  12. 85' Substitution, Norwich City. Oscar Schwartau replaces Mathias Kvistgaarden.
  13. 90' Goal! Manchester City 5, Norwich City 0. Ryan McAidoo (Manchester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Nico O'Reilly.

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