English League Championship

FT Saturday, May 16, 2015
Ipswich Town WDWLD 1
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Norwich City WLDWD 3
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2nd Leg - Norwich City advance 4-2 on aggregate · Carrow Road · 26,994 att.

Match Report

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Norwich beat arch-rivals Ipswich to playoff final spot

Norwich saw off 10-man Ipswich 3-1 at Carrow Road to earn a shot at Middlesbrough in the Championship playoff final.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
4
0
Corner Kicks
0
2
Saves
0
40
Possession
60
6
SHOTS
16
1
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
17
Crosses
13
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
6
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
36
Clearances
39

Head to Head

NOR leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

NOR

  1. 1John RuddyG
  2. 2Steven WhittakerD
  3. 5Russell MartinD
  4. 30Sébastien BassongD
  5. 23Martin OlssonD
  6. 22Nathan RedmondM
  7. 8Jonathan HowsonM
  8. 27Alexander TetteyM
  9. 4Bradley JohnsonM
  10. 14Wes HoolahanF
  11. 10Cameron JeromeF

IPS

  1. 33Bartosz BialkowskiG
  2. 4Luke ChambersD
  3. 5Tommy SmithD
  4. 6Christophe BerraD
  5. 3Tyrone MingsD
  6. 17Kévin BruM
  7. 8Cole SkuseM
  8. 11Paul AndersonM
  9. 27Teddy BishopM
  10. 20Freddie SearsM
  11. 9Daryl MurphyF

Timeline

  1. 30' Bradley Johnson is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  2. 49' Christophe Berra has been shown the red card and will no longer take part of this game! Reason: serious foul play
  3. 50' Wesley Hoolahan hits the penalty kick with his left foot to the lower left corner and scores!!
  4. 60' Goal!! Tommy Smith hits a right footed shot low through the middle from the centre 6 yard and scores!! The game is now tied at 1
  5. 64' Goal!! Nathan Redmond hits a right footed shot to the lower right corner from the right penalty area and scores!! Norwich City now leads 2 - 1
  6. 71' Ipswich Town makes a sub: David McGoldrick enters for Teddy Bishop. Reason: Tactical
  7. 71' Ipswich Town makes a sub: Jay Tabb enters for Kevin Bru. Reason: Tactical
  8. 74' Norwich City makes a sub: Graham Dorrans enters for Wesley Hoolahan. Reason: Tactical
  9. 76' Goal!! Cameron Jerome hits a right footed shot low through the middle from the centre penalty area and scores!! Norwich City now leads 3 - 1
  10. 83' Ipswich Town makes a sub: Noel Hunt enters for Paul Anderson. Reason: Tactical
  11. 83' Norwich City makes a sub: Gary Hooper enters for Cameron Jerome. Reason: Tactical
  12. 87' Norwich City makes a sub: Elliott Bennett enters for Bradley Johnson. Reason: Tactical
  13. 90'+4' Cole Skuse is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour

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