English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 15, 2015
Norwich City WWLWL 3
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Sunderland LWLWL 1
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SUN011
Stadium of Light · 41,379 att.

Match Report

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
7
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
3
56.1
Possession
43.9
18
SHOTS
6
6
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
388
Accurate Passes
267
490
Passes
386
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
3
19
Crosses
13
0.3
Cross %
0.2
66
Long Balls
74
33
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
8
Blocked Shots
1
11
Effective Tackles
24
15
Tackles
31
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
33
Effective Clearances
15
34
Clearances
20

Head to Head

NOR leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

SUN · 4-4-2

  1. 1Costel PantilimonG
  2. 15Younes KaboulCD-L
  3. 22Sebastián CoatesCD-R
  4. 3Patrick van AanholtLB
  5. 2Billy JonesRB
  6. 21Yann M'vilaCM-L
  7. 6Lee CattermoleCM-R
  8. 17Jeremain LensLM
  9. 7Sebastian LarssonRM
  10. 18Jermain DefoeCF-L
  11. 26Steven FletcherCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Jack RodwellSUB
  2. 25Vito MannoneSUB
  3. 4Liam BridcuttSUB
  4. 41Duncan WatmoreSUB
  5. 12Adam MatthewsSUB
  6. 16John O'SheaSUB
  7. 19Danny GrahamSUB

NOR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1John RuddyG
  2. 6Sébastien BassongCD-L
  3. 5Russell MartinCD-R
  4. 12Robbie BradyLB
  5. 2Steven WhittakerRB
  6. 14Wes HoolahanAM
  7. 27Alexander TetteyLM
  8. 18Graham DorransRM
  9. 10Cameron JeromeF
  10. 8Jonathan HowsonAM-L
  11. 22Nathan RedmondAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Bradley JohnsonSUB
  2. 7Lewis GrabbanSUB
  3. 13Declan RuddSUB
  4. 24Ryan BennettSUB
  5. 28Gary O'NeilSUB
  6. 3Andre WisdomSUB
  7. 11Gary HooperSUB

Timeline

  1. 7' Sebastien Bassong (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 9' Jeremain Lens (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 26' Goal! Sunderland 0, Norwich City 1. Russell Martin (Norwich City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  4. 37' Goal! Sunderland 0, Norwich City 2. Steven Whittaker (Norwich City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Wes Hoolahan.
  5. 45' Substitution, Sunderland. Danny Graham replaces Sebastian Larsson.
  6. 48' Alexander Tettey (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 57' Goal! Sunderland 0, Norwich City 3. Nathan Redmond (Norwich City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Wes Hoolahan with a through ball.
  8. 62' Substitution, Norwich City. Bradley Johnson replaces Wes Hoolahan.
  9. 68' Substitution, Norwich City. Lewis Grabban replaces Cameron Jerome.
  10. 70' Substitution, Sunderland. Duncan Watmore replaces Steven Fletcher.
  11. 83' Substitution, Norwich City. Gary O'Neil replaces Nathan Redmond.
  12. 88' Goal! Sunderland 1, Norwich City 3. Duncan Watmore (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.

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