English League Championship

FT Saturday, August 6, 2016
Norwich City LWWWL 4
–
Blackburn Rovers WDDDL 1
1st2ndT
NOR314
BLK011
Ewood Park · 12,641 att.

Match Report

Team Stats

15
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
6
3
Corner Kicks
7
1
Saves
3
58.1
Possession
41.9
12
SHOTS
5
7
ON GOAL
2
0.6
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
462
Accurate Passes
294
555
Passes
382
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
3
6
Crosses
23
0.3
Cross %
0.1
78
Long Balls
78
39
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
2
3
Effective Tackles
6
8
Tackles
8
0.4
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
15
Effective Clearances
5
23
Clearances
8

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

BLK · 4-4-2

  1. 1Jason SteeleG
  2. 15Elliott WardCD-L
  3. 22Shane DuffyCD-R
  4. 2Adam HenleyLB
  5. 6Jason LoweRB
  6. 21Hope AkpanCM-L
  7. 26Darragh LenihanCM-R
  8. 31Elliott BennettLM
  9. 7Liam FeeneyRM
  10. 10Ben MarshallCF-L
  11. 12Danny GrahamCF-R

NOR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1John RuddyG
  2. 15Timm KloseCD-L
  3. 24Ryan BennettCD-R
  4. 3Martin OlssonLB
  5. 25Ivo PintoRB
  6. 7Steven NaismithAM
  7. 8Jonathan HowsonLM
  8. 27Alexander TetteyRM
  9. 10Cameron JeromeF
  10. 14Wes HoolahanAM-L
  11. 22Jacob MurphyAM-R

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 0, Norwich City 1. Jacob Murphy (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Jonny Howson.
  2. 16' Elliott Bennett (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 17' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 0, Norwich City 2. Wes Hoolahan (Norwich City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ivo Pinto.
  4. 21' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Gordon Greer replaces Elliott Ward because of an injury.
  5. 25' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 0, Norwich City 3. Cameron Jerome (Norwich City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ivo Pinto with a cross.
  6. 45' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Anthony Stokes replaces Elliott Bennett.
  7. 53' Substitution, Norwich City. Steven Whittaker replaces Martin Olsson because of an injury.
  8. 58' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 0, Norwich City 4. Steven Naismith (Norwich City) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Wes Hoolahan.
  9. 63' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Jack Byrne replaces Hope Akpan.
  10. 67' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Norwich City 4. Anthony Stokes (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Liam Feeney with a cross.
  11. 69' Cameron Jerome (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 76' Gordon Greer (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 77' Substitution, Norwich City. Youssouf Mulumbu replaces Jonny Howson.
  14. 80' Substitution, Norwich City. Alex Pritchard replaces Wes Hoolahan.
  15. 80' Youssouf Mulumbu (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.

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