English League Championship

FT Saturday, March 20, 2021
Blackburn Rovers LWDLD 1
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Norwich City WWWWW 1
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Carrow Road

Match Report

Leaders Norwich held by Blackburn, Watford win again

Championship leaders Norwich City were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Blackburn Rovers on Saturday.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
12
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
5
6
Saves
3
44.8
Possession
55.2
12
SHOTS
16
4
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
318
Accurate Passes
411
393
Passes
493
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
4
23
Crosses
13
0.3
Cross %
0.3
58
Long Balls
44
31
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
6
10
Effective Tackles
12
21
Tackles
20
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
18
Interceptions
7
17
Effective Clearances
24
17
Clearances
24

Head to Head

NOR leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

NOR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Tim KrulG
  2. 34Ben GibsonCD-L
  3. 5Grant HanleyCD-R
  4. 30Dimitris GiannoulisLB
  5. 2Max AaronsRB
  6. 10Kieran DowellAM
  7. 23Kenny McLeanLM
  8. 20Oliver SkippRM
  9. 22Teemu PukkiF
  10. 14Todd CantwellAM-L
  11. 17Emiliano BuendíaAM-R

BLK · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thomas KaminskiG
  2. 22Taylor Harwood-BellisCD-L
  3. 26Darragh LenihanCD-R
  4. 15Barry DouglasLB
  5. 24Joe Rankin-CostelloRB
  6. 29Corry EvansCM
  7. 8Joe RothwellLM
  8. 10Lewis HoltbyRM
  9. 21John BuckleyF
  10. 39Tyrhys DolanLF
  11. 20Ben Brereton DíazRF

Timeline

  1. 30' Substitution, Norwich City. Jacob Sørensen replaces Dimitrios Giannoulis because of an injury.
  2. 53' Goal! Norwich City 1, Blackburn Rovers 0. Kenny McLean (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kieran Dowell with a through ball.
  3. 64' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Harvey Elliott replaces John Buckley.
  4. 64' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Sam Gallagher replaces Ben Brereton.
  5. 67' Substitution, Norwich City. Marco Stiepermann replaces Kieran Dowell.
  6. 70' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Elliott Bennett replaces Joe Rankin-Costello.
  7. 70' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Stewart Downing replaces Corry Evans.
  8. 77' Goal! Norwich City 1, Blackburn Rovers 1. Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Harvey Elliott with a cross following a set piece situation.
  9. 83' Substitution, Norwich City. Christoph Zimmermann replaces Ben Gibson because of an injury.
  10. 86' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Bradley Johnson replaces Lewis Holtby.

EFL Championship News

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