Norwich City vs Birmingham City, 2022-23 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship

Norwich City

27': Marcelino Núñez
36': Marcelino Núñez
90'+4': Christos Tzolis

FT
3 - 1

Birmingham City

53': Maxime Colin

About

Norwich City are hosting Birmingham City at Carrow Road, Norwich, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
3': Attempt blocked. Kieran Dowell (Norwich City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Idah.
3': Attempt saved. Kieran Dowell (Norwich City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
3': Foul by Kieran Dowell (Norwich City).
3': Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Foul by Alfie Chang (Birmingham City).
5': Onel Hernández (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
5': Alfie Chang (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
6': Offside, Norwich City. Kieran Dowell tries a through ball, but Adam Idah is caught offside.
7': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Emmanuel Longelo.
8': Attempt missed. Kenny McLean (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
9': Offside, Norwich City. Onel Hernández tries a through ball, but Adam Idah is caught offside.
11': Foul by Marcelino Núñez (Norwich City).
11': Kevin Long (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
11': Ben Gibson (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
11': Foul by Scott Hogan (Birmingham City).
13': Dimitris Giannoulis (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
13': Foul by George Hall (Birmingham City).
14': Attempt missed. Marcelino Núñez (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Adam Idah.
15': Foul by Kenny McLean (Norwich City).
15': George Hall (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
16': Kenny McLean (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
16': Attempt missed. Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
18': Foul by Dimitris Giannoulis (Norwich City).
18': Hannibal Mejbri (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
18': Attempt missed. Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) header from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high following a set piece situation.
21': Attempt missed. Marcelino Núñez (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Gabriel Sara.
22': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Kevin Long.
23': Foul by Onel Hernández (Norwich City).
23': Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
24': Attempt missed. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
25': Offside, Norwich City. Gabriel Sara tries a through ball, but Adam Idah is caught offside.
26': Attempt blocked. Kieran Dowell (Norwich City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
27': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by George Hall.
27': Goal! Norwich City 1, Birmingham City 0. Marcelino Núñez (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
30': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Grant Hanley.
32': Foul by Max Aarons (Norwich City).
32': Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33': Foul by Scott Hogan (Birmingham City).
33': Kenny McLean (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
34': Attempt blocked. Marcelino Núñez (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Max Aarons with a cross.
36': Goal! Norwich City 2, Birmingham City 0. Marcelino Núñez (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Kenny McLean with a cross.
39': Offside, Norwich City. Dimitris Giannoulis tries a through ball, but Adam Idah is caught offside.
42': Attempt saved. Adam Idah (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gabriel Sara with a through ball.
42': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by John Ruddy.
45': Attempt missed. Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Emmanuel Longelo with a cross.
45': Foul by Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
45': Gabriel Sara (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45': Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+1': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Alfie Chang.
45'+2': First Half ends, Norwich City 2, Birmingham City 0.
45': Second Half begins Norwich City 2, Birmingham City 0.
45': Substitution, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz replaces Juninho Bacuna.
47': Foul by Ben Gibson (Norwich City).
47': Hannibal Mejbri (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
48': Delay in match because of an injury Max Aarons (Norwich City).
51': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
53': Goal! Norwich City 2, Birmingham City 1. Maxime Colin (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
58': Offside, Norwich City. Gabriel Sara tries a through ball, but Dimitris Giannoulis is caught offside.
59': Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
59': Foul by Kieran Dowell (Norwich City).
61': Attempt missed. Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by George Hall.
63': Delay in match because of an injury Onel Hernández (Norwich City).
64': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
65': Attempt blocked. Kenny McLean (Norwich City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Idah with a headed pass.
66': Foul by Dimitris Giannoulis (Norwich City).
66': Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
67': Offside, Birmingham City. Hannibal Mejbri tries a through ball, but George Hall is caught offside.
68': Attempt missed. Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Alfie Chang.
69': Foul by George Hall (Birmingham City).
69': Kenny McLean (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
71': Attempt missed. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Tahith Chong.
71': Foul by Maxime Colin (Birmingham City).
71': Kenny McLean (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
72': Substitution, Norwich City. Christos Tzolis replaces Onel Hernández because of an injury.
72': Foul by Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City).
72': Kieran Dowell (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
73': Foul by Kevin Long (Birmingham City).
73': Marcelino Núñez (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
76': Offside, Norwich City. Dimitris Giannoulis tries a through ball, but Christos Tzolis is caught offside.
76': Delay in match because of an injury Alfie Chang (Birmingham City).
76': Substitution, Norwich City. Jacob Sørensen replaces Dimitris Giannoulis.
77': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
78': Substitution, Birmingham City. Gary Gardner replaces Alfie Chang because of an injury.
78': Offside, Norwich City. Kenny McLean tries a through ball, but Christos Tzolis is caught offside.
79': Offside, Norwich City. Kieran Dowell tries a through ball, but Marcelino Núñez is caught offside.
80': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Emmanuel Longelo.
81': Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
81': Foul by Kieran Dowell (Norwich City).
82': Attempt saved. Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Hannibal Mejbri with a cross.
83': Hand ball by Jacob Sørensen (Norwich City).
84': Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
84': Foul by Gabriel Sara (Norwich City).
85': Attempt missed. Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) header from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Tahith Chong with a cross following a set piece situation.
86': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jordan James replaces Tahith Chong.
87': Substitution, Norwich City. Andrew Omobamidele replaces Kieran Dowell.
90': Delay in match because of an injury Adam Idah (Norwich City).
90': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+2': Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2': Foul by Adam Idah (Norwich City).
90'+4': Goal! Norwich City 3, Birmingham City 1. Christos Tzolis (Norwich City) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marcelino Núñez following a fast break.
90'+6': Attempt saved. Marcelino Núñez (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christos Tzolis.
90'+6': Auston Trusty (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+6': Foul by Adam Idah (Norwich City).
90'+7': Second Half ends, Norwich City 3, Birmingham City 1.
0': Match ends, Norwich City 3, Birmingham City 1.
90'+7': Second Half ends, Norwich City 3, Birmingham City 1.
0': Match ends, Norwich City 3, Birmingham City 1.

Statistics

BIR		NOR
9	Fouls	14
2	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	8
1	Corner Kicks	6
3	Saves	1
33.2	Possession	66.8
10	SHOTS	13
2	ON GOAL	7
0.2	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
161	Accurate Passes	451
263	Passes	548
0.6	Pass Completion %	0.8
5	Accurate Crosses	4
14	Crosses	12
0.4	Cross %	0.3
57	Long Balls	62
12	Accurate Long Balls	25
0.2	Long Balls %	0.4
0	Blocked Shots	3
15	Effective Tackles	10
22	Tackles	19
0.7	Tackle %	0.5
12	Interceptions	4
14	Effective Clearances	19
14	Clearances	19

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Carrow Road
Location: Norwich, England
Attendance: 25,657

EFL Championship Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Coventry City	26	+28	52
2	Middlesbrough	26	+11	46
3	Ipswich Town	25	+18	44
4	Preston North End	26	+11	43

Full Table

Line-Ups

Norwich City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
28	Angus Gunn (GK)
6	Ben Gibson
5	Grant Hanley
30	Dimitris Giannoulis
2	Max Aarons
26	Marcelino Núñez
23	Kenny McLean
17	Gabriel Sara
11	Adam Idah
25	Onel Hernández
10	Kieran Dowell

Norwich City Substitutes:

Andrew Omobamidele, Sam McCallum, Christos Tzolis, Marquinhos, Tim Krul, Jacob Sørensen, Liam Gibbs.

Birmingham City (4-4-2)

No.	Name
21	John Ruddy (GK)
5	Auston Trusty
26	Kevin Long
23	Emmanuel Longelo
2	Maxime Colin
7	Juninho Bacuna
42	Alfie Chang
18	Tahith Chong
35	George Hall
9	Scott Hogan
6	Hannibal Mejbri

Birmingham City Substitutes:

Lukas Jutkiewicz, George Friend, Jordan Graham, Neil Etheridge, Gary Gardner, Harlee Dean, Jordan James.

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