Match Report


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Match Report

Match Report
Heavy rain falls from above here at Carrow Road where Norwich City play host to West Bromwich Albion. A crowd of 8,102 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Norwich City are playing in a 5-3-2 formation while West Bromwich Albion appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.


0.00
Norwich City kick off and get the first half underway!
10.17
Marc Mendonca flicks the ball to his team mate, Duncan Burgess. Duncan Burgess knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Lucas Moreno.
12.07
Gareth Mann chips the ball to his team mate, Erno Stegar. Erno Stegar knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
16.19
Gareth Mann hacks Andy Lua-Lua from behind! Gareth Mann is warned by the referee! Andy Lua-Lua hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
20.58
John Evans controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Erno Stegar. Erno Stegar shoots from long range. Magnificent save by Malcolm Shields!
24.01
Lucas Moreno deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Gareth Mann. Gareth Mann deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Vasco Hidalgo. Vasco Hidalgo knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
30.08
Duncan Burgess barges into Christos Mitropoulos. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Christos Mitropoulos stretches but gets up unharmed.
34.22
Marc Mendonca kicks a strong pass forward to Francis Moore. Francis Moore knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
38.04
Ángel Escobar chips the ball to his team mate, Vasco Hidalgo. Vasco Hidalgo tries a spectacular long range effort but Malcolm Shields is on top of it.
42.42
Graeme Mortensen barges into Gareth Mann. Graeme Mortensen is given a warning by the referee! Gareth Mann hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
45.00
John Evans clumsily knocks into Marc Mendonca. The referee calls over John Evans and warns him to calm down! Marc Mendonca stretches but gets up unharmed.
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!


45.00
The second half starts with West Bromwich Albion kicking off!
53.33
John Evans controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Erno Stegar. Erno Stegar knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Graeme Fenton.
55.23
Gareth Mann makes a probing pass to Erno Stegar. Erno Stegar knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Eoin Scowcroft.
59.57
Gareth Mann makes a probing pass to Erno Stegar. Erno Stegar lofts in a cross ball towards Vasco Hidalgo. Vasco Hidalgo heads the ball goalwards but it curls horrendously wide!
60.19
John Evans knocks the ball forward to Erno Stegar. Erno Stegar knocks the ball forward to Vasco Hidalgo. Vasco Hidalgo makes some space for himself and shoots at goal. It's miles wide!
61.13
Zbigniew Joswiak passes the ball forward to Vasco Hidalgo. Vasco Hidalgo goes all the way! Vasco Hidalgo cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. It's a goal!! What a beauty!
65.47
Gareth Mann deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Erno Stegar. Erno Stegar tries a spectacular long range effort but he balloons it over the crossbar!
71.01
Andy Lua-Lua clumsily knocks into John Evans. Andy Lua-Lua is given a warning by the referee! John Evans stretches but gets up unharmed.
71.01
Norwich City are easily keeping West Bromwich Albion at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
73.11
Christos Mitropoulos makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Ángel Escobar. Ángel Escobar threads the ball through to Erno Stegar. Erno Stegar tries a spectacular long range effort but it curls horrendously wide!
75.31
Erno Stegar hacks Eoin Scowcroft from behind! The referee calls over Erno Stegar and warns him to calm down! Eoin Scowcroft stretches but gets up unharmed.
77.17
Duncan Burgess comes in with a late challenge on Dmitri Beschastnykh. Duncan Burgess is warned by the referee! Dmitri Beschastnykh runs off the knock.
79.50
Zbigniew Joswiak controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Erno Stegar. Erno Stegar goes all the way! Erno Stegar makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
90.00
Gareth Mann flicks the ball to his team mate, Erno Stegar. Erno Stegar goes all the way! Erno Stegar tries a spectacular strike but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle


The man of the match was awarded to Vasco Hidalgo of West Bromwich Albion

Match Statistics

Match Statistics
Goals
Goals: 0 vs 1
Shots on Target
Shots on Target: 0 vs 3
Shots off Target
Shots off Target: 0 vs 6
Offsides
Offsides: 0 vs 1
Fouls
Fouls: 4 vs 3
Yellow Cards
Yellow Cards: 1 vs 0
Red Cards
Red Cards: 0 vs 0

Possession
Possession: 31.3432835820896 vs 68.6567164179104
Play Area
Home team third: 34.33%, Midfield: 53.73%, Away team third: 11.94%

Scorers