Manchester City 5-0 Norwich City: result and report

Carabao Cup · Thursday 17 September 2026

Result

Manchester City 5-0 Norwich City

Carabao Cup · Thursday 17 September 2026, 18:30 UTC · Etihad Stadium, Manchester · half-time 2-0

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Manchester City 5-0 Norwich City: match report

Manchester City won against Norwich City 5-0 in the Carabao Cup on Thursday 17 September 2026 at Etihad Stadium. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Floyd Samba opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Floyd Samba (29'), Rayan Cherki (32'), Allan (48'), Floyd Samba (54') and Ryan McAidoo (90'). Norwich City did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Norwich City received 1 yellow card.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Norwich City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Floyd Samba of Manchester City (8.2), ahead of Allan (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester City wins, 3 draws and 2 for Norwich City.

Going into the match Manchester City's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Norwich City's L-W-W-L-W.

Data as of 7 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Floyd SambaManchester City · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Kellen FisherNorwich City
  • 32'Goal · Rayan CherkiManchester City · 2-0
  • 48'Goal · AllanManchester City · 3-0
  • 54'Goal · Floyd SambaManchester City · 4-0
  • 90'Goal · Ryan McAidooManchester City · 5-0

Form and table

Full Carabao Cup table

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 5, draws 3, Norwich City 2.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Mirko TopicNorwich City · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
  • Jérémy DokuManchester City · injury (Unknown Injury)
  • Phil FodenManchester City · suspension (Unknown Injury)

Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Gerónimo Rulli, Rico Lewis, Abdukodir Khusanov, Vitor Reis, Nico O'Reilly, Ayyoub Bouaddi, Mateo Kovacic, Allan, Rayan Cherki, Rayan Aït-Nouri, Floyd Samba

Norwich City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Daniel Grimshaw, Kellen Fisher, Harry Darling, Bruno Alves, Darlin Yongwa, Sam Field, Jacob Wright, Ante Crnac, Anis Ben Slimane, Papa Amadou Diallo, Mathias Kvistgaarden

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