Norwich City 2-0 Barnsley: result and report
Championship · Saturday 18 March 2017
Result
Norwich City 2-0 Barnsley
Championship · Saturday 18 March 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Norwich City 2-0 Barnsley: match report
Norwich City beat Barnsley 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 18 March 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Jacob Murphy opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Norwich City's goals came from Jacob Murphy (44') and an own goal by Angus MacDonald (71'). Barnsley did not score.
Discipline: Norwich City received 1 yellow card; Barnsley received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Norwich City were 9th on 54 points from 37 and Barnsley 11th on 50 points from 37. Norwich City went on to finish that season 8th with 70 points, and Barnsley 15th with 57.
Norwich City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Barnsley in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jacob Murphy of Norwich City (8.0), ahead of Matty James (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Norwich City wins, 1 draw and 1 for Barnsley.
Key events
- 44'Goal · Jacob Murphy
- 62'Yellow card · Ivo Pinto
- 71'Own goal · Angus MacDonald
Head-to-head
Team news
Norwich City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Michael McGovern, Ivo Pinto, Ryan Bennett, Russell Martin, Steven Whittaker, Jonathan Howson, Alexander Tettey, Jacob Murphy, Alex Pritchard, Wesley Hoolahan, Cameron Jerome
Barnsley line-up (4-4-2)
Adam Davies, Andy Yiadom, M. Roberts, A. MacDonald, Gethin Jones, Marley Watkins, Matty James, Josh Scowen, Adam Hammill, Adam Armstrong, Tom Bradshaw