Norwich City 2-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 9 September 2026

Result

Norwich City 2-1 Birmingham City

Championship · Wednesday 9 September 2026, 18:45 UTC · Carrow Road, Norwich · half-time 2-0

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Norwich City 2-1 Birmingham City: match report

Norwich City defeated Birmingham City 2-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 9 September 2026 at Carrow Road. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Oscar Schwartau opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Norwich City's goals came from Oscar Schwartau (28') and Papa Amadou Diallo (39'). Birmingham City scored through Carlos Vicente (64').

Discipline: Norwich City received 6 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Norwich City were 16th on 6 points from 5 and Birmingham City 14th on 7 points from 5. In the current table Norwich City are 12th on 18 points and Birmingham City are 3rd on 26 points.

Norwich City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Pelle Mattsson of Norwich City (7.6), ahead of Papa Amadou Diallo (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Norwich City wins, 1 draw and 3 for Birmingham City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Ben ChriseneNorwich City
  • 25'Yellow card · José CórdobaNorwich City
  • 28'Goal · Oscar SchwartauNorwich City · 1-0
  • 39'Goal · Papa Amadou DialloNorwich City · 2-0
  • 59'Yellow card · Jack StaceyNorwich City
  • 60'Yellow card · Oscar SchwartauNorwich City
  • 60'Yellow card · Carlos VicenteBirmingham City
  • 64'Goal · Carlos VicenteBirmingham City · 2-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Jovon MakamaNorwich City
  • 83'Yellow card · Phil NeumannBirmingham City
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Ante CrnacNorwich City
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Christoph KlarerBirmingham City

Form and table

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3Birmingham City147522613+1326WWLWW
12Norwich City146082724+318LLWWW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Norwich City 6, draws 1, Birmingham City 3.

Team news

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  • Max BirdBirmingham City · injury (Calf Injury)

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

Vladan Kovacevic, Jack Stacey, Ruairi McConville, José Córdoba, Ben Chrisene, Kenny McLean, Pelle Mattsson, Andre Brooks, Oscar Schwartau, Papa Amadou Diallo, Mathias Kvistgaarden

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

J. Beadle, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Phil Neumann, Christoph Klarer, Kristoffer Lund, Tomoki Iwata, Seung-ho Paik, Carlos Vicente, Jay Stansfield, Liam Millar, August Priske Flyger

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