Norwich City 3-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 19 August 2014

Result

Norwich City 3-1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Tuesday 19 August 2014, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Norwich City · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Norwich City 3-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Norwich City defeated Blackburn Rovers 3-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 19 August 2014. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Tom Cairney opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Norwich City's goals came from Lewis Grabban (23'), Bradley Johnson (87') and Lewis Grabban (90+4'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Tom Cairney (1').

Discipline: Norwich City received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Norwich City were 10th on 3 points from 2 and Blackburn Rovers 5th on 4 points from 2. Norwich City went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Blackburn Rovers 9th with 67.

Norwich City lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Norwich City wins, 2 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Tom CairneyBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 19'Yellow card · Jason LoweBlackburn Rovers
  • 23'Missed penalty · Lewis GrabbanNorwich City
  • 23'Goal · Lewis GrabbanNorwich City · 1-1
  • 26'Yellow card · Corry EvansBlackburn Rovers
  • 65'Yellow card · L. WilliamsonBlackburn Rovers
  • 87'Goal · Bradley JohnsonNorwich City · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Ryan BennettNorwich City
  • 90+4'Goal · Lewis GrabbanNorwich City · 3-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Norwich City 0, draws 2, Blackburn Rovers 3.

Team news

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

John Ruddy, Martin Olsson, Michael Turner, Russell Martin, Steven Whittaker, Bradley Johnson, Jonathan Howson, Nathan Redmond, Robert Snodgrass

Blackburn Rovers expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

J. Kean, Scott Dann, Grant Hanley, Jason Lowe, Tommy Spurr, Todd Kane, Tom Cairney, J. Rhodes, Joshua King, Leon Best