Norwich City 0-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 17 December 2022

Result

Norwich City 0-2 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 17 December 2022, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

Norwich City · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Norwich City 0-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Norwich City were beaten by Blackburn Rovers 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 17 December 2022. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Norwich City did not score. Blackburn Rovers scored through an own goal by Ben Gibson (4') and Tyrhys Dolan (86').

Discipline: Norwich City received 4 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Norwich City were 5th on 35 points from 22 and Blackburn Rovers 4th on 36 points from 22. Norwich City went on to finish that season 13th with 62 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 69.

Norwich City lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Thomas Kaminski of Blackburn Rovers (8.0), ahead of Danel Sinani (7.7).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Own goal · Ben GibsonBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 28'Yellow card · Daniel AyalaBlackburn Rovers
  • 57'Yellow card · Kenny McLeanNorwich City
  • 79'Yellow card · Grant HanleyNorwich City
  • 83'Yellow card · T. MortonBlackburn Rovers
  • 86'Goal · Tyrhys DolanBlackburn Rovers · 0-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Thomas KaminskiBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Teemu PukkiNorwich City
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Ben GibsonNorwich City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Norwich City 6, draws 3, Blackburn Rovers 1.

Team news

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

Angus Gunn, Max Aarons, Grant Hanley, Ben Gibson, Sam McCallum, Isaac Hayden, Kenny McLean, Danel Sinani, Gabriel Sara, Josh Sargent, Teemu Pukki

Blackburn Rovers line-up (3-4-2-1)

Thomas Kaminski, Yuki Takahashi, Dominic Hyam, Harry Pickering, Joe Rankin-Costello, Tyler Morton, John Buckley, Bradley Dack, Tyrhys Dolan, Ben Brereton Díaz, Sam Gallagher