Norwich City 5-0 Brentford: result and report

Championship · Saturday 3 December 2016

Result

Norwich City 5-0 Brentford

Championship · Saturday 3 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Norwich City · Brentford · Championship predictions

Norwich City 5-0 Brentford: match report

Norwich City defeated Brentford 5-0 in the Championship on Saturday 3 December 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Jacob Murphy opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Norwich City's goals came from Jacob Murphy (6'), Graham Dorrans (16'), Robbie Brady (59'), Nélson Oliveira (79') and Alex Pritchard (88'). Brentford did not score.

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

Going into the game Norwich City were 7th on 27 points from 18 and Brentford 15th on 22 points from 18. Norwich City went on to finish that season 8th with 70 points, and Brentford 10th with 64.

Norwich City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brentford in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Robbie Brady of Norwich City (9.2), ahead of Alex Pritchard (8.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Norwich City win, 0 draws and 1 for Brentford.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Jacob MurphyNorwich City · 1-0
  • 16'Missed penalty · Graham DorransNorwich City
  • 16'Goal · Graham DorransNorwich City · 2-0
  • 44'Yellow card · S. NaismithNorwich City
  • 59'Goal · Robbie BradyNorwich City · 3-0
  • 79'Goal · Nélson OliveiraNorwich City · 4-0
  • 88'Goal · Alex PritchardNorwich City · 5-0

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Norwich City 1, draws 0, Brentford 1.

Team news

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

John Ruddy, Ivo Pinto, Ryan Bennett, Sebastien Bassong, Robbie Brady, Jonathan Howson, Graham Dorrans, Jacob Murphy, Alex Pritchard, Steven Naismith, Nélson Oliveira

Brentford line-up (4-2-3-1)

Daniel Bentley, Maxime Colin, Harlee Dean, John Egan, Yoann Barbet, Nico Yennaris, Ryan Woods, Josh Clarke, R. Sawyers, Lasse Vibe, Scott Hogan