Norwich City 3-1 Burton Albion: result and report
Championship · Saturday 24 September 2016
Result
Norwich City 3-1 Burton Albion
Championship · Saturday 24 September 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Norwich City 3-1 Burton Albion: match report
Norwich City beat Burton Albion 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 24 September 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.
Martin Olsson opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Norwich City's goals came from Martin Olsson (29'), Jacob Murphy (47') and Ivo Pinto (89'). Burton Albion scored through L. Akins (46').
Discipline: Norwich City received 2 yellow cards; Burton Albion received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Norwich City were 1st on 17 points from 8 and Burton Albion 14th on 10 points from 8. Norwich City went on to finish that season 8th with 70 points, and Burton Albion 18th with 53.
Norwich City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Burton Albion in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ivo Pinto of Norwich City (8.5), ahead of Martin Olsson (7.7).
Going into the match Norwich City's last five read W-W-W-L-D and Burton Albion's L-D-D-W-D.
Key events
- 29'Goal · Martin Olsson
- 33'Yellow card · Tom Naylor
- 46'Goal · L. Akins
- 47'Goal · Jacob Murphy
- 50'Yellow card · Jamie Ward
- 62'Yellow card · Martin Olsson
- 63'Yellow card · Tom Flanagan
- 76'Second yellow · Tom Flanagan
- 77'Missed penalty · Robbie Brady
- 83'Yellow card · Wesley Hoolahan
- 89'Goal · Ivo Pinto
Team news
Norwich City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Michael McGovern, Ivo Pinto, Russell Martin, Timm Klose, Martin Olsson, Jonathan Howson, Graham Dorrans, Jacob Murphy, Wesley Hoolahan, Robbie Brady, Cameron Jerome
Burton Albion line-up (3-5-2)
Jon McLaughlin, John Mousinho, Tom Naylor, John Brayford, Lucas Akins, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Matt Palmer, Jackson Irvine, Lloyd Dyer, Stuart Beavon, Jamie Ward