Norwich City 2-0 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 19 December 2020

Result

Norwich City 2-0 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 19 December 2020, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Norwich City 2-0 Cardiff City: match report

Norwich City defeated Cardiff City 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 19 December 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.

E. Buendía opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Norwich City's goals came from E. Buendía (27') and Todd Cantwell (70'). Cardiff City did not score.

Discipline: Norwich City received no yellow cards; Cardiff City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Norwich City were 1st on 40 points from 19 and Cardiff City 10th on 29 points from 19. Norwich City went on to finish that season 1st with 97 points, and Cardiff City 8th with 68.

Norwich City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Emiliano Buendía of Norwich City (9.0), ahead of Todd Cantwell (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Norwich City wins, 2 draws and 4 for Cardiff City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · E. BuendíaNorwich City · 1-0
  • 54'Yellow card · C. NelsonCardiff City
  • 57'Yellow card · S. OjoCardiff City
  • 70'Goal · Todd CantwellNorwich City · 2-0
  • 82'Yellow card · L. BacunaCardiff City
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Harry WilsonCardiff City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Norwich City 4, draws 2, Cardiff City 4.

Team news

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

Michael McGovern, Max Aarons, Christoph Zimmermann, Grant Hanley, Jacob Lungi Sørensen, Oliver Skipp, Kenny McLean, Emiliano Buendía, Mario Vrančić, Todd Cantwell, Teemu Pukki

Cardiff City line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Smithies, Leandro Bacuna, Sean Morrison, Curtis Nelson, G. Cunningham, Harry Wilson, Marlon Pack, Will Vaulks, Sheyi Ojo, Robert Glatzel, Joe Ralls