Norwich City 4-2 Cardiff City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 3 May 2025
Result
Norwich City 4-2 Cardiff City
Championship · Saturday 3 May 2025, 11:30 UTC · half-time 3-0
Norwich City 4-2 Cardiff City: match report
Norwich City beat Cardiff City 4-2 in the Championship on Saturday 3 May 2025. The half-time score was 3-0.
Marcelino Núñez opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Norwich City's goals came from Marcelino Núñez (13'), Marcelino Núñez (17'), Borja Sainz (23') and Shane Duffy (67'). Cardiff City scored through Yousef Salech (56', penalty) and Yousef Salech (84').
Discipline: Norwich City received 3 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Norwich City were 14th on 54 points from 45 and Cardiff City 24th on 44 points from 45. Norwich City went on to finish that season 13th with 57 points, and Cardiff City 24th with 44.
Norwich City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marcelino Núñez of Norwich City (9.7), ahead of Yousef Salech (9.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Norwich City wins, 0 draws and 4 for Cardiff City.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Joe Ralls
- 13'Goal · Marcelino Núñez
- 16'Red card · Calum Chambers
- 17'Goal · Marcelino Núñez
- 23'Goal · Borja Sainz
- 36'Yellow card · Jacob Wright
- 42'Yellow card · Jack Stacey
- 56'Penalty goal · Yousef Salech
- 64'Yellow card · Joel Bagan
- 67'Goal · Shane Duffy
- 73'Yellow card · Callum Doyle
- 84'Goal · Yousef Salech
Head-to-head
Team news
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Norwich City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Angus Gunn, Ruairi McConville, Shane Duffy, Callum Doyle, Kenny McLean, Jack Stacey, Jacob Wright, Amankwah Forson, Marcelino Núñez, Borja Sainz, Josh Sargent
Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ethan Horvath, Ronan Kpakio, Will Fish, Calum Chambers, Callum O'Dowda, David Turnbull, Joe Ralls, Cian Ashford, Alex Robertson, William Thomas Alves, Yousef Salech