Norwich City 2-2 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 2 April 2016
Result
Norwich City 2-2 Newcastle United
Premier League · Saturday 2 April 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Norwich City 2-2 Newcastle United: match report
Norwich City drew with Newcastle United 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 April 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Timm Klose opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Norwich City's goals came from Timm Klose (45+2'), Dieumerci Mbokani (74') and Martin Olsson (90+3'). Newcastle United scored through Aleksandar Mitrović (71') and Aleksandar Mitrović (86', penalty).
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Norwich City were 17th on 27 points from 31 and Newcastle United 19th on 24 points from 30. Norwich City went on to finish that season 19th with 31 points, and Newcastle United 18th with 37.
Norwich City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Newcastle United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Aleksandar Mitrović of Newcastle United (8.7), ahead of Dieumerci Mbokani (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Norwich City wins, 3 draws and 4 for Newcastle United.
Key events
- 45+2'Goal · Timm Klose
- 71'Goal · Aleksandar Mitrović
- 74'Goal · Dieumerci Mbokani
- 86'Penalty goal · Aleksandar Mitrović
- 90+3'Goal · Martin Olsson
Head-to-head
Team news
Norwich City line-up (4-4-1-1)
John Ruddy, Andre Wisdom, Ryan Bennett, Timm Klose, Martin Olsson, Matt Jarvis, Jonathan Howson, Gary O'Neil, Robbie Brady, Steven Naismith, Dieumerci Mbokani
Newcastle United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Karl Darlow, Daryl Janmaat, Steven Taylor, Chancel Mbemba, Vurnon Anita, Jonjo Shelvey, Cheik Tiote, Andros Townsend, Georginio Wijnaldum, Moussa Sissoko, Papiss Demba Cissé