Norwich City 3-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report
Championship · Saturday 21 January 2017
Result
Norwich City 3-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Championship · Saturday 21 January 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Norwich City 3-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report
Norwich City defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 21 January 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
S. Naismith opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Norwich City's goals came from S. Naismith (13'), Robbie Brady (75', penalty) and Jonathan Howson (90+1'). Wolverhampton Wanderers scored through Hélder Costa (57', penalty).
Discipline: Norwich City received 1 yellow card; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Norwich City were 10th on 37 points from 26 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 17th on 32 points from 26. Norwich City went on to finish that season 8th with 70 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 14th with 58.
Norwich City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jonathan Howson of Norwich City (8.3), ahead of Wesley Hoolahan (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Norwich City wins, 3 draws and 3 for Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Key events
- 13'Goal · S. Naismith
- 57'Penalty goal · Hélder Costa
- 70'Yellow card · D. Edwards
- 72'Red card · Carl Ikeme
- 73'Yellow card · Wesley Hoolahan
- 74'Yellow card · Matt Doherty
- 75'Penalty goal · Robbie Brady
- 90+1'Goal · Jonathan Howson
Head-to-head
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Norwich City line-up (4-2-3-1)
John Ruddy, Ivo Pinto, Russell Martin, Timm Klose, Robbie Brady, Alexander Tettey, Jonathan Howson, Jacob Murphy, Wesley Hoolahan, Steven Naismith, Cameron Jerome
Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carl Ikeme, Dominic Iorfa, Danny Batth, Richard Stearman, Matt Doherty, Dave Edwards, Jack Price, Hélder Costa, Joe Mason, Ivan Cavaleiro, J. Böðvarsson