Birmingham City 2-0 Norwich City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 27 August 2016
Result
Birmingham City 2-0 Norwich City
Championship · Saturday 27 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Birmingham City 2-0 Norwich City: match report
Birmingham City beat Norwich City 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 27 August 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.
David Davis opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Birmingham City's goals came from David Davis (22'), Clayton Donaldson (68', penalty) and Clayton Donaldson (83'). Norwich City did not score.
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 15th on 5 points from 4 and Norwich City 2nd on 8 points from 4. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Norwich City 8th with 70.
Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Norwich City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Clayton Donaldson of Birmingham City (8.7), ahead of Jonathan Grounds (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Birmingham City win, 5 draws and 3 for Norwich City.
Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read L-D-W-D and Norwich City's D-W-D-W.
Key events
- 22'Goal · David Davis
- 68'Penalty goal · Clayton Donaldson
- 83'Goal · Clayton Donaldson
Head-to-head
Team news
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Tomasz Kuszczak, Jonathan Spector, Michael Morrison, Ryan Shotton, Jonathan Grounds, David Davis, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Robert Tesche, Jacques Maghoma, Clayton Donaldson, Ché Adams
Norwich City line-up (4-1-4-1)
Michael McGovern, Steven Whittaker, Ryan Bennett, Timm Klose, Robbie Brady, Alexander Tettey, Sergi Canós, Wesley Hoolahan, Jonathan Howson, Jacob Murphy, Steven Naismith