Cardiff City 3-1 Norwich City: result and report
Championship · Friday 1 December 2017
Result
Cardiff City 3-1 Norwich City
Championship · Friday 1 December 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Cardiff City 3-1 Norwich City: match report
Cardiff City won against Norwich City 3-1 in the Championship on Friday 1 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.
M. Stiepermann opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Cardiff City's goals came from J. Ralls (49', penalty), Junior Hoilett (63') and O. Bogle (80'). Norwich City scored through M. Stiepermann (43').
Discipline: Cardiff City received 1 yellow card; Norwich City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 2nd on 40 points from 19 and Norwich City 15th on 24 points from 19. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 4th with 90 points, and Norwich City 14th with 60.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Norwich City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sean Morrison of Cardiff City (8.1), ahead of Junior Hoilett (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Cardiff City wins, 3 draws and 5 for Norwich City.
Key events
- 36'Yellow card · Timm Klose
- 43'Goal · M. Stiepermann
- 49'Penalty goal · J. Ralls
- 54'Yellow card · Lee Tomlin
- 63'Goal · Junior Hoilett
- 77'Yellow card · A. Gunn
- 78'Missed penalty · J. Ralls
- 80'Goal · O. Bogle
Head-to-head
Team news
Cardiff City line-up (4-3-3)
Neil Etheridge, Joe Bennett, Sean Morrison, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Sol Bamba, Joe Ralls, Loïc Damour, Craig Bryson, Daniel Ward, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Junior Hoilett
Norwich City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Angus Gunn, Ivo Pinto, Timm Klose, Marco Stiepermann, Grant Hanley, Harrison Reed, Mario Vrančić, Josh Murphy, Wesley Hoolahan, James Maddison, Nélson Oliveira