Cardiff City 1-2 Norwich City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 16 January 2021

Result

Cardiff City 1-2 Norwich City

Championship · Saturday 16 January 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Cardiff City 1-2 Norwich City: match report

Cardiff City lost to Norwich City 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 16 January 2021. The half-time score was 0-2.

Grant Hanley opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Cardiff City's goal came from J. Ralls (65'). Norwich City scored through Grant Hanley (3') and Todd Cantwell (22').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Norwich City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 15th on 29 points from 22 and Norwich City 1st on 47 points from 23. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 8th with 68 points, and Norwich City 1st with 97.

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 Todd Cantwell of Norwich City (8.3), ahead of Grant Hanley (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Cardiff City wins, 2 draws and 5 for Norwich City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Grant HanleyNorwich City · 0-1
  • 22'Goal · Todd CantwellNorwich City · 0-2
  • 34'Yellow card · L. BacunaCardiff City
  • 54'Yellow card · Marlon PackCardiff City
  • 57'Yellow card · Junior HoilettCardiff City
  • 65'Goal · J. RallsCardiff City · 1-2
  • 70'Second yellow · Marlon PackCardiff City
  • 89'Yellow card · Harry WilsonCardiff City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 3, draws 2, Norwich City 5.

Team news

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Cardiff City line-up (4-3-3)

Alex Smithies, Leandro Bacuna, Curtis Nelson, Joe Bennett, Joel Bagan, Will Vaulks, Marlon Pack, Joe Ralls, Harry Wilson, Robert Glatzel, Junior Hoilett

Norwich City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Daniel Barden, Max Aarons, Grant Hanley, Ben Gibson, Jacob Lungi Sørensen, Oliver Skipp, Kenny McLean, Emiliano Buendía, Mario Vrančić, Todd Cantwell, Jordan Hugill