Manchester City 2-1 Norwich City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 31 October 2015
Result
Manchester City 2-1 Norwich City
Premier League · Saturday 31 October 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Manchester City 2-1 Norwich City: match report
Manchester City beat Norwich City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 October 2015. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Nicolás Otamendi opened the scoring in the 67th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Nicolás Otamendi (67') and Yaya Touré (89', penalty). Norwich City scored through Cameron Jerome (83').
Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Norwich City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 22 points from 10 and Norwich City 16th on 10 points from 10. Manchester City went on to finish that season 5th with 64 points, and Norwich City 19th with 31.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Norwich City in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nicolás Otamendi of Manchester City (8.5), ahead of Yaya Touré (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester City wins, 3 draws and 1 for Norwich City.
Key events
- 34'Yellow card · Kevin De Bruyne
- 67'Goal · Nicolás Otamendi
- 76'Yellow card · Cameron Jerome
- 83'Goal · Cameron Jerome
- 88'Red card · Russell Martin
- 89'Penalty goal · Yaya Touré
- 90'Yellow card · Alexander Tettey
- 90+3'Yellow card · Fernando
- 90+7'Missed penalty · Aleksandar Kolarov
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joe Hart, Bacary Sagna, Vincent Kompany, Nicolás Otamendi, Aleksandar Kolarov, Yaya Touré, Fernandinho, Jesús Navas, Kelechi Iheanacho, Kevin De Bruyne, Wilfried Bony
Norwich City line-up (5-4-1)
John Ruddy, Robbie Brady, Ryan Bennett, Russell Martin, Sebastien Bassong, Martin Olsson, Jonathan Howson, Alexander Tettey, Youssouf Chafiq Mulumbu Ngangu, Matt Jarvis, Cameron Jerome