Norwich City 3-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 21 February 2023

Result

Norwich City 3-1 Birmingham City

Championship · Tuesday 21 February 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Norwich City 3-1 Birmingham City: match report

Norwich City beat Birmingham City 3-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 21 February 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.

M. Nuñez opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Norwich City's goals came from M. Nuñez (27'), M. Nuñez (36') and C. Tzolis (90+4'). Birmingham City scored through Maxime Colin (53').

Discipline: Norwich City received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Norwich City were 9th on 46 points from 32 and Birmingham City 18th on 38 points from 32. Norwich City went on to finish that season 13th with 62 points, and Birmingham City 17th with 53.

Norwich City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Marcelino Núñez of Norwich City (8.8), ahead of Christos Tzolis (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Norwich City wins, 2 draws and 1 for Birmingham City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · A. ChangBirmingham City
  • 16'Yellow card · Kenny McLeanNorwich City
  • 27'Goal · M. NuñezNorwich City · 1-0
  • 36'Goal · M. NuñezNorwich City · 2-0
  • 45'Yellow card · J. BacunaBirmingham City
  • 53'Goal · Maxime ColinBirmingham City · 2-1
  • 90+4'Goal · C. TzolisNorwich City · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Norwich City 7, draws 2, Birmingham City 1.

Team news

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

Angus Gunn, Max Aarons, Grant Hanley, Ben Gibson, Dimitrios Giannoulis, Marcelino Núñez, Kenny McLean, Gabriel Sara, Kieran Dowell, Adam Idah, Onel Hernández

Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)

John Ruddy, Maxime Colin, Kevin Long, Auston Trusty, Emmanuel Longelo, George Hall, Alfie Chang, Juninho Bacuna, Tahith Chong, Hannibal, Scott Hogan