Norwich City 1-3 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Sunday 5 November 2023

Result

Norwich City 1-3 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Sunday 5 November 2023, 12:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Norwich City 1-3 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Norwich City were beaten by Blackburn Rovers 1-3 in the Championship on Sunday 5 November 2023. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Tyrhys Dolan opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Norwich City's goal came from Gabriel Sara (90+2'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Tyrhys Dolan (8'), Sammie Szmodics (15') and Sammie Szmodics (49').

Discipline: Norwich City received 3 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Norwich City were 17th on 17 points from 14 and Blackburn Rovers 15th on 19 points from 14. Norwich City went on to finish that season 6th with 74 points, and Blackburn Rovers 19th with 53.

Norwich City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sammie Szmodics of Blackburn Rovers (9.2), ahead of Gabriel Sara (8.5).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Tyrhys DolanBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 15'Goal · Sammie SzmodicsBlackburn Rovers · 0-2
  • 24'Yellow card · Onel HernándezNorwich City
  • 25'Yellow card · Jon Dahl TomassonBlackburn Rovers
  • 30'Yellow card · Joe Rankin-CostelloBlackburn Rovers
  • 46'Yellow card · Shane DuffyNorwich City
  • 49'Goal · Sammie SzmodicsBlackburn Rovers · 0-3
  • 54'Red card · Scott WhartonBlackburn Rovers
  • 86'Yellow card · Marcelino NúñezNorwich City
  • 90+2'Goal · Gabriel SaraNorwich City · 1-3
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Lewis TravisBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Norwich City 7, draws 2, Blackburn Rovers 1.

Team news

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

George Long, Jack Stacey, Jaden Warner, Shane Duffy, Dimitrios Giannoulis, Gabriel Sara, Kenny McLean, Jonathan Rowe, Marcelino Núñez, Onel Hernández, Ui-jo Hwang

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-1-4-1)

Leopold Wahlstedt, Joe Rankin-Costello, James Hill, Scott Wharton, Harry Pickering, Callum Brittain, Sondre Tronstad, Adam Wharton, A. Moran, Tyrhys Dolan, Sammie Szmodics