Norwich City 2-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 17 August 2024

Result

Norwich City 2-2 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 17 August 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Norwich City · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Norwich City 2-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Norwich City drew with Blackburn Rovers 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 17 August 2024. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Ryan Hedges opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Norwich City's goals came from Josh Sargent (65') and Borja Sainz (73'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Ryan Hedges (20') and Yuki Ohashi (87').

Discipline: Norwich City received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Norwich City went on to finish that season 13th with 57 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 66.

Norwich City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Borja Sainz of Norwich City (7.9), ahead of Ryan Hedges (7.7).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Ryan HedgesBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 27'Yellow card · Jack StaceyNorwich City
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Callum DoyleNorwich City
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Lewis TravisBlackburn Rovers
  • 65'Goal · Josh SargentNorwich City · 1-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Tyrhys DolanBlackburn Rovers
  • 73'Goal · Borja SainzNorwich City · 2-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Hayden CarterBlackburn Rovers
  • 87'Goal · Yuki OhashiBlackburn Rovers · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Norwich City 5, draws 3, Blackburn Rovers 2.

Team news

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

Angus Gunn, Jack Stacey, Shane Duffy, Callum Doyle, Ben Chrisene, Marcelino Núñez, Kenny McLean, Gabe Forsyth, Amankwah Forson, Borja Sainz, Josh Sargent

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Aynsley Pears, Callum Brittain, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Harry Pickering, Sondre Tronstad, Lewis Travis, Joe Rankin-Costello, Tyrhys Dolan, Ryan Hedges, Makhtar Gueye