Norwich City 3-2 Cardiff City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 10 September 2016
Result
Norwich City 3-2 Cardiff City
Championship · Saturday 10 September 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Norwich City 3-2 Cardiff City: match report
Norwich City won against Cardiff City 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 10 September 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Cameron Jerome opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Norwich City's goals came from Cameron Jerome (16'), Jonathan Howson (59') and Josh Murphy (90'). Cardiff City scored through Alberto Suárez (86') and Alberto Suárez (90+4').
Discipline: Norwich City received 2 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Norwich City were 9th on 8 points from 5 and Cardiff City 16th on 7 points from 5. Norwich City went on to finish that season 8th with 70 points, and Cardiff City 11th with 64.
Norwich City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lee Peltier of Cardiff City (8.3), level with Anthony Pilkington (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Norwich City wins, 3 draws and 3 for Cardiff City.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Cameron Jerome
- 45+4'Yellow card · Matthew Connolly
- 50'Yellow card · Timm Klose
- 55'Yellow card · Alexander Tettey
- 59'Goal · Jonathan Howson
- 86'Goal · Alberto Suárez
- 90'Goal · Josh Murphy
- 90+2'Yellow card · Alberto Suárez
- 90+4'Goal · Alberto Suárez
Head-to-head
Team news
Norwich City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Michael McGovern, Ivo Pinto, Russell Martin, Timm Klose, Robbie Brady, Graham Dorrans, Alexander Tettey, Jonathan Howson, Wesley Hoolahan, Jacob Murphy, Cameron Jerome
Cardiff City line-up (3-4-1-2)
Ben Wilson, Lee Peltier, Sean Morrison, Matthew Connolly, Jazz Richards, Aron Gunnarsson, Joe Ralls, Declan John, Lex Immers, Anthony Pilkington, Rickie Lambert