Norwich City 0-1 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2012
Result
Norwich City 0-1 Chelsea
Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Norwich City 0-1 Chelsea: match report
Norwich City lost to Chelsea 0-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 26 December 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.
The only goal came from Juan Mata of Chelsea in the 38th minute.
Discipline: Norwich City received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Norwich City were 12th on 23 points from 18 and Chelsea 3rd on 32 points from 17. Norwich City went on to finish that season 12th with 43 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 74.
Norwich City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Norwich City wins, 1 draw and 4 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Norwich City's last five read L-D-W-W-D and Chelsea's W-W-L-D-D.
Key events
- 38'Goal · Juan Mata
- 81'Yellow card · Bradley Johnson
- 90+1'Yellow card · Eden Hazard
Head-to-head
Team news
Norwich City expected line-up (4-4-1-1)
Mark Bunn, Javier Garrido, Sebastien Bassong, Steven Whittaker, Michael Turner, Bradley Johnson, Wesley Hoolahan, Alexander Tettey, Anthony Pilkington, Robert Snodgrass, Grant Holt
Chelsea expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, David Luiz, César Azpilicueta, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, Gary Cahill, Juan Mata, Victor Moses, Eden Hazard, Fernando Torres