Norwich City 1-2 Huddersfield Town: result and report

Championship · Friday 16 December 2016

Result

Norwich City 1-2 Huddersfield Town

Championship · Friday 16 December 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-2

Norwich City · Huddersfield Town · Championship predictions

Norwich City 1-2 Huddersfield Town: match report

Norwich City were beaten by Huddersfield Town 1-2 in the Championship on Friday 16 December 2016. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Elias Kachunga opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Norwich City's goal came from Jonathan Howson (6'). Huddersfield Town scored through Elias Kachunga (5') and Elias Kachunga (40').

Discipline: Norwich City received 2 yellow cards; Huddersfield Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Norwich City were 8th on 33 points from 21 and Huddersfield Town 9th on 32 points from 21. Norwich City went on to finish that season 8th with 70 points, and Huddersfield Town 5th with 80.

Norwich City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Huddersfield Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Elias Kachunga of Huddersfield Town (8.5), ahead of Robbie Brady (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Norwich City win, 1 draw and 0 for Huddersfield Town.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Elias KachungaHuddersfield Town · 0-1
  • 6'Goal · Jonathan HowsonNorwich City · 1-1
  • 40'Goal · Elias KachungaHuddersfield Town · 1-2
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Ivo PintoNorwich City
  • 51'Yellow card · Graham DorransNorwich City
  • 72'Yellow card · N. WellsHuddersfield Town
  • 87'Yellow card · Aaron MooyHuddersfield Town

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Norwich City 1, draws 1, Huddersfield Town 0.

Team news

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

John Ruddy, Ivo Pinto, Ryan Bennett, Sebastien Bassong, Martin Olsson, Youssouf Chafiq Mulumbu Ngangu, Graham Dorrans, Jacob Murphy, Jonathan Howson, Robbie Brady, Nélson Oliveira

Huddersfield Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

Danny Ward, Tommy Smith, Jon Gorenc Stankovic, Christopher Schindler, Chris Löwe, Jonathan Hogg, Aaron Mooy, Elias Kachunga, Kasey Palmer, Rajiv van La Parra, Nahki Wells