Norwich City 5-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report
Championship · Saturday 11 February 2017
Result
Norwich City 5-1 Nottingham Forest
Championship · Saturday 11 February 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Norwich City 5-1 Nottingham Forest: match report
Norwich City won against Nottingham Forest 5-1 in the Championship on Saturday 11 February 2017. It was 3-0 at half-time.
Jonathan Howson opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Norwich City's goals came from Jonathan Howson (10'), Josh Murphy (16'), Wesley Hoolahan (18'), Alex Pritchard (61') and Alex Pritchard (89'). Nottingham Forest scored through Ross McCormack (75').
Discipline: Norwich City received 2 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Norwich City were 7th on 47 points from 30 and Nottingham Forest 16th on 36 points from 30. Norwich City went on to finish that season 8th with 70 points, and Nottingham Forest 21st with 51.
Norwich City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Wesley Hoolahan of Norwich City (8.2), ahead of Jonathan Howson (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Norwich City wins, 1 draw and 2 for Nottingham Forest.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Jonathan Howson
- 16'Goal · Josh Murphy
- 18'Goal · Wesley Hoolahan
- 45+2'Yellow card · Eric Lichaj
- 50'Yellow card · Jack Hobbs
- 57'Yellow card · A. Tshibola
- 61'Goal · Alex Pritchard
- 70'Second yellow · Eric Lichaj
- 73'Yellow card · Steven Whittaker
- 73'Yellow card · Steven Whittaker
- 75'Goal · Ross McCormack
- 89'Goal · Alex Pritchard
Head-to-head
Team news
Norwich City line-up (4-2-3-1)
John Ruddy, Ivo Pinto, Russell Martin, Timm Klose, Mitchell Dijks, Jonathan Howson, Youssouf Chafiq Mulumbu Ngangu, Josh Murphy, Alex Pritchard, Wesley Hoolahan, Nélson Oliveira
Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)
Stephen Henderson, Eric Lichaj, Jack Hobbs, Danny Fox, Dani Pinillos, Aaron Tshibola, David Vaughan, Jamie Ward, Zach Clough, Ben Osborn, Britt Assombalonga