Sheffield Wednesday 5-1 Norwich City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 4 March 2017
Result
Sheffield Wednesday 5-1 Norwich City
Championship · Saturday 4 March 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-1
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Sheffield Wednesday 5-1 Norwich City: match report
Sheffield Wednesday defeated Norwich City 5-1 in the Championship on Saturday 4 March 2017. It was 3-1 at half-time.
Ross Wallace opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Sheffield Wednesday's goals came from Ross Wallace (15'), Jordan Rhodes (22'), M. Fox (41'), Jordan Rhodes (54') and F. Forestieri (66'). Norwich City scored through Cameron Jerome (38').
Discipline: Sheffield Wednesday received no yellow cards; Norwich City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield Wednesday were 6th on 58 points from 34 and Norwich City 8th on 52 points from 34. Sheffield Wednesday went on to finish that season 4th with 83 points, and Norwich City 8th with 70.
Sheffield Wednesday lined up in a 4-4-2 and Norwich City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Fernando Forestieri of Sheffield Wednesday (9.0), ahead of J. Rhodes (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Sheffield Wednesday wins, 2 draws and 1 for Norwich City.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Ross Wallace
- 22'Goal · Jordan Rhodes
- 38'Goal · Cameron Jerome
- 41'Goal · M. Fox
- 46'Yellow card · Timm Klose
- 54'Goal · Jordan Rhodes
- 56'Yellow card · S. Naismith
- 66'Goal · F. Forestieri
- 90'Yellow card · Cameron Jerome
Head-to-head
Team news
Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-4-2)
Keiren Westwood, Jack Hunt, Vincent Sasso, Glenn Loovens, Morgan Fox, Ross Wallace, Sam Hutchinson, Barry Bannan, Fernando Forestieri, J. Rhodes, Sam Winnall
Norwich City line-up (4-2-3-1)
John Ruddy, Ivo Pinto, Russell Martin, Timm Klose, Mitchell Dijks, Alexander Tettey, Jonathan Howson, Jacob Murphy, Wesley Hoolahan, Steven Naismith, Cameron Jerome