Swansea City 3-4 Norwich City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 8 December 2012
Result
Swansea City 3-4 Norwich City
Premier League · Saturday 8 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-3
Swansea City 3-4 Norwich City: match report
Swansea City lost to Norwich City 3-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 December 2012. The half-time score was 0-3.
Steven Whittaker opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Swansea City's goals came from Michu (51'), Jonathan de Guzmán (59') and Michu (90+2'). Norwich City scored through Steven Whittaker (16'), Sebastien Bassong (40'), Grant Holt (44') and Robert Snodgrass (77').
Discipline: Swansea City received 2 yellow cards; Norwich City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Swansea City were 7th on 23 points from 15 and Norwich City 12th on 19 points from 15. Swansea City went on to finish that season 9th with 45 points, and Norwich City 12th with 43.
Swansea City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Norwich City in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Swansea City wins, 0 draws and 2 for Norwich City.
Going into the match Swansea City's last five read W-W-D-W-D and Norwich City's W-D-D-W-D.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Steven Whittaker
- 40'Goal · Sebastien Bassong
- 44'Goal · Grant Holt
- 45'Yellow card · Russell Martin
- 51'Goal · Michu
- 59'Goal · Jonathan de Guzmán
- 75'Yellow card · Ashley Williams
- 77'Goal · Robert Snodgrass
- 89'Yellow card · Àngel Rangel
- 90+2'Goal · Michu
Head-to-head
Team news
Swansea City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gerhard Tremmel, Àngel Rangel, Chico Flores, Ashley Williams, Ben Davies, Jonathan de Guzmán, Nathan Dyer, Miguel Pérez Cuesta, Wayne Routledge, Sung-yueng Ki, Danny Graham
Norwich City line-up (4-4-1-1)
Steven Whittaker, Russell Martin, Sebastien Bassong, Javier Garrido, Robert Snodgrass, Jonathan Howson, Bradley Johnson, Anthony Pilkington, Wesley Hoolahan, Mark Bunn, Grant Holt