English League Championship

Norwich City vs Birmingham 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season

  • 67': Kenny McLean
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1 - 2
  • 5': Carlos Vicente
  • 14': Marvin Ducksch

Introduction

Norwich City are hosting Birmingham City at Carrow Road, Norwich, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 5': Goal! Norwich City 0, Birmingham City 1. Carlos Vicente (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bright Osayi-Samuel.
  • 14': Goal! Norwich City 0, Birmingham City 2. Marvin Ducksch (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by August Priske.
  • 39': Christoph Klarer (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  • 45': Substitution, Norwich City. Paris Maghoma replaces Liam Gibbs.
  • 63': Substitution, Birmingham City. Ibrahim Osman replaces Demarai Gray.
  • 67': Goal! Norwich City 1, Birmingham City 2. Kenny McLean (Norwich City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Mohamed Touré.
  • 71': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jay Stansfield replaces Marvin Ducksch.
  • 71': Substitution, Birmingham City. Patrick Roberts replaces Carlos Vicente.
  • 71': Substitution, Norwich City. Mathias Kvistgaarden replaces Mohamed Touré.
  • 78': Substitution, Birmingham City. Tommy Doyle replaces August Priske because of an injury.
  • 79': Substitution, Birmingham City. Ethan Laird replaces Bright Osayi-Samuel.
  • 84': Substitution, Norwich City. Jack Stacey replaces Ben Chrisene.
  • 90': Substitution, Norwich City. Tony Springett replaces Ali Ahmed.
  • 90': Substitution, Norwich City. Harry Darling replaces José Córdoba.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Norwich City 1, Birmingham City 2.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Carrow Road
Location: Norwich, England
Attendance: 26,537

English League Championship Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+32 Coventry City 33 65 6
+17 Middlesbrough 33 62 7
+2 Millwall 33 56 9
+20 Ipswich Town 31 54 7
Full Table

Statistics

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14 Fouls 6
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 4
5 Corner Kicks 6
8 Saves 3
38.4 Possession 61.6
9 SHOTS 18
5 ON GOAL 9
0.6 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
228 Accurate Passes 399
312 Passes 501
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
4 Accurate Crosses 5
13 Crosses 20
0.3 Cross % 0.3
65 Long Balls 60
22 Accurate Long Balls 25
0.3 Long Balls % 0.4
2 Blocked Shots 4
10 Effective Tackles 8
18 Tackles 14
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
9 Interceptions 7
35 Effective Clearances 9
35 Clearances 9

Line-Ups

NOR Norwich City (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Vladan Kovacevic (GK)
33 José Córdoba
15 Ruairi McConville
14 Benjamin Chrisene
35 Kellen Fisher
20 Anis Ben Slimane
26 Sam Field
23 Kenny McLean
37 Mohamed Toure
21 Ali Ahmed
8 Liam Gibbs

BIR Birmingham City (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
25 James Beadle (GK)
37 Jonathan Panzo
4 Christoph Klarer Yellow Card
31 Kai Wagner
26 Bright Osayi-Samuel
33 Marvin Ducksch
14 Jhon Solís
24 Tomoki Iwata
29 August Priske
10 Demarai Gray
23 Carlos Vicente

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