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

73': Anis Ben Slimane
78': Mohamed Toure

FT
2 - 0

Introduction

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

Match Commentary

45': Second Half begins Norwich City 0, Blackburn Rovers 0.
51': Substitution, Norwich City. Mohamed Touré replaces Jovon Makama because of an injury.
62': Substitution, Norwich City. Sam Field replaces Jacob Wright.
62': Substitution, Norwich City. Oscar Schwartau replaces Tony Springett.
65': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Oladapo Afolayan replaces Ryoya Morishita.
66': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Connor O'Riordan replaces Hayden Carter.
73': Goal! Norwich City 1, Blackburn Rovers 0. Anis Ben Slimane (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
74': Anis Ben Slimane (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
76': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Andri Gudjohnsen replaces Lewis Miller.
77': Substitution, Norwich City. Jack Stacey replaces Ali Ahmed.
77': Substitution, Norwich City. Mathias Kvistgaarden replaces Anis Ben Slimane.
78': Goal! Norwich City 2, Blackburn Rovers 0. Mohamed Touré (Norwich City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
83': Sam Field (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
85': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Mathias Jørgensen replaces Yuki Ohashi.
88': Eiran Cashin (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
88': Todd Cantwell (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Carrow Road
Location: Norwich, England
Attendance: 25,628

English League Championship Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+28	Coventry City	31	59	6
+18	Middlesbrough	30	58	6
+22	Ipswich Town	30	54	6
+7	Hull City	31	54	9

Full Table

Statistics

BLK		NOR
11	Fouls	12
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	2
4	Corner Kicks	5
1	Saves	0
44.6	Possession	55.4
6	SHOTS	12
0	ON GOAL	3
0.0	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
271	Accurate Passes	349
351	Passes	441
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	6
19	Crosses	17
0.2	Cross %	0.4
56	Long Balls	40
26	Accurate Long Balls	15
0.5	Long Balls %	0.4
2	Blocked Shots	4
17	Effective Tackles	17
20	Tackles	27
0.9	Tackle %	0.6
15	Interceptions	8
24	Effective Clearances	30
24	Clearances	30

Line-Ups

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
23	Kenny McLean
16	Jacob Wright
24	Jovon Makama
21	Ali Ahmed
42	Tony Springett

Substitutes:

Harry Darling, Sam Field, Oscar Schwartau, Mohamed Toure, Daniel Grimshaw, Liam Gibbs, Mathias Kvistgaarden, Jack Stacey, Errol Mundle-Smith.

Blackburn Rovers (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
22	Balazs Toth (GK)
15	Sean McLoughlin
17	Hayden Carter
20	Eiran Cashin
12	Lewis Miller
10	Todd Cantwell
6	Sondre Tronstad
24	Moussa Baradji
23	Yuki Ohashi
25	Ryoya Morishita
2	Ryan Alebiousu

Substitutes:

Harry Pickering, Connor O'Riordan, Kristi Montgomery, Dion De Neve, Nicholas Michalski, Taylor Gardner-Hickman, Andri Gudjohnsen, Oladapo Afolayan, Mathias Jørgensen.