Blackburn Rovers FC vs Norwich City FC, Championship 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2022-23

Blackburn Rovers FC

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Norwich City FC

Fri 7 Apr 2023 · 14:00 UTC Ewood Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 34' Ben Gibson

Sam Gallagher 59' Y

Y 59' Andrew Omobamidele

Overview

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Blackburn Rovers FC vs Norwich City FC — Championship at Ewood Park.

Blackburn Rovers FC 8 games · 9 pts (2026/27)
Norwich City FC 8 games · 9 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Swansea City AFC	8	17
2	West Ham United FC	8	15
3	Middlesbrough FC	8	15
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	7	14
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	8	14
6	Queens Park Rangers FC	8	13
7	Stoke City FC	8	13
8	Bristol City FC	8	13
9	Charlton Athletic FC	8	12
10	Birmingham City FC	8	11
11	Millwall FC	8	11
12	Lincoln City FC	8	11
13	Southampton FC	8	10
14	Wrexham AFC	8	10
15	Bolton Wanderers FC	8	10
16	Blackburn Rovers FC	8	9
17	Norwich City FC	8	9
18	Sheffield United FC	8	9
19	Portsmouth FC	7	8
20	Watford FC	8	8
21	Cardiff City FC	8	7
22	Derby County FC	8	5
23	Preston North End FC	8	4
24	Burnley FC	8	4

Head-to-Head

Blackburn Rovers FC 13 games · Avg 2.3 goals Norwich City FC

Last 5 meetings

2023-04-07 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–2 Norwich City FC 2023-01-08 Norwich City FC 0–1 Blackburn Rovers FC 2022-12-17 Norwich City FC 0–2 Blackburn Rovers FC 2021-03-20 Norwich City FC 1–1 Blackburn Rovers FC 2020-12-12 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–2 Norwich City FC

Recent Form

Blackburn Rovers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Apr	Norwich City FC	H	0–2	L
01 Apr	Birmingham City FC	A	0–1	L
19 Mar	Sheffield United FC	A	2–3	L
15 Mar	Reading FC	H	2–1	W
10 Mar	Stoke City FC	A	2–3	L
04 Mar	Sheffield United FC	H	1–0	W

Norwich City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Apr	Blackburn Rovers FC	A	2–0	W
01 Apr	Sheffield United FC	H	0–1	L
18 Mar	Stoke City FC	A	0–0	D
15 Mar	Huddersfield Town AFC	A	1–1	D
12 Mar	Sunderland AFC	H	0–1	L
04 Mar	Millwall FC	A	3–2	W

Season Stats

Blackburn Rovers FC		Norwich City FC
#16	Position	#17
9	Points	9
8	Played	8
2 / 3 / 3	W / D / L	3 / 0 / 5
12	Scored	16
12	Conceded	17
+0	GD	-1
1.13	PPG	1.13
25%	Win %	38%

Key Stats

54% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)

31% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

13% Clean Sheets
Blackburn Rovers FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Norwich City FC this season

Blackburn Rovers FC are 16th (9 pts). Norwich City FC are 17th (9 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Blackburn Rovers FC

0-15

1/3

16-30

2/2

31-45

1/2

46-60

6/2

61-75

–/2

76+

1/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Norwich City FC

0-15

5/4

16-30

3/3

31-45

2/2

46-60

–/2

61-75

5/3

76+

1/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Blackburn Rovers FC

Oladapo Afolayan	3 G	2 A
Andri Gudjohnsen	3 G	1 A
Sean McLoughlin	1 G

Norwich City FC

Mohamed Toure	5 G
Andre Brooks	2 G	2 A
Mathias Kvistgaarden	2 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Blackburn Rovers FC host Norwich City FC — let the battle begin!
5' The travelling Norwich City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
10' Joe Rankin-Costello has been relatively quiet despite scoring 9 goals in his last 387 appearances.
11' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Liam Gibbs makes it 0-1.
16' Norwich City FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
21' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Norwich City FC that had 373 games and scored 468 goals.
26' Blackburn Rovers FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
31' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
34' Norwich City FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 34.
39' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
42' Norwich City FC ring the changes. Grant Hanley has done his job and it is now time for Andrew Omobamidele to step up.
47' With 0 assists to his name this season, Tyler Morton is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Norwich City FC.
52' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
55' Gabriel Sara does the damage! The net is bulging and Norwich City FC surge ahead!
59' Blackburn Rovers FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
64' A tactical swap from Blackburn Rovers FC — Sorba Thomas on, Ryan Hedges off on 64 minutes.
69' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
73' A change in the Blackburn Rovers FC ranks — Tyler Morton exits the field as Adam Wharton enters on 73.
78' Aynsley Pears is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Norwich City FC tonight.
82' Sam McCallum is replacing Onel Hernandez for the Norwich City FC side.
83' Fresh legs for Blackburn Rovers FC! Tyrhys Dolan comes on to replace Lewis Travis.
88' The home supporters are growing impatient. Blackburn Rovers FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
With this win, Norwich City FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups

Starting XI

13
Aynsley Pears
9
Sam Gallagher
19
Ryan Hedges ↓ Sorba Thomas 64'
27
Lewis Travis ↓ Tyrhys Dolan 83'
11
Joe Rankin-Costello ↓ Callum Brittain 73'
22
Ben Brereton
8
Samuel Szmodics
5
Dominic Hyam
3
Harry Pickering
17
Hayden Carter
6
Tyler Morton ↓ Adam Wharton 73'

Bench

2
Callum Brittain ↑ 73'
14
Sorba Thomas ↑ 64'
16
Scott Wharton
1
Thomas Kaminski
10
Tyrhys Dolan ↑ 83'
30
Jake Garrett
4
Adam Wharton ↑ 73'

Coach Jon Dahl Tomasson

Norwich City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

1
Tim Krul
22
Teemu Pukki ↑ 64'
15
Sam McCallum ↑ 82'
11
Adam Idah ↑ 83'
18
Christos Tzolis
4
Andrew Omobamidele ↑ 42'
47
Abu Kamara

Coach David Wagner

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Teemu Pukki	3
Sam Gallagher	2
Tyrhys Dolan	2
Gabriel Sara	2
Samuel Szmodics	2
Marcelino Nunez	1
Lewis Travis	1
Dominic Hyam	1

Head to Head

Blackburn Rovers FC Form

2023-04-07 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–2 Norwich City FC L 2023-04-01 Birmingham City FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2023-03-19 Sheffield United FC 3–2 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2023-03-15 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–1 Reading FC W 2023-03-10 Stoke City FC 3–2 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2023-03-04 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–0 Sheffield United FC W

Norwich City FC Form

2023-04-07 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–2 Norwich City FC W 2023-04-01 Norwich City FC 0–1 Sheffield United FC L 2023-03-18 Stoke City FC 0–0 Norwich City FC D 2023-03-15 Huddersfield Town AFC 1–1 Norwich City FC D 2023-03-12 Norwich City FC 0–1 Sunderland AFC L 2023-03-04 Millwall FC 2–3 Norwich City FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

0 / 4

1.68 Blackburn Rovers FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.62 Norwich City FC xG

I would bet for: Blackburn Rovers FC or Norwich City FC 74% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Blackburn Rovers FC38% Draw26% Norwich City FC36%

Actual: Norwich City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.3

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	63%	37%
± 3.5	42%	58%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

Blackburn Rovers FC or Draw

65%

Draw or Norwich City FC

62%

Blackburn Rovers FC or Norwich City FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Blackburn Rovers FC30% Draw42% Norwich City FC28%

Actual: Norwich City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.9%

2 – 1

8.1%

1 – 2

7.8%

2 – 2

6.5%

1 – 0

5.5%

0 – 1

5.3%

0 – 0

5.2%

2 – 0

5.2%

0 – 2

Actual

3 – 1

4.5%

1 – 3

4.2%

3 – 2

3.7%

Asian Handicap — Blackburn Rovers FC

Handicap	Blackburn Rovers FC covers	Push	Norwich City FC covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	12%	80%
-1.5	20%	—	80%
-1	20%	18%	61%
-0.5	39%	—	61%
+0.5	64%	—	36%
+1	64%	18%	18%
+1.5	82%	—	18%
+2	82%	11%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Norwich City FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.