Blackburn Rovers FC vs Norwich City FC, Championship 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2024-25

Blackburn Rovers FC

1 – 1

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Norwich City FC

Sat 1 Mar 2025 · 12:30 UTC Ewood Park 12,240 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 90' Ante Crnac

Andreas Weimann 90+7' 1–1

Y 22' Kellen Fisher

Emmanuel Dennis 67' Y

Emmanuel Dennis 85' YR

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)

Match Details

Referee Leigh Doughty
Assistant 1 Nigel Lugg
Assistant 2 Gregory Read (England)

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

2025-03-01 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Norwich City FC 2024-08-17 Norwich City FC 2–2 Blackburn Rovers FC 2024-02-24 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Norwich City FC 2023-11-05 Norwich City FC 1–3 Blackburn Rovers FC 2023-04-07 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–2 Norwich City FC

Recent Form

Blackburn Rovers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Mar	Norwich City FC	H	1–1	D
22 Feb	Swansea City AFC	A	0–3	L
15 Feb	Plymouth Argyle FC	H	2–0	W
12 Feb	West Bromwich Albion FC	A	2–0	W
09 Feb	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	H	0–2	L
04 Feb	Queens Park Rangers FC	A	1–2	L

Norwich City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Mar	Blackburn Rovers FC	A	1–1	D
22 Feb	Stoke City FC	H	4–2	W
15 Feb	Hull City AFC	A	1–1	D
11 Feb	Preston North End FC	H	0–1	L
08 Feb	Derby County FC	H	1–1	D
01 Feb	Watford FC	A	1–0	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' Blackburn Rovers FC have kicked off against Norwich City FC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' It looks surprising Blackburn Rovers FC does not make any changes. Borja Sainz has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
10' Anis Ben Slimane is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Blackburn Rovers FC tonight.
15' It is a cagey affair so far. Blackburn Rovers FC in their 4-2-3-1 trying to find a way past Norwich City FC's compact 4-3-3.
20' Blackburn Rovers FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Norwich City FC backline.
22' Kellen Fisher catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 22.
27' Norwich City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
32' Emiliano Marcondes has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
34' Time for substitution for Norwich City FC. Lewis Dobbin is replaced by Ante Crnac.
39' Blackburn Rovers FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
44' With 0 assists to his name this season, Benjamin Chrisene is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Norwich City FC.
49' The travelling Norwich City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
54' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
59' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Blackburn Rovers FC and Norwich City FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
61' Andreas Weimann is ready to make an impact after coming on for Todd Cantwell at the 61 minute mark.
62' The whistle greets Tyrhys Dolan as he departs to be replaced by Emmanuel Dennis.
67' The referee has no hesitation. Emmanuel Dennis is booked for Blackburn Rovers FC — card on 67.
72' Blackburn Rovers FC currently sit 6 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
74' Fresh legs for Norwich City FC! Jack Stacey comes on to replace Kellen Fisher.
76' Blackburn Rovers FC ring the changes. Augustus Kargbo has done his job and it is now time for Ryan Hedges to step up.
81' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
85' Emmanuel Dennis picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
88' Time for substitution for Norwich City FC. Benjamin Chrisene is replaced by Emiliano Marcondes.
90' Ante Crnac makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Norwich City FC are in front.
Game over. The scoreline of 1-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Valerien Ismael

Norwich City FC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

1
Angus Gunn
4
Shane Duffy
9
Josh Sargent
19
Jacob Sorensen
14
Benjamin Chrisene ↓ Emiliano Marcondes 88'
7
Borja Sainz
20
Anis Ben Slimane ↓ Jacob Wright 88'
26
Marcelino Nunez
22
Lewis Dobbin ↓ Ante Crnac 34'
35
Kellen Fisher ↓ Jack Stacey 74'
33
Jose Cordoba

Bench

Coach Johannes Thorup

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Teemu Pukki	3
Sam Gallagher	2
Tyrhys Dolan	2
Gabriel Sara	2
Samuel Szmodics	2
Harvey Elliot	1
Josh Sargent	1
Kenny McLean	1

Head to Head

Blackburn Rovers FC Form

2025-03-01 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Norwich City FC D 2025-02-22 Swansea City AFC 3–0 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2025-02-15 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–0 Plymouth Argyle FC W 2025-02-12 West Bromwich Albion FC 0–2 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2025-02-09 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC L 2025-02-04 Queens Park Rangers FC 2–1 Blackburn Rovers FC L

Norwich City FC Form

2025-03-01 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Norwich City FC D 2025-02-22 Norwich City FC 4–2 Stoke City FC W 2025-02-15 Hull City AFC 1–1 Norwich City FC D 2025-02-11 Norwich City FC 0–1 Preston North End FC L 2025-02-08 Norwich City FC 1–1 Derby County FC D 2025-02-01 Watford FC 0–1 Norwich City FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.84 Blackburn Rovers FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.57 Norwich City FC xG

I would bet for: Blackburn Rovers FC or Norwich City FC 75% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Blackburn Rovers FC43% Draw25% Norwich City FC32%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.41

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	65%	35%
± 3.5	44%	56%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

Blackburn Rovers FC or Draw

68%

Draw or Norwich City FC

57%

Blackburn Rovers FC or Norwich City FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Blackburn Rovers FC33% Draw41% Norwich City FC26%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

8.5%

1 – 2

7.3%

2 – 2

6.6%

2 – 0

5.6%

1 – 0

5.4%

3 – 1

5.2%

0 – 0

4.8%

0 – 1

4.5%

0 – 2

4.1%

3 – 2

4.1%

1 – 3

3.8%

Asian Handicap — Blackburn Rovers FC

Handicap	Blackburn Rovers FC covers	Push	Norwich City FC covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	13%	76%
-1.5	24%	—	76%
-1	24%	19%	57%
-0.5	43%	—	57%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	16%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	10%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

Norwich City FC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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