Norwich City FC vs Birmingham City FC, Championship 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2022-23

Norwich City FC

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Birmingham City FC

Tue 21 Feb 2023 · 19:45 UTC Carrow Road HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 5' Alfie Chang

Kenny McLean 16' Y

Y 45' Juninho Bacuna

Overview

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Norwich City FC vs Birmingham City FC — Championship at Carrow Road.

Norwich City FC 8 games · 9 pts (2026/27)
Birmingham City FC 8 games · 11 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

Norwich City FC 11 games · Avg 3.1 goals Birmingham City FC

Last 5 meetings

2023-02-21 Norwich City FC 3–1 Birmingham City FC 2022-08-30 Birmingham City FC 1–2 Norwich City FC 2021-02-23 Birmingham City FC 1–3 Norwich City FC 2020-10-20 Norwich City FC 1–0 Birmingham City FC 2019-01-18 Norwich City FC 3–1 Birmingham City FC

Recent Form

Norwich City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Feb	Birmingham City FC	H	3–1	W
18 Feb	Wigan Athletic FC	A	0–0	D
14 Feb	Hull City AFC	H	3–1	W
11 Feb	Bristol City FC	A	0–1	L
04 Feb	Burnley FC	H	0–3	L
21 Jan	Coventry City FC	A	4–2	W

Birmingham City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Feb	Norwich City FC	A	1–3	L
18 Feb	Huddersfield Town AFC	A	1–2	L
14 Feb	Cardiff City FC	H	0–2	L
10 Feb	West Bromwich Albion FC	H	2–0	W
04 Feb	Swansea City AFC	A	4–3	W
31 Jan	Blackburn Rovers FC	H	0–1	L

Season Stats

Norwich City FC		Birmingham City FC
#17	Position	#10
9	Points	11
8	Played	8
3 / 0 / 5	W / D / L	2 / 5 / 1
16	Scored	12
17	Conceded	11
-1	GD	+1
1.13	PPG	1.38
38%	Win %	25%

Key Stats

73% Both Teams to Score
H2H (11 games)

73% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Norwich City FC this season

13% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this season

Norwich City FC are 17th (9 pts). Birmingham City FC are 10th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Birmingham City FC

0-15

1/1

16-30

1/1

31-45

1/6

46-60

2/1

61-75

3/–

76+

1/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Norwich City FC

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

Birmingham City FC

Phil Neumann	2 G
Demarai Gray	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Norwich City FC host Birmingham City FC — let the battle begin!
5' Alfie Chang picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
10' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
15' It’s high time David Wagner made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
16' The referee shows Norwich City FC player a Yellow card on 16.
21' The home supporters are growing impatient. Norwich City FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
26' With 0 assists to his name this season, John Ruddy is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Norwich City FC.
27' Norwich City FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Marcelino Nunez on 27.
28' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Marcelino Nunez makes it 2-0.
33' Birmingham City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
37' Marcelino Nunez does the damage! The net is bulging and Norwich City FC surge ahead!
42' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
45' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Juninho Bacuna.
46' Juninho Bacuna makes way for Lukas Jutkiewicz at the 46 minute mark. A tactical switch from Birmingham City FC.
51' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
53' What a moment for Maxime Colin! That strike on 53 puts his side firmly in control.
58' It looks surprising Birmingham City FC does not make any changes. Grant Hanley has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
63' Scott Hogan is a natural forward and has been asked to do a very specific job for Birmingham City FC tonight.
68' It looks like no one’s ball. Birmingham City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
72' Another substitution for Norwich City FC to replace Onel Hernandez by Christos Tzolis on 72 minute.
76' Another change for Norwich City FC made on 76 minute. Dimitris Giannoulis leaves to be changed by Jacob Sorensen.
78' It is a substitution in Birmingham City FC team. Alfie Chang is replaced by Gary Gardner on 78 minute.
83' Juninho Bacuna needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
86' The supporters are chanting for Jordan James. He replaces Tahith Chong on 86 minute.
87' Norwich City FC make a change. Kieran Dowell trudges off to be replaced by Andrew Omobamidele on 87 minutes.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Norwich City FC players.

Lineups

Norwich City FC Lineups

Starting XI

6
Ben Gibson
10
Kieran Dowell ↓ Andrew Omobamidele 87'
28
Angus Gunn
5
Grant Hanley
25
Onel Hernandez ↓ Christos Tzolis 72'
23
Kenny McLean
2
Max Aarons
30
Dimitris Giannoulis ↓ Jacob Sorensen 76'
11
Adam Idah
17
Gabriel Sara
26
Marcelino Nunez

Bench

Coach David Wagner

Birmingham City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach John Eustace

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Onel Hernandez	3
Marcelino Nunez	3
Teemu Pukki	3
Onel Hernandez	2
Mario Vrancic	2
Ivan Sanchez Aguayo	1
Pape Diallo	1
Jacques Maghoma	1

Head to Head

Norwich City FC Form

2023-02-21 Norwich City FC 3–1 Birmingham City FC W 2023-02-18 Wigan Athletic FC 0–0 Norwich City FC D 2023-02-14 Norwich City FC 3–1 Hull City AFC W 2023-02-11 Bristol City FC 1–0 Norwich City FC L 2023-02-04 Norwich City FC 0–3 Burnley FC L 2023-01-21 Coventry City FC 2–4 Norwich City FC W

Birmingham City FC Form

2023-02-21 Norwich City FC 3–1 Birmingham City FC L 2023-02-18 Huddersfield Town AFC 2–1 Birmingham City FC L 2023-02-14 Birmingham City FC 0–2 Cardiff City FC L 2023-02-10 Birmingham City FC 2–0 West Bromwich Albion FC W 2023-02-04 Swansea City AFC 3–4 Birmingham City FC W 2023-01-31 Birmingham City FC 0–1 Blackburn Rovers FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.35 Norwich City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.72 Birmingham City FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 76% + Both teams to score 74%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Norwich City FC56% Draw20% Birmingham City FC24%

Actual: Norwich City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes74% 0% No26%

Avg goals/match: 4.07

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	76%	24%
± 3.5	57%	43%
± 4.5	38%	62%

Double Chance

Norwich City FC or Draw

76%

Draw or Birmingham City FC

44%

Norwich City FC or Birmingham City FC

80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Norwich City FC39% Draw37% Birmingham City FC24%

Actual: Norwich City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

7.9%

1 – 1

7.7%

2 – 2

6.7%

3 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

5.8%

3 – 2

5.2%

2 – 0

4.9%

2 – 3

3.8%

3 – 0

3.7%

1 – 0

3.7%

4 – 1

3.6%

1 – 3

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Norwich City FC

Handicap	Norwich City FC covers	Push	Birmingham City FC covers
-2.5	17%	—	83%
-2	17%	15%	68%
-1.5	32%	—	68%
-1	32%	19%	49%
-0.5	51%	—	49%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	14%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	8%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Norwich City FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

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