Norwich City FC vs Blackburn Rovers FC, Championship 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2020-21

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Sat 20 Mar 2021 · 15:00 UTC Carrow Road HT 45+5' · FT 45+6'

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Norwich City FC vs Blackburn Rovers FC — Championship at Carrow Road.

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

Match Details

Referee James Bell
Referee Ian Cooper
Referee Jonathan Hunt
Referee Keith Stroud

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 13 games · Avg 2.3 goals Blackburn Rovers FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-03-20 Norwich City FC 1–1 Blackburn Rovers FC 2020-12-12 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–2 Norwich City FC 2019-04-27 Norwich City FC 2–1 Blackburn Rovers FC 2018-12-22 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–1 Norwich City FC

Recent Form

Norwich City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Mar	Blackburn Rovers FC	H	1–1	D
17 Mar	Nottingham Forest FC	A	2–0	W
14 Mar	Sheffield Wednesday FC	A	2–1	W
06 Mar	Luton Town FC	H	3–0	W
03 Mar	Brentford FC	H	1–0	W
28 Feb	Wycombe Wanderers FC	A	2–0	W

Blackburn Rovers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Mar	Norwich City FC	A	1–1	D
17 Mar	Bristol City FC	H	0–0	D
12 Mar	Brentford FC	H	0–1	L
09 Mar	Swansea City AFC	H	1–1	D
06 Mar	Millwall FC	A	2–0	W
02 Mar	Reading FC	A	0–1	L

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

54% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)

31% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Norwich City FC this season

13% Clean Sheets
Blackburn Rovers FC this season

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

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Norwich City FC

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

Blackburn Rovers FC

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

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Carrow Road that hosts another battle between Norwich City FC and Blackburn Rovers FC.
5' Supporters expect more eagerness from Sam Gallagher, as he is very good at scoring at Carrow Road with 2 goals in the last 2 games.
10' It looks like no one’s ball. Norwich City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
15' A quiet spell here at Carrow Road. Norwich City FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
20' Norwich City FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Blackburn Rovers FC backline.
25' Ben Gibson has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 28 cards already picked up this season.
30' Norwich City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jacob Sorensen is hanging Dimitris Giannoulis on the field on 30 minute.
35' 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.
40' The home supporters are growing impatient. Norwich City FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
45' It looks surprising Norwich City FC does not make any changes. Kenny McLean has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
50' Norwich City FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Blackburn Rovers FC's shape.
53' Kenny McLean puts Norwich City FC on the lead.
58' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
63' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Norwich City FC and Blackburn Rovers FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
64' Another change for Blackburn Rovers FC made on 64 minute. Ben Brereton leaves to be changed by Sam Gallagher.
67' A change in the Norwich City FC ranks — Kieran Dowell exits the field as Marco Stiepermann enters on 67.
70' Blackburn Rovers FC make a change. Corry Evans trudges off to be replaced by Stewart Downing on 70 minutes.
75' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
77' Sam Gallagher does the damage! The net is bulging and Blackburn Rovers FC surge ahead!
82' Norwich City FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
83' The whistle greets Ben Gibson as he departs to be replaced by Christoph Zimmermann.
85' Blackburn Rovers FC make a change. Lewis Holtby trudges off to be replaced by Bradley Johnson on 85 minutes.
90' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.

Lineups

Norwich City FC Lineups

Starting XI

34
Ben Gibson ↓ Christoph Zimmermann 83'
10
Kieran Dowell ↓ Marco Stiepermann 67'
20
Oliver Skipp
5
Grant Hanley C
1
Tim Krul
14
Todd Cantwell
22
Teemu Pukki
17
Emiliano Buendia
23
Kenny McLean
2
Max Aarons
30
Dimitris Giannoulis ↓ Jacob Sorensen 30'

Bench

Coach Daniel Farke

Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups

Starting XI

15
Barry Douglas
29
Corry Evans ↓ Stewart Downing 70'
26
Darragh Lenihan C
24
Joe Rankin-Costello ↓ Elliott Bennett 70'
8
Joe Rothwell
20
Ben Brereton ↓ Sam Gallagher 64'
10
Lewis Holtby ↓ Bradley Johnson 85'
1
Thomas Kaminski
21
John Buckley ↓ Harvey Elliot 64'
22
Taylor Harwood-Bellis
39
Tyrhys Dolan

Bench

Coach Tony Mowbray

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Norwich City FC Form

2021-03-20 Norwich City FC 1–1 Blackburn Rovers FC D 2021-03-17 Nottingham Forest FC 0–2 Norwich City FC W 2021-03-14 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1–2 Norwich City FC W 2021-03-06 Norwich City FC 3–0 Luton Town FC W 2021-03-03 Norwich City FC 1–0 Brentford FC W 2021-02-28 Wycombe Wanderers FC 0–2 Norwich City FC W

Blackburn Rovers FC Form

2021-03-20 Norwich City FC 1–1 Blackburn Rovers FC D 2021-03-17 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–0 Bristol City FC D 2021-03-12 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–1 Brentford FC L 2021-03-09 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Swansea City AFC D 2021-03-06 Millwall FC 0–2 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2021-03-02 Reading FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.86 Norwich City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.44 Blackburn Rovers FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 64% + Over 2.5 goals 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Norwich City FC51% Draw23% Blackburn Rovers FC26%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.3

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	63%	37%
± 3.5	41%	59%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

Norwich City FC or Draw

74%

Draw or Blackburn Rovers FC

49%

Norwich City FC or Blackburn Rovers FC

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Norwich City FC35% Draw42% Blackburn Rovers FC23%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

8.8%

1 – 2

6.9%

2 – 0

6.4%

2 – 2

6.3%

1 – 0

6.2%

3 – 1

5.4%

0 – 0

5.2%

0 – 1

4.6%

3 – 2

0 – 2

3.9%

3 – 0

3.9%

Asian Handicap — Norwich City FC

Handicap	Norwich City FC covers	Push	Blackburn Rovers FC covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	14%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	20%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	71%	—	29%
+1	71%	15%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Norwich City FC keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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