Norwich City FC vs Derby County FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Norwich City FC vs Derby County FC — Championship at Carrow Road.
- Norwich City FC 46 games · 65 pts (2025/26)
- Derby County FC 46 games · 69 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Tom Reeves
- Assistant 1 Hugh Gilroy (England)
- Assistant 2 Mark Russell
22 games this season 🟨 0.5/game ⚽ 3.5 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 21 Apr Derby County FC H 2–1 W 18 Apr Bristol City FC A 4–2 W 11 Apr Ipswich Town FC H 0–2 L 06 Apr Millwall FC A 2–1 W 03 Apr Portsmouth FC H 1–1 D 21 Mar Charlton Athletic FC A 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 21 Apr Norwich City FC A 1–2 L 18 Apr Oxford United FC H 1–0 W 11 Apr Southampton FC A 1–2 L 06 Apr Stoke City FC H 2–0 W 03 Apr Coventry City FC A 2–3 L 21 Mar Birmingham City FC H 1–0 W Season Stats
Norwich City FC Derby County FC #9 Position #8 65 Points 69 46 Played 46 19 / 8 / 19 W / D / L 20 / 9 / 17 63 Scored 67 56 Conceded 59 +7 GD +8 1.41 PPG 1.50 41% Win % 43% Key Stats
63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)38% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history20% Clean Sheets
Norwich City FC this season26% Clean Sheets
Derby County FC this seasonNorwich City FC are 9th (65 pts). Derby County FC are 8th (69 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Norwich City FC0-15–/216-302/131-451/146-602/361-753/176+3/1■ Scored ■ ConcededDerby County FC0-151/216-302/–31-452/146-602/261-75–/576+4/1■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Norwich City FCJovon Makama 10 G Mohamed Toure 9 G 3 A Derby County FCCarlton Morris 12 G 2 A Patrick Agyemang 10 G 3 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Norwich City FC to score. At the same time, Derby County FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' Norwich City FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 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' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 19' Derby County FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 19.
- 24' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 29' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 33' What a strike from Mohamed Toure! The score is 1-0.
- 38' Lars-Jorgen Salvesen needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 43' Norwich City FC is showing some good football. However, Norwich City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 45' It’s a booking for Norwich City FC player. Mohamed Toure gets a card.
- 50' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Amankwah Forson suffering a number of foals already.
- 54' Goal! David Ozoh scores his 2 goal in 322 matches.
- 59' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Derby County FC winning 50% of all matches.
- 60' Norwich City FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Liam Gibbs on 60.
- 62' Norwich City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Mathias Kvistgaarden is hanging Mohamed Toure on the field on 62 minute.
- 67' It is a substitution in Derby County FC team. Jaydon Banel is replaced by Lars-Jorgen Salvesen on 67 minute.
- 69' Vladan Kovacevic is having his name booked by the referee on 69.
- 74' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 74 minutes.
- 75' The whistle greets David Ozoh as he departs to be replaced by Oscar Fraulo.
- 80' Errol Mundle-Smith has so much to prove this time. He replaces Amankwah Forson on 80 minute.
- 82' A meaty challenge results in booking for Lewis Travis on 82.
- 87' Another substitution for Derby County FC to replace Lewis Travis by Owen Eames on 87 minute.
- 88' It’s gonna be a card for Matt Clarke.
- 88' Sam Field is replacing Jack Stacey for the Norwich City FC side.
- Another three points for Norwich City FC.
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Lineups
Norwich City FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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Jack Stacey ↓ Sam Field 88'
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- 7
- 18
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- 33
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Bench
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26
Sam Field ↑ 88'
- 32
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Anis Ben Slimane ↑ 80'
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Mathias Kvistgaarden ↑ 62'
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Errol Mundle-Smith ↑ 80'
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Derby County FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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27
Lewis Travis ↓ Owen Eames 87'
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25
Ben Brereton ↓ Max Johnston 67'
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Derry Murkin ↓ Craig Forsyth 67'
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David Ozoh ↓ Oscar Fraulo 75'
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Bench
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Craig Forsyth ↑ 67'
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Lars-Jorgen Salvesen ↑ 67'
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Oscar Fraulo ↑ 75'
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Max Johnston ↑ 67'
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Owen Eames ↑ 87'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Borja Sainz 3 Teemu Pukki 2 Timm Klose 1 Florian Jozefzoon 1 Jerry Yates 1 Jack Marriott 1 Josh Sargent 1 Mason Mount 1 Head to Head
Norwich City FC Form
Derby County FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.59 Norwich City FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.26 Derby County FC xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 57%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Norwich City FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.85Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 92% 8% ± 1.5 78% 22% ± 2.5 54% 46% ± 3.5 32% 68% ± 4.5 17% 83% Double Chance
Norwich City FC or Draw 74%Draw or Derby County FC 51%Norwich City FC or Derby County FC 75%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Norwich City FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.5%2 – 1 Actual1 – 0 8.3%0 – 0 7.6%2 – 0 7.2%1 – 2 7%0 – 1 6.3%2 – 2 5.6%3 – 1 4.7%0 – 2 4.5%3 – 0 3.7%3 – 2 3.1%Asian Handicap — Norwich City FC
Handicap Norwich City FC covers Push Derby County FC covers -2.5 9% — 91% -2 9% 13% 77% -1.5 23% — 77% -1 23% 21% 56% -0.5 44% — 56% +0.5 71% — 29% +1 71% 16% 13% +1.5 87% — 13% +2 87% 8% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
Norwich City FC keeps clean sheet 29% ✓Derby County FC keeps clean sheet 21% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.