Norwich City FC vs West Bromwich Albion FC, Championship 2026-27 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2026-27

Norwich City FC

1 – 2

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West Bromwich Albion FC

Sat 15 Aug 2026 · 14:00 UTC Carrow Road HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 75' Aune Heggebo

0–2 87' Jimmy Morgan

Mathias Kvistgaarden 90+1' 1–2

Y 31' Nathaniel Phillips

Y 48' Ousmane Diakite

Overview

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Norwich City FC vs West Bromwich Albion FC — Championship at Carrow Road.

Norwich City FC 15 games · 21 pts (2026/27)
West Bromwich Albion FC 15 games · 28 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Tim Robinson
Assistant 1 Hugh Gilroy (England)
Assistant 2 Ian Cooper

3 games this season 🟨 4.0/game ⚽ 11.3 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Birmingham City FC	15	29
2	Middlesbrough FC	15	29
3	Stoke City FC	15	29
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	15	28
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	15	28
6	Swansea City AFC	15	26
7	Southampton FC	15	24
8	Queens Park Rangers FC	15	24
9	West Ham United FC	15	23
10	Sheffield United FC	15	22
11	Portsmouth FC	15	22
12	Norwich City FC	15	21
13	Blackburn Rovers FC	15	21
14	Cardiff City FC	15	18
15	Wrexham AFC	15	18
16	Millwall FC	15	18
17	Bristol City FC	15	18
18	Bolton Wanderers FC	15	17
19	Charlton Athletic FC	15	17
20	Watford FC	15	15
21	Lincoln City FC	15	15
22	Burnley FC	15	10
23	Derby County FC	15	10
24	Preston North End FC	15	8

Head-to-Head

Norwich City FC 12 games · Avg 2.9 goals West Bromwich Albion FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-08-15 Norwich City FC 1–2 West Bromwich Albion FC 2026-02-14 Norwich City FC 3–1 West Bromwich Albion FC 2026-01-20 West Bromwich Albion FC 0–5 Norwich City FC 2025-10-01 Norwich City FC 0–1 West Bromwich Albion FC 2025-03-29 Norwich City FC 1–0 West Bromwich Albion FC

Recent Form

Norwich City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Aug	West Bromwich Albion FC	H	1–2	L
02 May	Hull City AFC	A	1–2	L
25 Apr	Swansea City AFC	H	1–1	D
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

West Bromwich Albion FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Aug	Norwich City FC	A	2–1	W
02 May	Sheffield Wednesday FC	A	1–2	L
25 Apr	Ipswich Town FC	H	0–0	D
21 Apr	Watford FC	H	3–0	W
18 Apr	Preston North End FC	A	2–0	W
10 Apr	Millwall FC	H	0–0	D

Season Stats

Norwich City FC		West Bromwich Albion FC
#12	Position	#5
21	Points	28
15	Played	15
7 / 0 / 8	W / D / L	8 / 4 / 3
32	Scored	23
24	Conceded	15
+8	GD	+8
1.40	PPG	1.87
47%	Win %	53%

Key Stats

58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

13% Clean Sheets
Norwich City FC this season

20% Clean Sheets
West Bromwich Albion FC this season

Norwich City FC are 12th (21 pts). West Bromwich Albion FC are 5th (28 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Norwich City FC

0-15

6/6

16-30

6/4

31-45

4/2

46-60

4/6

61-75

9/3

76+

2/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

West Bromwich Albion FC

0-15

–/2

16-30

5/1

31-45

2/1

46-60

4/3

61-75

5/3

76+

7/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Norwich City FC

Mohamed Toure	5 G
Mathias Kvistgaarden	4 G	4 A
Edmond-Paris Maghoma	4 G	2 A
Andre Brooks	3 G	2 A
Anthony Musaba	3 G	1 A

West Bromwich Albion FC

Isaac Price	6 G	3 A
Jimmy Morgan	4 G	4 A
Aune Heggebo	4 G	1 A
Callum Styles	3 G

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Norwich City FC host West Bromwich Albion FC — let the battle begin!
5' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
10' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
15' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Norwich City FC that had 379 games and scored 477 goals.
20' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
25' The travelling West Bromwich Albion FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
30' West Bromwich Albion FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
31' Nathaniel Phillips catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 31.
36' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
41' West Bromwich Albion FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 41.
46' Harry Darling has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
48' The referee has no hesitation. Ousmane Diakite is booked for West Bromwich Albion FC — card on 48.
53' West Bromwich Albion FC have won 499 goals from 388 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
58' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 58 minutes.
63' It looks surprising West Bromwich Albion FC does not make any changes. Rabby Nzingoula has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
68' A change in the West Bromwich Albion FC ranks — Felix Myhre exits the field as Rabby Nzingoula enters on 68.
72' Norwich City FC make a change. Anis Ben Slimane trudges off to be replaced by Oscar Schwartau on 72 minutes.
75' Aune Heggebo doubles the advantage! 0-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
79' Jacob Wright is ready to make an impact after coming on for Andre Brooks at the 79 minute mark.
84' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Norwich City FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
86' A tactical swap from Norwich City FC — Mathias Kvistgaarden on, Ali Ahmed off on 86 minutes.
87' Jimmy Morgan adds to his 3 season tally! West Bromwich Albion FC lead 0-2 — and this changes everything.
88' Pelle Mattsson makes way for Sam Field at the 88 minute mark. A tactical switch from Norwich City FC.
90' The whistle greets Jimmy Morgan as he departs to be replaced by Barney Stewart.
The final score is 1-2.

Lineups

Norwich City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

23
Kenny McLean
6
Harry Darling
14
Benjamin Chrisene
25
Edmond-Paris Maghoma ↓ Pape Diallo 72'
20
Anis Ben Slimane ↓ Oscar Schwartau 72'
21
Ali Ahmed ↓ Mathias Kvistgaarden 86'
7
Pelle Mattsson ↓ Sam Field 88'
11
Andre Brooks ↓ Jacob Wright 79'
35
Kellen Fisher
33
Jose Cordoba
1
Vladan Kovacevic

Bench

West Bromwich Albion FC Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

4
Callum Styles
19
Aune Heggebo
3
Nathaniel Phillips
6
George Campbell
17
Ousmane Diakite ↓ Krystian Bielik 90'
21
Isaac Price
1
Max O'Leary
25
Nolan Galves ↓ Chris Mepham 90'
7
Felix Myhre ↓ Rabby Nzingoula 68'
29
Harry Whitwell ↓ Jayson Molumby 68'
11
Jimmy Morgan ↓ Barney Stewart 90'

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Josh Sargent	3
Jay Rodriguez	2
Jordan Rhodes	2
Jay Rodriguez	2
Jordan Rhodes	1
Josh Maja	1
Hal Robson-Kanu	1
Teemu Pukki	1

Head to Head

Norwich City FC Form

2026-08-15 Norwich City FC 1–2 West Bromwich Albion FC L 2026-05-02 Hull City AFC 2–1 Norwich City FC L 2026-04-25 Norwich City FC 1–1 Swansea City AFC D 2026-04-21 Norwich City FC 2–1 Derby County FC W 2026-04-18 Bristol City FC 2–4 Norwich City FC W 2026-04-11 Norwich City FC 0–2 Ipswich Town FC L

West Bromwich Albion FC Form

2026-08-15 Norwich City FC 1–2 West Bromwich Albion FC W 2026-05-02 Sheffield Wednesday FC 2–1 West Bromwich Albion FC L 2026-04-25 West Bromwich Albion FC 0–0 Ipswich Town FC D 2026-04-21 West Bromwich Albion FC 3–0 Watford FC W 2026-04-18 Preston North End FC 0–2 West Bromwich Albion FC W 2026-04-10 West Bromwich Albion FC 0–0 Millwall FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.58 Norwich City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.46 West Bromwich Albion FC xG

I would bet for: Norwich City FC or West Bromwich Albion FC 72% + Both teams to score 61%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Norwich City FC38% Draw28% West Bromwich Albion FC34%

Actual: West Bromwich Albion FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.04

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	58%	42%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

Norwich City FC or Draw

66%

Draw or West Bromwich Albion FC

62%

Norwich City FC or West Bromwich Albion FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Norwich City FC30% Draw44% West Bromwich Albion FC26%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.9%

2 – 1

8.4%

1 – 2

Actual

1 – 0

6.7%

0 – 0

6.5%

0 – 1

6.1%

2 – 2

6.1%

2 – 0

5.9%

0 – 2

5.1%

3 – 1

4.4%

1 – 3

3.8%

3 – 2

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Norwich City FC

Handicap	Norwich City FC covers	Push	West Bromwich Albion FC covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	12%	80%
-1.5	20%	—	80%
-1	20%	19%	61%
-0.5	39%	—	61%
+0.5	66%	—	34%
+1	66%	18%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	10%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Norwich City FC keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

West Bromwich Albion FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

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