Match Report
| Norwich City | Norwich City |  |  | Ipswich Town | Ipswich Town | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Malcolm Shields | M. Shields |  | 61 | G |  | 1 | | G | 55 | | Oleg Makin | O. Makin | |||||||||
| Mervin Unsworth | M. Unsworth | | 56 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 56 | | James Bloomer | J. Bloomer | |||||||||
| Brian Royce | B. Royce | | 55 | D | | 3 | | D | 55 | | Rio Beresford | R. Beresford | |||||||||
| Fredrik Fletcher | F. Fletcher | | 49 | D | | 4 | | D | 54 | | Jamie Bridges | J. Bridges | |||||||||
| Graeme Fenton | G. Fenton | | 49 | D | | 5 | | D | 50 | | Niccolo Lawrence | N. Lawrence | |||||||||
| Eoin Scowcroft | E. Scowcroft | | 47 | D | | 6 | | M | 65 |  | Antonino Capezzuto | A. Capezzuto | |||||||||
| Marc Mendonca | M. Mendonca | | 54 | M | | 7 | | M | 46 | | Alfred Heskey | A. Heskey | |||||||||
| Andy Lua-Lua | A. Lua-Lua | | 50 | M | | 8 | | M | 46 | | Liam Scholes | L. Scholes | |||||||||
| Graeme Mortensen | G. Mortensen | | 47 | M | | 9 | | M | 43 | | Duncan Wiltord | D. Wiltord | |||||||||
| Francis Moore | F. Moore | | 55 | A | | 10 | | A | 58 | | Simon Kanu | S. Kanu | |||||||||
| Duncan Burgess | D. Burgess | | 52 | A | | 11 | | A | 56 | | Carlton Taylor | C. Taylor | |||||||||
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Match Report
An overcast sky looms overhead here at Carrow Road where Norwich City play host to Ipswich Town. A crowd of 4,169 fill this 5,000 capacity stadium.
Norwich City are playing in a 5-3-2 formation while Ipswich Town appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
Norwich City are playing in a 5-3-2 formation while Ipswich Town appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
0.00
0-0Ipswich Town kick off the first half!
4.46
0-0Antonino Capezzuto chips the ball to his team mate, Simon Kanu. Simon Kanu knocks in a cross ball towards Carlton Taylor. Carlton Taylor heads the ball goalwards but Malcolm Shields is on top of it.
8.34
0-0Graeme Mortensen advances with the ball. Graeme Mortensen knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Rio Beresford.
9.57
0-0Eoin Scowcroft threads the ball through to Andy Lua-Lua. Andy Lua-Lua makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Duncan Burgess. Duncan Burgess tries a spectacular long range effort but it flies wide!
27.20
Rio Beresford makes a simple pass to Alfred Heskey. Alfred Heskey decides to run forward with the ball. Alfred Heskey goes all the way! Alfred Heskey cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
36.25
Marc Mendonca makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Francis Moore. Francis Moore plays a perfect one-two with Duncan Burgess and rushes in on goal... Francis Moore shoots from just inside the box but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
38.34
0-0Ipswich Town are easily keeping Norwich City at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
39.10
Andy Lua-Lua deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Duncan Burgess. Duncan Burgess knocks in a cross ball towards Francis Moore. Francis Moore is unmarked! He powers a header at goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
40.53
Alfred Heskey chips the ball to his team mate, Simon Kanu. Simon Kanu shoots from outside the area but it curls horrendously wide!
45.00
Mervin Unsworth chips the ball to his team mate, Andy Lua-Lua. Andy Lua-Lua makes a simple pass to Duncan Burgess. Duncan Burgess finds some space and shoots from distance but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!
45.00
The second half starts with Norwich City kicking off!
54.21
Ipswich Town are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Norwich City's defence.
55.08
Eoin Scowcroft sees a break and surges forward. Eoin Scowcroft flicks the ball to his team mate, Duncan Burgess. Duncan Burgess knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
57.35
Graeme Mortensen makes a simple pass to Francis Moore. Francis Moore knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Jamie Bridges.
67.22
Andy Lua-Lua passes the ball forward to Duncan Burgess. Duncan Burgess knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Oleg Makin who gathers it comfortably.
71.07
Andy Lua-Lua chips the ball to his team mate, Francis Moore. Francis Moore shoots from 25 yards but it is miles over!
77.54
1-0Mervin Unsworth makes a probing pass to Marc Mendonca. Marc Mendonca knocks the ball forward to Francis Moore. Francis Moore goes all the way! Francis Moore tries a spectacular strike. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
81.23
Alfred Heskey surges forward with the ball. Alfred Heskey shoots from 20 yards but he balloons it over the crossbar!
83.29
1-0James Bloomer clumsily knocks into Duncan Burgess. The referee calls over James Bloomer and warns him to calm down! Duncan Burgess gets up, but that knock is affecting his game.
85.19
Graeme Mortensen deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Duncan Burgess. Duncan Burgess knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Oleg Makin who gathers it comfortably.
90.00
1-0Liam Scholes hacks Brian Royce from behind! Liam Scholes is warned by the referee! Brian Royce stretches but gets up unharmed.
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle
Match Statistics
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
1
1
Shots off Target
5
3
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
0
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
61.5%
38.5%
Play Area
29.5%
41%
29.5%
Scorers