Match Report
| Norwich City | Norwich City |  |  | Sunderland | Sunderland | ||||||||||||||||
| Matjohn Matjohn | Matjohn Matjohn | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Noah Sammer | N. Sammer |  | 59 | G |  | 1 | | G | 67 |  | Arthur Etherington | A. Etherington | |||||||||
| Armin Dörner | A. Dörner | | 70 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 58 |  | Francesco G. Eranio | F. Eranio | |||||||||
| Syd Summerbee | S. Summerbee | | 66 | D | | 3 | | D | 56 | | Martin Clemence | M. Clemence | |||||||||
| Damien Smith | D. Smith | | 63 | D | | 4 | | D | 49 | | Dave Ferdinand | D. Ferdinand | |||||||||
| Marco Cvitanovic | M. Cvitanovic |  | 56 | D | | 5 | | D | 48 | | Vito Branca | V. Branca | |||||||||
| Daniel Vickers | D. Vickers | | 53 | D | | 6 | | M | 62 | | Paul Smithe | P. Smithe | |||||||||
| Ashley Wallwork | A. Wallwork | | 66 | M | | 7 | | M | 62 | | Jacob Potts | J. Potts | |||||||||
| Alexander Oliver | A. Oliver | | 61 | M | | 8 | | M | 59 | | Steve Galli | S. Galli | |||||||||
| Paolo Cervantes | P. Cervantes |  | 52 | M | | 9 | | M | 58 | | Graham Crooks | G. Crooks | |||||||||
| Ivan Pirri | I. Pirri |  | 59 | A | | 10 | | A | 62 |  | Colin Morrison | C. Morrison | |||||||||
| Martin Ruiz | M. Ruiz | | 56 | A | | 11 | | A | 55 | | Alberto Cort | A. Cort | |||||||||
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Match Report
It's a sunny day here at Carrow Road where Norwich City play host to Sunderland. A crowd of 8,217 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Norwich City are playing in a 5-3-2 formation while Sunderland appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
Norwich City are playing in a 5-3-2 formation while Sunderland appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
0.00
0-0Sunderland kick off!
4.29
0-0Alexander Oliver catches Jacob Potts on the ankles. The referee calls over Alexander Oliver and shows him a yellow card! Jacob Potts carries on, but is struggling a bit.
6.15
1-0Alexander Oliver passes the ball forward to Martin Ruiz. Martin Ruiz goes all the way! Martin Ruiz cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
9.21
1-0Francesco G. Eranio makes a probing pass to Jacob Potts. Jacob Potts decides to run forward with the ball. Jacob Potts shoots from 20 yards. Noah Sammer easily smothers it.
28.06
1-0Graham Crooks threads the ball through to Colin Morrison. Colin Morrison knocks in a cross ball towards Alberto Cort. Alberto Cort flicks the ball with his head but it curls horrendously wide!
34.32
1-0Alexander Oliver controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Ivan Pirri. Ivan Pirri deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Martin Ruiz but the linesman indicates offside!
38.50
1-0Sunderland are easily keeping Norwich City at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
39.58
Ashley Wallwork kicks a strong pass forward to Ivan Pirri. Ivan Pirri passes the ball forward to Martin Ruiz. Martin Ruiz cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. The ball swerves in the air but the keeper is more than a match for it. Saved!
44.45
Jacob Potts sees space and advances. Jacob Potts whips in a cross ball towards Colin Morrison. Colin Morrison is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal. What a cracker!! Noah Sammer had no chance!! Goal for Sunderland!
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half
45.00
Norwich City start the second half!
49.41
Ashley Wallwork advances with the ball. Ashley Wallwork sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
53.10
1-1Jacob Potts flicks the ball to his team mate, Alberto Cort. Alberto Cort knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
66.33
Marco Cvitanovic chips the ball to his team mate, Ashley Wallwork. Ashley Wallwork makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Martin Ruiz. Martin Ruiz shoots from distance but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
69.47
Martin Ruiz catches Vito Branca on the ankles. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Vito Branca grimaces as he struggles to run off the knock.
69.47
The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
85.13
Paolo Cervantes controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Ivan Pirri. Ivan Pirri knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Martin Clemence.
87.05
Jacob Potts makes a beautiful solo run. Jacob Potts knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
89.55
Ashley Wallwork flicks the ball to his team mate, Martin Ruiz. Martin Ruiz goes all the way! Martin Ruiz shoots from just inside the box but he balloons it over the crossbar!
90.00
The referee blows for full-time
Match Statistics
Goals
1
1
Shots on Target
2
2
Shots off Target
3
1
Offsides
1
0
Fouls
2
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
50.8%
49.2%
Play Area
27%
49.2%
23.8%
Scorers