Match Report
| Norwich City | Norwich City |  |  | Birmingham City | Birmingham City | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Noah Sammer | N. Sammer |  | 59 | G |  | 1 | | G | 58 |  | Gavin Marsden | G. Marsden | |||||||||
| Steven Wilcox | S. Wilcox | | 68 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 60 | | Ronnie Barrett | R. Barrett | |||||||||
| Syd Summerbee | S. Summerbee | | 64 | D | | 3 | | D | 55 | | Marcus Mendez | M. Mendez | |||||||||
| Ralph Hibbs | R. Hibbs | | 60 | D | | 4 | | D | 54 | | Steve Kitson | S. Kitson | |||||||||
| Daniel Vickers | D. Vickers | | 51 | D | | 5 | | D | 52 | | Leon Hughes | L. Hughes | |||||||||
| Alexander Oliver | A. Oliver | | 60 | M | | 6 | | M | 54 | | Colin Kahn | C. Kahn | |||||||||
| Del Coppinger | D. Coppinger | | 53 | M | | 7 | | M | 54 | | Matthew Adams | M. Adams | |||||||||
| Stephen Matthews | S. Matthews | | 50 | M | | 8 | | M | 52 | | Ian Wise | I. Wise | |||||||||
| Ivan Pirri | I. Pirri |  | 55 | A | | 9 | | M | 48 |  | Anthony Steijn | A. Steijn | |||||||||
| Ashley Roberts | A. Roberts | | 54 | A | | 10 | | A | 65 | | Craig Jacobs | C. Jacobs | |||||||||
| Francis Seaman | F. Seaman | | 52 | A | | 11 | | A | 64 | | Colin Neville | C. Neville | |||||||||
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Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at Carrow Road where Norwich City play host to Birmingham City. A crowd of 8,651 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Norwich City are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Birmingham City appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
Norwich City are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Birmingham City appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
0.00
0-0Norwich City kick off the first half!
4.55
0-0The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
9.13
0-0Marcus Mendez threads the ball through to Matthew Adams. Matthew Adams deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Craig Jacobs. Craig Jacobs shoots from 20 yards but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
12.09
0-0Anthony Steijn chips the ball to his team mate, Colin Neville. Colin Neville knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Ralph Hibbs.
18.33
Matthew Adams makes a probing pass to Craig Jacobs. Craig Jacobs knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Noah Sammer who gathers it comfortably.
24.57
1-0Alexander Oliver makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Ivan Pirri. Ivan Pirri kicks a strong pass forward to Francis Seaman. Francis Seaman tries a spectacular strike. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
39.45
Leon Hughes deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Matthew Adams. Matthew Adams takes it forward alone. Matthew Adams knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Ralph Hibbs.
40.10
Alexander Oliver threads the ball through to Ivan Pirri. Ivan Pirri shoots from outside the area. It's miles wide!
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
The whistle blows and Birmingham City kick off!
47.30
Stephen Matthews threads the ball through to Francis Seaman. Francis Seaman controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
49.56
The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
54.37
Marcus Mendez sees a break and surges forward. Marcus Mendez knocks the ball to his team mate, Colin Neville. Colin Neville knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
60.45
Ralph Hibbs passes the ball forward to Alexander Oliver. Alexander Oliver makes a beautiful solo run. Alexander Oliver shoots from 25 yards but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
67.33
Steven Wilcox sees space and advances. Steven Wilcox controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Ashley Roberts. Ashley Roberts shoots from outside the area. It's miles wide!
77.57
Del Coppinger flicks the ball to his team mate, Ivan Pirri. Ivan Pirri shoots from outside the area but it curls horrendously wide!
79.20
Alexander Oliver threads the ball through to Francis Seaman. Francis Seaman shoots from outside the area. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
84.30
2-0Alexander Oliver catches Ian Wise on the ankles. Alexander Oliver is given a warning by the referee! Ian Wise hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
85.16
Del Coppinger knocks the ball to his team mate, Ivan Pirri. Ivan Pirri finds some space and shoots from distance but it flies wide!
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle
Match Statistics
Goals
2
0
Shots on Target
2
0
Shots off Target
6
1
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
1
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
53.3%
46.7%
Play Area
26.7%
48.3%
25%
Scorers
| Francis Seaman 25, 79 |