English League Championship

Norwich City vs Leicester City, 2023-24 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Norwich City
    FT
    0 - 2
    Leicester City
    • 45': Kelechi Iheanacho (P)
    • 87': Kasey McAteer

    About

    Norwich City are hosting Leicester City at Carrow Road, Norwich, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 3': Attempt saved. Jack Stacey (Norwich City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Liam Gibbs.
    • 3': Attempt blocked. Jonathan Rowe (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Gibson.
    • 3': Offside, Norwich City. Ashley Barnes is caught offside.
    • 6': Foul by Cesare Casadei (Leicester City).
    • 6': Gabriel Sara (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 8': Foul by Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City).
    • 8': Gabriel Sara (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 10': Dimitris Giannoulis (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 10': Foul by Kasey McAteer (Leicester City).
    • 15': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Dimitris Giannoulis.
    • 16': Attempt missed. Wout Faes (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Yunus Akgün with a cross following a corner.
    • 17': Attempt missed. Christian Fassnacht (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jonathan Rowe.
    • 20': Hand ball by Kasey McAteer (Leicester City).
    • 20': Cesare Casadei (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 20': Foul by Kenny McLean (Norwich City).
    • 23': Foul by Cesare Casadei (Leicester City).
    • 23': Kenny McLean (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 25': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Cesare Casadei.
    • 25': Attempt missed. Jonathan Rowe (Norwich City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Ben Gibson following a corner.
    • 27': Foul by Shane Duffy (Norwich City).
    • 27': Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 29': Cesare Casadei (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 29': Foul by Ashley Barnes (Norwich City).
    • 29': Foul by Christian Fassnacht (Norwich City).
    • 29': Kasey McAteer (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 31': (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 31': Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City).
    • 33': Attempt blocked. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yunus Akgün.
    • 34': Foul by Wout Faes (Leicester City).
    • 34': Jonathan Rowe (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 35': Dimitris Giannoulis (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 35': Foul by Kasey McAteer (Leicester City).
    • 35': Kasey McAteer (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 36': Foul by Ben Gibson (Norwich City).
    • 36': Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 39': Foul by Shane Duffy (Norwich City).
    • 39': Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 39': Shane Duffy (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 41': Hand ball by Jonathan Rowe (Norwich City).
    • 42': Foul by Ben Gibson (Norwich City).
    • 42': Yunus Akgün (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 42': Ben Gibson (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 43': Ashley Barnes (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card.
    • 43': Attempt saved. Wout Faes (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Yunus Akgün.
    • 44': Penalty Leicester City. Stephy Mavididi draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 44': Penalty conceded by Christian Fassnacht (Norwich City) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 45': Goal! Norwich City 0, Leicester City 1. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
    • 45'+2': Attempt missed. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kelechi Iheanacho.
    • 45'+2': Ashley Barnes (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 45'+2': Foul by Hamza Choudhury (Leicester City).
    • 45'+3': Attempt missed. Jonathan Rowe (Norwich City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
    • 45'+4': First Half ends, Norwich City 0, Leicester City 1.
    • 45': Second Half begins Norwich City 0, Leicester City 1.
    • 45': Substitution, Norwich City. Przemyslaw Placheta replaces Jonathan Rowe.
    • 47': Foul by Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City).
    • 47': Kenny McLean (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 49': Callum Doyle (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 49': Foul by Christian Fassnacht (Norwich City).
    • 49': Delay in match because of an injury Ashley Barnes (Norwich City).
    • 51': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 52': Foul by Gabriel Sara (Norwich City).
    • 52': Kasey McAteer (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 54': Attempt missed. Przemyslaw Placheta (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kenny McLean.
    • 54': Attempt missed. Gabriel Sara (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 54': Substitution, Norwich City. Adam Idah replaces Ashley Barnes because of an injury.
    • 55': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Hamza Choudhury.
    • 57': Substitution, Leicester City. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall replaces Cesare Casadei.
    • 57': Substitution, Leicester City. Wilfred Ndidi replaces Yunus Akgün.
    • 58': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Callum Doyle.
    • 59': Attempt blocked. Shane Duffy (Norwich City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gabriel Sara with a cross.
    • 59': Attempt blocked. Christian Fassnacht (Norwich City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 60': Offside, Leicester City. Stephy Mavididi is caught offside.
    • 62': Attempt missed. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Wilfred Ndidi.
    • 63': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Wout Faes.
    • 64': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Callum Doyle.
    • 64': Attempt missed. Shane Duffy (Norwich City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Gabriel Sara with a cross following a corner.
    • 65': Attempt missed. Dimitris Giannoulis (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
    • 67': Foul by Adam Idah (Norwich City).
    • 67': Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 68': Substitution, Leicester City. Jamie Vardy replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
    • 68': Substitution, Norwich City. Hwang Ui-Jo replaces Liam Gibbs.
    • 68': Substitution, Norwich City. Onel Hernández replaces Christian Fassnacht.
    • 69': Attempt missed. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Stephy Mavididi.
    • 69': Attempt missed. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Stephy Mavididi with a cross.
    • 70': Ben Gibson (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 70': Foul by Jamie Vardy (Leicester City).
    • 70': Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 71': Dimitris Giannoulis (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 71': Foul by Kasey McAteer (Leicester City).
    • 71': Foul by Harry Winks (Leicester City).
    • 71': Hwang Ui-Jo (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 71': Harry Winks (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 71': Hwang Ui-Jo (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card.
    • 72': Attempt saved. Shane Duffy (Norwich City) header from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Onel Hernández with a cross.
    • 74': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Hamza Choudhury.
    • 76': Kenny McLean (Norwich City) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box.
    • 77': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Hamza Choudhury.
    • 77': Delay in match because of an injury Hamza Choudhury (Leicester City).
    • 78': Substitution, Leicester City. James Justin replaces Hamza Choudhury.
    • 78': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 78': Substitution, Leicester City. Abdul Fatawu replaces Stephy Mavididi.
    • 78': Hand ball by Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City).
    • 80': Attempt missed. Gabriel Sara (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
    • 81': Foul by Adam Idah (Norwich City).
    • 81': Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 83': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Wout Faes.
    • 84': Attempt missed. Kasey McAteer (Leicester City) header from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Abdul Fatawu.
    • 85': Hand ball by Kasey McAteer (Leicester City).
    • 86': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Callum Doyle.
    • 87': Goal! Norwich City 0, Leicester City 2. Kasey McAteer (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.
    • 90': Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90'+4': Foul by Dimitris Giannoulis (Norwich City).
    • 90'+4': Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+8': Attempt blocked. Hwang Ui-Jo (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Przemyslaw Placheta.
    • 90'+8': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Wout Faes.
    • 90'+8': Substitution, Norwich City. Adam Forshaw replaces Ben Gibson.
    • 90'+8': Offside, Norwich City. Kenny McLean is caught offside.
    • 90'+9': Second Half ends, Norwich City 0, Leicester City 2.
    • 0': Match ends, Norwich City 0, Leicester City 2.

    Statistics

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    15 Fouls 14
    4 Yellow Cards 4
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 2
    1 Corner Kicks 10
    2 Saves 1
    57 Possession 43
    10 SHOTS 15
    3 ON GOAL 2
    0.3 On Target % 0.1
    1 Penalty Goals 0
    1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    495 Accurate Passes 313
    559 Passes 392
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
    3 Accurate Crosses 4
    7 Crosses 31
    0.4 Cross % 0.1
    36 Long Balls 47
    23 Accurate Long Balls 21
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.4
    1 Blocked Shots 4
    13 Effective Tackles 12
    21 Tackles 18
    0.6 Tackle % 0.7
    8 Interceptions 11
    39 Effective Clearances 3
    39 Clearances 3

    Game Information

    Competition: English League Championship

    Venue: Carrow Road
    Location: Norwich, England
    Attendance: 26,277

    EFL Championship Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Coventry City 13 +24 28
    2 Middlesbrough 12 +8 25
    3 Millwall 12 +1 23
    4 Bristol City 12 +9 22
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    NOR Norwich City (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    28 Angus Gunn (GK)
    6 Ben Gibson Yellow Card
    24 Shane Duffy Yellow Card
    30 Dimitris Giannoulis
    3 Jack Stacey
    8 Liam Gibbs
    23 Kenny McLean
    17 Gabriel Sara
    10 Ashley Barnes Yellow Card
    27 Jon Rowe
    16 Christian Fassnacht
    Norwich City Substitutes:
    Onel Hernández, Danny Batth, Adam Idah, Tony Springett, Adam Forshaw, Przemyslaw Placheta, George Long, Sam McCallum, Hwang Ui-Jo.

    LEI Leicester City (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    30 Mads Hermansen (GK)
    23 Jannik Vestergaard Yellow Card
    3 Wout Faes
    5 Callum Doyle
    17 Hamza Choudhury
    8 Harry Winks Yellow Card
    7 Cesare Casadei
    29 Yunus Akgün
    14 Kelechi Iheanacho
    10 Stephy Mavididi
    35 Kasey McAteer Yellow Card
    Leicester City Substitutes:
    Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Jamie Vardy, Conor Coady, Fatawu Issahaku, Ricardo Pereira, Wilfred Ndidi, Jakub Stolarczyk, James Justin, Patson Daka.

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