English League Championship

Norwich City vs Birmingham City, 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Norwich City
  • 67': Kenny McLean
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Birmingham City
  • 5': Carlos Vicente
  • 14': Marvin Ducksch

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Norwich City are hosting Birmingham 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.
  • 1': Attempt saved. Carlos Vicente (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Vladan Kovacevic (Norwich City). Assisted by August Priske with a headed pass.
  • 2': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Jonathan Panzo.
  • 3': Handball by Kellen Fisher (Norwich City).
  • 4': Foul by August Priske (Birmingham City).
  • 4': José Córdoba (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Goal! Norwich City 0, Birmingham City 1. Carlos Vicente (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bright Osayi-Samuel.
  • 11': Attempt saved. Liam Gibbs (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by James Beadle (Birmingham City). Assisted by Kenny McLean.
  • 11': Ali Ahmed (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 11': Foul by Bright Osayi-Samuel (Birmingham City).
  • 13': Attempt saved. August Priske (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Vladan Kovacevic (Norwich City). Assisted by Demarai Gray with a cross.
  • 13': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Vladan Kovacevic.
  • 14': Goal! Norwich City 0, Birmingham City 2. Marvin Ducksch (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by August Priske.
  • 17': Ben Chrisene (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 17': Foul by Bright Osayi-Samuel (Birmingham City).
  • 18': Offside, Birmingham City. Demarai Gray is caught offside.
  • 19': Demarai Gray (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Foul by Kellen Fisher (Norwich City).
  • 21': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Ruairi McConville.
  • 25': Foul by Christoph Klarer (Birmingham City).
  • 25': Mohamed Touré (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 27': Foul by Jhon Solís (Birmingham City).
  • 27': Liam Gibbs (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 29': Attempt blocked. Demarai Gray (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marvin Ducksch.
  • 29': Attempt saved. August Priske (Birmingham City) header from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal by Vladan Kovacevic (Norwich City).
  • 29': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Vladan Kovacevic.
  • 29': Delay in match because of an injury Ben Chrisene (Norwich City).
  • 31': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 32': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Christoph Klarer.
  • 33': Attempt blocked. Ali Ahmed (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 33': Foul by Carlos Vicente (Birmingham City).
  • 33': Kellen Fisher (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 34': Attempt missed. Mohamed Touré (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Liam Gibbs.
  • 34': Foul by Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City).
  • 34': Liam Gibbs (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 36': Attempt saved. Mohamed Touré (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by James Beadle (Birmingham City). Assisted by Kenny McLean with a headed pass.
  • 36': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by James Beadle.
  • 37': Attempt missed. Mohamed Touré (Norwich City) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Liam Gibbs with a cross following a corner.
  • 39': Anis Ben Slimane (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Foul by Christoph Klarer (Birmingham City).
  • 39': Christoph Klarer (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  • 40': Foul by Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City).
  • 40': Ruairi McConville (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Christoph Klarer (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Foul by Mohamed Touré (Norwich City).
  • 42': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Sam Field.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+2': Anis Ben Slimane (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+2': Foul by Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City).
  • 45'+5': First Half ends, Norwich City 0, Birmingham City 2.
  • 45': Second Half begins Norwich City 0, Birmingham City 2.
  • 45': Substitution, Norwich City. Paris Maghoma replaces Liam Gibbs.
  • 46': Attempt missed. Ben Chrisene (Norwich City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Anis Ben Slimane.
  • 47': Attempt saved. Mohamed Touré (Norwich City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by James Beadle (Birmingham City).
  • 47': Attempt saved. Kellen Fisher (Norwich City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by James Beadle (Birmingham City).
  • 48': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by James Beadle.
  • 48': Attempt missed. Ruairi McConville (Norwich City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Paris Maghoma with a cross following a corner.
  • 49': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Kai Wagner.
  • 50': Offside, Norwich City. José Córdoba is caught offside.
  • 51': Offside, Norwich City. Mohamed Touré is caught offside.
  • 52': Offside, Birmingham City. Bright Osayi-Samuel is caught offside.
  • 54': August Priske (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 54': Foul by José Córdoba (Norwich City).
  • 55': Attempt missed. Demarai Gray (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
  • 56': Mohamed Touré (Norwich City) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Ali Ahmed with a through ball.
  • 59': Offside, Birmingham City. Carlos Vicente is caught offside.
  • 60': Offside, Norwich City. Ali Ahmed is caught offside.
  • 63': Substitution, Birmingham City. Ibrahim Osman replaces Demarai Gray.
  • 64': Foul by Jonathan Panzo (Birmingham City).
  • 64': Mohamed Touré (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 65': Foul by Kellen Fisher (Norwich City).
  • 65': Ibrahim Osman (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 67': Goal! Norwich City 1, Birmingham City 2. Kenny McLean (Norwich City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Mohamed Touré.
  • 68': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Kai Wagner.
  • 70': Attempt saved. Anis Ben Slimane (Norwich City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by James Beadle (Birmingham City). Assisted by Ali Ahmed with a through ball.
  • 71': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jay Stansfield replaces Marvin Ducksch.
  • 71': Substitution, Birmingham City. Patrick Roberts replaces Carlos Vicente.
  • 71': Substitution, Norwich City. Mathias Kvistgaarden replaces Mohamed Touré.
  • 74': Attempt blocked. Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ibrahim Osman.
  • 74': Attempt missed. August Priske (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kai Wagner with a cross.
  • 75': Attempt saved. Mathias Kvistgaarden (Norwich City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal by James Beadle (Birmingham City). Assisted by Paris Maghoma.
  • 75': Attempt blocked. Paris Maghoma (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 76': Offside, Norwich City. Kellen Fisher is caught offside.
  • 76': Delay in match because of an injury August Priske (Birmingham City).
  • 78': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 78': Substitution, Birmingham City. Tommy Doyle replaces August Priske because of an injury.
  • 79': Substitution, Birmingham City. Ethan Laird replaces Bright Osayi-Samuel.
  • 79': Mathias Kvistgaarden (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 79': Foul by Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City).
  • 80': Attempt blocked. Ali Ahmed (Norwich City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
  • 81': Attempt saved. Mathias Kvistgaarden (Norwich City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by James Beadle (Birmingham City). Assisted by Ben Chrisene with a cross.
  • 84': Substitution, Norwich City. Jack Stacey replaces Ben Chrisene.
  • 85': Foul by Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City).
  • 85': Sam Field (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Delay in match because of an injury Jhon Solís (Birmingham City).
  • 86': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 88': Attempt saved. Anis Ben Slimane (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by James Beadle (Birmingham City). Assisted by Kenny McLean.
  • 90': Substitution, Norwich City. Tony Springett replaces Ali Ahmed.
  • 90': Substitution, Norwich City. Harry Darling replaces José Córdoba.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Jack Stacey (Norwich City).
  • 90'+4': Ibrahim Osman (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Paris Maghoma.
  • 90'+6': Foul by Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City).
  • 90'+6': Kenny McLean (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+6': Attempt blocked. Kellen Fisher (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Norwich City 1, Birmingham City 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Norwich City 1, Birmingham City 2.

Statistics

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14 Fouls 6
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 4
5 Corner Kicks 6
8 Saves 3
38.4 Possession 61.6
9 SHOTS 18
5 ON GOAL 9
0.6 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
228 Accurate Passes 399
312 Passes 501
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
4 Accurate Crosses 5
13 Crosses 20
0.3 Cross % 0.3
65 Long Balls 60
22 Accurate Long Balls 25
0.3 Long Balls % 0.4
2 Blocked Shots 4
10 Effective Tackles 8
18 Tackles 14
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
9 Interceptions 7
35 Effective Clearances 9
35 Clearances 9

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Carrow Road
Location: Norwich, England
Attendance: 26,537

EFL Championship Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Middlesbrough 14 +11 28
2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 14 +8 27
3 Birmingham City 14 +13 26
4 Stoke City 14 +5 26
Full Standings

Line-Ups

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

No. Name
1 Vladan Kovacevic (GK)
33 José Córdoba
15 Ruairi McConville
14 Benjamin Chrisene
35 Kellen Fisher
20 Anis Slimane
26 Sam Field
23 Kenny McLean
37 Mohamed Toure
21 Ali Ahmed
8 Liam Gibbs
Norwich City Substitutes:
Mathias Kvistgaarden, Jack Stacey, Harry Darling, Paris Maghoma, Jacob Wright, Emiliano Marcondes, Errol Mundle-Smith, Daniel Grimshaw, Tony Springett.

BIR Birmingham City (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
25 James Beadle (GK)
37 Jonathan Panzo
4 Christoph Klarer Yellow Card
31 Kai Wagner
26 Bright Osayi-Samuel
33 Marvin Ducksch
14 Jhon Solís
24 Tomoki Iwata
29 August Priske
10 Demarai Gray
23 Carlos Vicente
Birmingham City Substitutes:
Ethan Laird, Jack Robinson, Phil Neumann, Jay Stansfield, Patrick Roberts, Kanya Fujimoto, Ryan Allsop, Ibrahim Osman, Tommy Doyle.

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