Championship · ENG · Round 1

Blackburn Rovers
1 - 4 Full time
Norwich City

Ewood Park

Lineups

Blackburn Rovers4-4-2
JS1Steele
JL6Lowe
SD22Duffy
EW15↓21'Ward
AH2Henley
LF7Feeney
DL26Lenihan
HA21↓63'Akpan
EB31↓46'Bennett
BM10Marshall
DG12Graham
JR1Ruddy
IP25Pinto
RB24Bennett
TK15Klose
MO3↓52'Olsson
AT27Tettey
JH8↓77'Howson
JM22⚽Murphy
SN7⚽Naismith
WH14⚽↓80'Hoolahan
CJ10⚽Jerome
Norwich City4-2-3-1

Blackburn Rovers substitutes

3 Gordon Greer 6.4 ↑21'
9 Anthony Stokes 7.3 ⚽↑46'
8 Jack Byrne 6.0 ↑63'
32 Craig Conway
23 Danny Guthrie
33 David Raya
20 Stephen Hendrie

Coach: Owen Coyle

Norwich City substitutes

2 Steven Whittaker 6.2 ↑52'
18 Youssouf Mulumbu 6.1 ↑77'
21 Alex Pritchard 6.0 ↑80'
31 Josh Murphy
19 Kyle Lafferty
33 Michael McGovern
6 Sébastien Bassong

Coach: Alex Neil

Match events

12'Jacob Murphy assist: Jonathan Howson 0 - 1⚽
16'Elliott Bennett
17'Wesley Hoolahan assist: Ivo Pinto 0 - 2⚽
21'↑ Gordon Greer ↓ Elliott Ward⇄
25'Cameron Jerome assist: Ivo Pinto 0 - 3⚽
Second half
46'↑ Anthony Stokes ↓ Elliott Bennett⇄
52'↑ Steven Whittaker ↓ Martin Olsson⇄
58'Steven Naismith assist: Wesley Hoolahan 0 - 4⚽
63'↑ Jack Byrne ↓ Hope Akpan⇄
67'Anthony Stokes assist: Liam Feeney 1 - 4⚽
69'Cameron Jerome
76'Gordon Greer
77'↑ Youssouf Mulumbu ↓ Jonathan Howson⇄
80'↑ Alex Pritchard ↓ Wesley Hoolahan⇄
81'Youssouf Mulumbu

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Match details

CompetitionChampionship
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 6 August 2016, 14:00 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

4Blackburn Rovers wins3Draws6Norwich City wins

13 past meetings on record. Biggest Blackburn Rovers win: Norwich City 3–1 Blackburn Rovers (2014). Biggest Norwich City win: Blackburn Rovers 0–2 Norwich City (2023).

7 Apr 2023Blackburn Rovers 0 - 2 Norwich CityChampionship
8 Jan 2023Norwich City 0 - 1 Blackburn RoversFA Cup
17 Dec 2022Norwich City 0 - 2 Blackburn RoversChampionship
20 Mar 2021Norwich City 1 - 1 Blackburn RoversChampionship
12 Dec 2020Blackburn Rovers 1 - 2 Norwich CityChampionship
27 Apr 2019Norwich City 2 - 1 Blackburn RoversChampionship
22 Dec 2018Blackburn Rovers 0 - 1 Norwich CityChampionship
11 Mar 2017Norwich City 2 - 2 Blackburn RoversChampionship
24 Feb 2015Blackburn Rovers 1 - 2 Norwich CityChampionship
19 Aug 2014Norwich City 3 - 1 Blackburn RoversChampionship
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21 Apr 2012Blackburn Rovers 2 - 0 Norwich CityPremier League
29 Oct 2011Norwich City 3 - 3 Blackburn RoversPremier League
24 Aug 2010Blackburn Rovers 3 - 1 Norwich CityLeague Cup