Man United vs Norwich

16 April 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Andy Madley

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

Cristiano Ronaldo 7’, 32’, 76’

Kieran Dowell 45+1’
Teemu Pukki 52’

Match summary

Man United saw off Norwich 3-2. Man United led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Cristiano Ronaldo put Man United ahead in the 7th minute, set up by Anthony Elanga, Ronaldo made it 2-0 with a header in the 32nd minute, set up by Alex Telles, and Kieran Dowell pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a header in first-half stoppage time, set up by Teemu Pukki. In the second half, Teemu Pukki equalised in the 52nd minute, set up by Kieran Dowell and Ronaldo won it with a direct free kick in the 76th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Man United created 1.67 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots, Norwich 1.80 from 15.

Match stats

20 Shots 15

9 Shots on Target 4

6 Corners 7

0 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

1.67 xG 1.80

1.67 Non-penalty xG 1.80

19 Deep Completions 12

Key events

Man United Norwich

Kick-off

Cristiano Ronaldo
Assist: Anthony Elanga

1-0

7’

Cristiano Ronaldo
Assist: Alex Telles

2-0

32’

45+1’

Kieran Dowell
Assist: Teemu Pukki

2-1

Half-time2-1

52’

Teemu Pukki
Assist: Kieran Dowell

2-2

Cristiano Ronaldo

3-2

76’

Full-time3-2

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Man United 1.67 xGNorwich 1.80 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Norwich attacking Man United attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David de Gea	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diogo Dalot	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.22	2
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Harry Maguire	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Alex Telles	DEF	77		1	0	0.00	0.10	2
Bruno Fernandes	MID	90			3	0.09	0.09	1
Paul Pogba	MID	77			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jesse Lingard	MID	66			3	0.24	0.23	4
Anthony Elanga	FWD	90		1	1	0.09	0.67	3
Cristiano Ronaldo	FWD	90	3		8	0.84	0.02	1
Jadon Sancho	FWD	90			3	0.26	0.12	3
Nemanja Matic	Sub	24			0	0.00	0.00	0
Juan Mata	Sub	13			1	0.09	0.00	0
Marcus Rashford	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Tim Krul	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sam Byram	DEF	90			2	0.14	0.06	1
Ben Gibson	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Grant Hanley	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dimitris Giannoulis	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.09	1
Mathias Normann	MID	90			1	0.05	0.12	1
Kenny McLean	MID	77			0	0.00	0.09	1
Kieran Dowell	MID	77	1	1	2	0.59	0.39	2
Pierre Lees-Melou	MID	85			2	0.10	0.34	2
Milot Rashica	MID	90			4	0.17	0.00	0
Teemu Pukki	FWD	90	1	1	4	0.75	0.60	2
Przemyslaw Placheta	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Billy Gilmour	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.03	1
Jonathan Rowe	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 75% Avg odds 1.28

Draw 15% Avg odds 6.27

Norwich win 10% Avg odds 10.17

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Man United D L W D L

Norwich L L L D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Norwich 0-1 Man United, 11 Dec 21 All Man United vs Norwich meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.