Norwich vs Cardiff

17 February 2024 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee Darren Bond

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

Josh Sargent 39’, 54’
Gabriel Sara 45’
Christian Fassnacht 78’

Jamilu Collins 19’

Match summary

Norwich came from behind to win 4-1 at home to Cardiff. Norwich led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Jamilu Collins put Cardiff ahead in the 19th minute, Josh Sargent equalised in the 39th minute, and Gabriel Sara put Norwich in front with a direct free kick in the 45th minute. In the second half, Sargent made it 3-1 in the 54th minute and Christian Fassnacht made it 4-1 in the 78th minute.

The chances backed that up: Norwich created 2.68 expected goals (xG) from 23 shots to Cardiff's 0.42 from 9.

Match stats

23 Shots 9

8 Shots on Target 3

8 Corners 0

0 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.47 xG 0.42

2.47 Non-penalty xG 0.42

Key events

Norwich Cardiff

Kick-off

19’

Jamilu Collins

0-1

Josh Sargent

1-1

39’

Gabriel Sara

2-1

45’

Half-time2-1

Josh Sargent

3-1

54’

Christian Fassnacht

4-1

78’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Cardiff

Dimitris Goutas
Nathaniel Phillips
Rubin Colwill

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.

Norwich 2.68 xGCardiff 0.42 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Cardiff attacking Norwich attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Players16 players


Angus Gunn	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jack Stacey Taken off	81′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Grant Hanley	90′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Kenny McLean	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sam McCallum Taken off	60′	–	–	2	0.02	–	–	–
Marcelino Núñez	90′	–	–	4	0.14	–	–	–
Gabriel Sara	90′	1	–	5	0.23	–	–	–
Onel Hernández Taken off	61′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Ashley Barnes Taken off	70′	–	–	2	0.26	–	–	–
Borja Sainz	90′	–	–	2	0.16	–	–	–
Josh Sargent Taken off	70′	2	–	5	1.66	–	–	–
Dimitrios Giannoulis Came on as a substitute	30′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Christian Fassnacht Came on as a substitute	29′	1	–	1	0.14	–	–	–
Jacob Lungi Sørensen Came on as a substitute	20′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sydney van Hooijdonk Came on as a substitute	20′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kellen Fisher Came on as a substitute	9′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Ethan Horvath	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mahlon Romeo	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dimitris Goutas	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nathaniel Phillips	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jamilu Collins	90′	1	–	1	0.11	–	–	–
Karlan Grant Taken off	79′	–	–	2	0.06	–	–	–
Manolis Siopis	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joe Ralls Taken off	59′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Josh Wilson-Esbrand Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rubin Colwill Taken off	78′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–
Famara Diédhiou Taken off	59′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Josh Bowler Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	2	0.11	–	–	–
Ryan Wintle Came on as a substitute	31′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kion Etete Came on as a substitute	31′	–	–	2	0.10	–	–	–
David Turnbull Came on as a substitute	12′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Ollie Tanner Came on as a substitute	11′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Norwich win 55% Avg odds 1.73

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.70

Cardiff win 19% Avg odds 4.94

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

Form going into the game

Norwich W L W D W

Cardiff L L W L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Cardiff 2-3 Norwich, 11 Nov 23 Next meeting: Cardiff 2-1 Norwich, 02 Nov 24 All Norwich vs Cardiff meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.