Norwich vs Cardiff

3 May 2025 · Championship · 2024/25 · Referee W Finnie

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 3–0

Marcelino Núñez 13’, 17’
Borja Sainz 23’
Shane Duffy 67’

Yousef Salech 56’ (pen), 84’

Match summary

Norwich beat Cardiff 4-2. Norwich led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Marcelino Núñez put Norwich ahead in the 13th minute, Núñez made it 2-0 with a direct free kick in the 17th minute, and Borja Sainz made it 3-0 in the 23rd minute. In the second half, Yousef Salech pulled one back to make it 3-1 from the penalty spot in the 56th minute, Shane Duffy made it 4-1 with a header in the 67th minute, and Salech made it 4-2 from a corner in the 84th minute.

The chances backed that up: Norwich created 2.98 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Cardiff's 1.86 from 19. Cardiff had a player sent off.

Match stats

22 Shots 19

8 Shots on Target 6

6 Corners 9

3 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 1

2.98 xG 1.77

2.98 Non-penalty xG 0.98

Key events

Norwich Cardiff

Kick-off

Marcelino Núñez

1-0

13’

Marcelino Núñez

2-0

17’

Borja Sainz

3-0

23’

Half-time3-0

56’

Yousef Salech
Penalty

3-1

Shane Duffy

4-1

67’

84’

Yousef Salech

4-2

Full-time4-2

Bookings

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

Norwich

Callum Doyle
Jack Stacey
Jacob Wright

Cardiff

Calum Chambers
Joe Ralls
Joel Bagan

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 2.98 xGCardiff 1.86 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

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Player stats

Players14 players


Angus Gunn Taken off	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ruairi McConville Taken off	59′	–	–	1	0.10	–	–	–
Shane Duffy Taken off	90′	1	–	2	0.25	–	–	–
Callum Doyle	90′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–
Kenny McLean	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jack Stacey Taken off	59′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jacob Wright	90′	–	–	3	0.15	–	–
Forson Amankwah Taken off	68′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Marcelino Núñez	90′	2	–	7	0.55	–	–	–
Borja Sainz	90′	1	–	4	0.93	–	–	–
Josh Sargent	90′	–	–	2	0.81	–	–	–
Jacob Lungi Sørensen Came on as a substitute	31′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Onel Hernández Came on as a substitute	31′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Oscar Schwartau Came on as a substitute	22′	–	–	1	0.14	–	–	–


Ethan Horvath	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ronan Kpakio Taken off	69′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–	–
William Fish	90′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
Calum Chambers Sent off	16′	–	–	2	0.11	–	–
Callum O'Dowda	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
David Turnbull Taken off	21′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joe Ralls Taken off	46′	–	–	4	0.19	–	–
Cian Ashford	90′	–	–	4	0.18	–	–	–
Alex Robertson Taken off	69′	–	–	1	0.09	–	–	–
William Alves Taken off	33′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Yousef Salech	90′	2	–	6	1.22	–	–	–
Joel Bagan Came on as a substitute	69′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dylan Lawlor Came on as a substitute	57′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rubin Colwill Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Chris Willock Came on as a substitute	21′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tanatswa Nyakuhwa Came on as a substitute	21′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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 62% Avg odds 1.52

Draw 21% Avg odds 4.59

Cardiff win 17% Avg odds 5.51

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

Form going into the game

Norwich D L L L D

Cardiff D L L D D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Cardiff 2-1 Norwich, 02 Nov 24 All Norwich vs Cardiff meetings, next on 21 Nov 26

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.