Norwich vs Rotherham United

9 March 2024 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee C Breakspear

Full time 5 – 0

Half-time: 4–0

Gabriel Sara 13’, 47’
Jacob Lungi Sørensen 21’
Borja Sainz 32’
Josh Sargent 45+1’

Match summary

Norwich won comfortably, 5-0 at home to Rotherham United. Norwich led 4-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Gabriel Sara put Norwich ahead with a header in the 13th minute, Jacob Lungi Sørensen made it 2-0 with a header in the 21st minute, Borja Sainz made it 3-0 in the 32nd minute, and Josh Sargent made it 4-0 in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Sara made it 5-0 in the 47th minute.

The chances backed that up: Norwich created 1.83 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Rotherham United's 0.04 from 2.

Match stats

18 Shots 2

8 Shots on Target 0

4 Corners 3

1 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

1.83 xG 0.04

1.83 Non-penalty xG 0.04

Key events

Norwich Rotherham United

Kick-off

Gabriel Sara

1-0

13’

Jacob Lungi Sørensen

2-0

21’

Borja Sainz

3-0

32’

Josh Sargent

4-0

45+1’

Half-time4-0

Gabriel Sara

5-0

47’

Full-time5-0

Bookings

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

Norwich

Liam Gibbs

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 1.83 xGRotherham United 0.04 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Rotherham United attacking Norwich attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players


Angus Gunn	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jack Stacey	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jacob Lungi Sørensen	90′	1	–	1	0.08	–	–	–
Ben Gibson Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sam McCallum	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Marcelino Núñez Taken off	68′	–	–	4	0.08	–	–	–
Kenny McLean Taken off	52′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Gabriel Sara	90′	2	–	5	0.58	–	–	–
Ashley Barnes Taken off	81′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Borja Sainz	90′	1	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Josh Sargent Taken off	52′	1	–	5	0.84	–	–	–
Danny Batth Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Christian Fassnacht Came on as a substitute	38′	–	–	1	0.12	–	–	–
Sydney van Hooijdonk Came on as a substitute	38′	–	–	1	0.10	–	–	–
Liam Gibbs Came on as a substitute	22′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ken Aboh Came on as a substitute	9′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Viktor Johansson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Hakeem Odofin	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sean Morrison Taken off	58′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cameron Humphreys	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Christ Junior Tiehi	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Peter Kioso	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sam Clucas Taken off	85′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Oliver Rathbone Taken off	58′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sebastian Revan	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Charlie Wyke Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tom Eaves Taken off	58′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Andy Rinomhota Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Arvin Appiah Came on as a substitute	32′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Jordan Hugill Came on as a substitute	32′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Sam Nombe Came on as a substitute	32′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jamie Lindsay Came on as a substitute	5′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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 70% Avg odds 1.36

Draw 19% Avg odds 4.91

Rotherham United win 11% Avg odds 8.83

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

Form going into the game

Norwich W W D W L

Rotherham United L L L L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Rotherham United 2-1 Norwich, 02 Sep 23 All Norwich vs Rotherham United 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.

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