Sheffield Wednesday vs Norwich

9 April 2024 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee Chris Kavanagh

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 0–2

Michael Ihiekwe 78’
Michael Smith 85’

Josh Sargent 11’
Borja Sainz 16’

Match summary

Sheffield Wednesday and Norwich shared the points in a 2-2 draw. Norwich led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Josh Sargent put Norwich ahead in the 11th minute and Borja Sainz made it 0-2 in the 16th minute. In the second half, Michael Ihiekwe pulled one back to make it 1-2 with a header in the 78th minute and Michael Smith equalised with a header in the 85th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Sheffield Wednesday created 1.53 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots, Norwich 1.59 from 13.

Match stats

11 Shots 13

5 Shots on Target 6

10 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.53 xG 1.59

1.53 Non-penalty xG 1.59

Key events

Sheffield Wednesday Norwich

Kick-off

11’

Josh Sargent

0-1

16’

Borja Sainz

0-2

Half-time0-2

Michael Ihiekwe

1-2

78’

Michael Smith

2-2

85’

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Sheffield Wednesday

Barry Bannan
Will Vaulks

Norwich

Ashley Barnes

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.

Sheffield Wednesday 1.53 xGNorwich 1.59 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Norwich attacking Sheffield Wednesday 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


James Beadle	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dominic Iorfa	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bambo Diaby Taken off	46′	–	–	1	0.06	–	–	–
Michael Ihiekwe	90′	1	–	1	0.33	–	–	–
Akin Famewo	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Liam Palmer Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Barry Bannan	90′	–	–	3	0.09	–	–
Anthony Musaba Taken off	75′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Josh Windass Taken off	46′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Djeidi Gassama Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Michael Smith	90′	1	–	3	0.53	–	–	–
Kristian Pedersen Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Pol Valentín Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Will Vaulks Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Callum Paterson Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	2	0.46	–	–	–
Bailey Cadamarteri Came on as a substitute	15′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Angus Gunn	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jack Stacey	90′	–	–	1	0.19	–	–	–
Danny Batth	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ben Gibson	90′	–	–	1	0.06	–	–	–
Sam McCallum	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Marcelino Núñez	90′	–	–	4	0.34	–	–	–
Kenny McLean	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Gabriel Sara	90′	–	–	2	0.22	–	–	–
Ashley Barnes	90′	–	–	2	0.39	–	–
Borja Sainz Taken off	90′	1	–	2	0.18	–	–	–
Josh Sargent Taken off	61′	1	–	1	0.19	–	–	–
Liam Gibbs Came on as a substituteTaken off	29′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Christian Fassnacht Came on as a substitute	25′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Sheffield Wednesday win 29% Avg odds 3.30

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.35

Norwich win 43% Avg odds 2.21

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

Form going into the game

Sheffield Wednesday L L D L W

Norwich W W W L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Norwich 3-1 Sheffield Wednesday, 13 Dec 23 Next meeting: Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Norwich, 05 Nov 24 All Sheffield Wednesday vs Norwich 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.