Championship · REGULAR SEASON - 38 · SAT, 14 MAR · 15:00 LOCAL

NORWICH

9TH · 65 PTS · LAST 5:

L D W W L

2 – 0

FULL TIME HT · 2-0

PRESTON

L W L L W

· 14TH · 60 PTS · LAST 5

⚽ 17' Ali Ahmed ⚽ 39' K. McLean

GOALS

👑

⭐ PLAYER OF THE MATCH

K. McLean

Norwich · Captain · 90 mins

⚽ 1 goal · 55% pass acc · 1 shots on

RATING

8.5

PREDICTIONS

▶ MATCH HIGHLIGHTS

Goals, key moments & recap 3 CLIPS

Championship: Norwich City vs Preston

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Championship: Norwich City vs Preston

📊 90 MIN TOTALS

Finalised · Match completed

1.05

⚡ EXPECTED GOALS (xG)

2.32

63%

BALL POSSESSION %

37%

TOTAL SHOTS

SHOTS ON TARGET

78%

PASS ACCURACY %

67%

CORNERS

KEY EVENTS 14 events

13'

Card · Yellow Card

Anis Ben Slimane

NOR
17'

Goal · Normal Goal

Ali Ahmed

NOR
39'

Goal · Normal Goal

K. McLean

NOR
60'

Subst · Substitution 1

B. Chrisene · assist Kellen Fisher

NOR
61'

Subst · Substitution 2

Anis Ben Slimane · assist Paris Maghoma

NOR
61'

Subst · Substitution 3

Pelle Mattsson · assist Sam Field

NOR
61'

Subst · Substitution 4

Mathias Kvistgaarden · assist Errol Mundle-Smith

NOR
64'

Subst · Substitution 1

Odeluga Offiah · assist Brad Potts

PRE
64'

Subst · Substitution 2

Andrew Moran · assist Alfie Devine

PRE
65'

Subst · Substitution 3

Jordan Thompson · assist Pol Valentín

PRE
81'

Subst · Substitution 4

Thierry Small · assist Robbie Brady

PRE
81'

Subst · Substitution 5

Ben Whiteman · assist Michael Smith

PRE
87'

Card · Yellow Card

Brad Potts

PRE
88'

Subst · Substitution 5

Ali Ahmed · assist Forson Amankwah

NOR

PLAYER RATINGS · TOP 5 EACH 0–10 scale

NORWICH AVG 7.8

K. McLean
90' · 1G · 1 shots · 55.00% pass

8.5
Vladan Kovačević
90' · 26.00% pass

8.3
Ali Ahmed
88' · 1G · 1 shots · 21.00% pass

7.6
José Córdoba
90' · 53.00% pass

7.5
Pelle Mattsson
61' · 22.00% pass

7.2

PRESTON AVG 7.0

Alfie Devine
26' · 9.00% pass

7.5
Jordan Storey
90' · 26.00% pass

7.3
Lewis Dobbin
90' · 1 shots · 5.00% pass

6.9
Robbie Brady
9' · 1 shots · 2.00% pass

6.7
Brad Potts
26' · 1 shots · 2.00% pass

6.7

MATCH STATS H vs A

ATTACK

1.1

2.3

9.0

TOTAL SHOTS

15.0

4.0

ON TARGET

4.0

OFF TARGET

5.0

1.0

BLOCKED

6.0

POSSESSION

63.0%

POSSESSION %

37.0%

460.0

PASSES

274.0

78.0%

PASS ACCURACY

67.0%

SET PIECES

5.0

CORNERS

3.0

0.0

OFFSIDES

2.0

DISCIPLINE

9.0

FOULS

14.0

1.0

YELLOW CARDS

1.0

4.0

GK SAVES

1.0

🎯 SHOT BREAKDOWN

Top shooters · accuracy = on-target / total

player-level shot accuracy · per-shot xG bubbles require xG Advanced tier

NORWICH 2 shots

K. McLean

1/1

Ali Ahmed

1/1

PRESTON 3 shots

Lewis Dobbin

0/1

Robbie Brady

1/1

Brad Potts

0/1

📈 xG RACE

Cumulative xG over 90 minutes REAL xG

final xG: 1.05 – 2.32

Step chart anchored to real goal minutes · final xG from SportMonks · baseline distributes remaining shots evenly across the match

⚡ ATTACK SHARE

Event activity ratio · attacks/cards/subs

zone-based attack maps require broadcast partner (Q3)

LINEUPS 4-2-3-1 vs 5-3-2

4-2-3-1

5-3-2

8.3

7.5

8.5

7.2

7.6

7.3

6.9

SUBSTITUTES · NORWICH

Sam Field

Jacob Wright

Kellen Fishe...

Forson Amank...

J. Medić

Paris Maghom...

E. Marcondes

L. Moulden

Errol Mundle...

COACH: Philippe Clement

SUBSTITUTES · PRESTON

Alfie Devine

Milutin Osma...

Pol Valentín

Michael Smit...

Brad Potts

Andrija Vukč...

Robbie Brady

David Cornel...

M. Luković

COACH: Paul Heckingbottom

🏥 UNAVAILABLE PLAYERS

NOR · 0 OUT

No injuries reported · federation feed activates Q3

PRE · 0 OUT

No injuries reported · federation feed activates Q3

⚖ MATCH OFFICIALS

REFEREE

Gavin Ward, England

—

NOR MANAGER

Philippe Clement

head coach

PRE MANAGER

Paul Heckingbottom

head coach

HEAD TO HEAD · ALL-TIME

NOR WINS

DRAWS

PRE WINS

30%

50%

20%

15 – 10

TOTAL GOALS · 10 MEETINGS

2.50

AVG GOALS / MATCH

RECENT MEETINGS SHOWING 5 / 10

NORWICH LAST 5 OVERALL

L D W W L

PRESTON LAST 5 OVERALL

L W L L W

MATCH IMPACT Final 2–0 · result locked

NORWICH #9

Won · already at 65 pts

PRESTON #14

Lost · already at 60 pts

LEAGUE CONTEXT FULL TABLE →

#	TEAM	P	W	D	L	GD	PTS	FORM
1	Coventry	46	28	11	7	+52	95	W W W D D
2	Ipswich	46	23	15	8	+33	84	W D D W D
3	Millwall	46	24	11	11	+15	83	L D W D W
4	Southampton	46	22	14	10	+26	80	W D W D D
5	Middlesbrough	46	22	14	10	+25	80	L L D D W
6	Hull City	46	21	10	15	+4	73	W W D W L
7	Wrexham	46	19	14	13	+4	71	D L W W L
8	Derby	46	20	9	17	+8	69	L W L W L
9	Norwich	46	19	8	19	+7	65	L D W W L
10	Birmingham	46	17	13	16	+1	64	D W W D W
11	Swansea	46	18	10	18	-2	64	W D W L W
12	Bristol City	46	17	11	18	0	62	W L D L D
13	Sheffield Utd	46	18	6	22	0	60	W L L W W
14	Preston	46	15	15	16	-7	60	L W L L W
15	QPR	46	16	10	20	-12	58	L L L L D
16	Watford	46	14	15	17	-12	57	L L L L L
17	Stoke City	46	15	10	21	-5	55	L L L L D
18	Portsmouth	46	14	13	19	-15	55	D W L W W
19	Charlton	46	13	14	19	-14	53	L W L D L
20	Blackburn	46	13	13	20	-14	52	L W D L D
21	West Brom	46	13	14	19	-10	51	L D W W D
22	Oxford United	46	11	14	21	-14	47	L W L L W
23	Leicester	46	12	16	18	-10	46	W D D L L
24	Sheffield Wednesday	46	2	12	32	-60	0	W L L D D