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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 20 (setup 4, season 27)
Norwich City
v.
Port Vale
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Michael McGOVERN1Bram VERBIST
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Josh MURPHY27Brice DJA DJEDJE
James HUSBAND3Jelle VAN DAMME
Jack CORK747Andrew SURMAN
Timm KLOSE5Kenneth OMERUO
Christoph ZIMMERMANN6Alex BAPTISTE
Jonny HOWSON7Thomas BUFFEL
Wes HOOLAHAN87Oliver BURKE
NÉLSON Miguel Castro OLIVEIRA96Denis Andrés STRACQUALURSI
Julian JENNER106Jordan RHODES
IVAN Ricardo Neves Abreu CAVALEIRO116Valeri BOJINOV
Manager
Tom TRYBULL12Christian PANDER
Angus GUNN13David MIRFIN
Paul JONES14Kevin VANDENBERGH
Anthony ANDREU15WENDEL Raul Gonçalves Gomes
Remi MATTHEWS166Chris EAGLES

Norwich City 2 Port Vale 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 21,393, Stadium: Carrow Road, Referee: Richard BEEBY 8)
15 Nélson Oliveira, 19 HoolahanScorers
Substitutions83 Surman <=> Eagles
Sendings off
Bookings
1Corners1
5Fouls6
0Offsides0
6Shots on6
12Shots off10
18Total shots16
4Shots saved6
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Thomas BUFFEL
1A cross from HOWSON left NÉLSON OLIVEIRA in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
7The bemused Norwich City 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from CORK fell just wide.
9BOJINOV rushed through the Norwich City defence but shot straight at the Norwich City 'keeper.
10HOWSON shot wide.
11CORK beat three Port Vale players and thundered a shot wide.
13A corner was collected by HUSBAND who forced an effort just beyond the near post.
15GOAL!! A clever set-piece enabled NÉLSON OLIVEIRA to slip the ball into the net. (1-0 Norwich City)
16An outswinging corner was headed into the arms of VERBIST by HOWSON.
19GOAL!! A delightful ball from JENNER left CORK in the clear, he made the 'keeper commit himself before passing the ball to HOOLAHAN to score. (2-0 Norwich City)
25BOJINOV made space on the right and knocked the ball to BURKE who clipped the ball wide.
25A header by SURMAN at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
36BURKE was put clear by BUFFEL and he raced past the 'keeper but thrust his shot just wide.
38BURKE waltzed past HOWSON and stabbed a tame shot into the crowd.
42NÉLSON OLIVEIRA played the ball to IVAN CAVALEIRO who flicked it inches over.
42HOWSON rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
45VAN DAMME scuffed a simple chance.
 
51A thirty yard shot from HOOLAHAN caused VERBIST little difficulty.
55A lovely effort from HOOLAHAN scraped the upright.
62A good ball from IVAN CAVALEIRO on the right was collected by HOOLAHAN who sliced his shot inches wide.
69HOOLAHAN headed just beyond the far post.
70A great save prevented HOWSON from scoring an exceptional goal.
86BURKE booted the ball wide from just outside the area.