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Commentary
BENNETT ran onto a great ball from ANDREU but toe-poked his effort wide.
VALENCIA poked a simple chance past the righthand post.
11¹GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with ARNAUTOVIC blasting the ball into the back of the net. (1-0 Birmingham City)
13¹AJOSE booked for a late foul on ARNAUTOVIC.
19¹GOAL!! A wonderful piece of skill from BAMFORD gave DOWNING space on the left and ARNAUTOVIC rattled in his pin-point pass. (2-0 Birmingham City)
24¹DOWNING beat BENNETT and drilled the ball to VALENCIA who dragged his effort wide.
26¹ANDREU waltzed past MOXEY and poked a tame shot over the bar.
30¹ARNAUTOVIC shot wide.
32¹A penalty box meleé resulted in COSTANZO driving a low shot over.
41¹ODJIDJA-OFOE made space on the left and touched the ball to CECH who clipped the ball wide.
A lovely effort from COSTANZO scraped the top of the crossbar.
A right foot shot from CORK was stopped by the Birmingham City 'keeper.
CECH was put clear by ANDREU and he stepped inside the 'keeper but thrust his shot just beyond the far post.
12²Uncertainty in the Birmingham City defence enabled COSTANZO to blast an effort inches wide.
13²An exceptional shot from ARNAUTOVIC was dealt with by a useful stop from the 'keeper.
17²MUCHA stopped a clever shot from ARNAUTOVIC.
26²WILSON kicked the ball wide from the edge of the box.
30²GOAL!! A great dummy from ARNAUTOVIC allowed VOLLAND to lay a nice ball off to PARKER who glanced the ball home. (3-0 Birmingham City)
34²A cross from ODJIDJA-OFOE left CISSOKHO in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
36²The 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful strike from COSTANZO.
39²ODJIDJA-OFOE whacked a right foot shot just beyond the far post from close range.
41²A useful ball from SPECTOR on the left fell to AJOSE who scuffed his shot wide.

 
Norwich City
 
League position: -
Home league form: LWWX
Overall league form: WLLLLWWX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Ján MUCHA1Milos VESIC
Ryan BENNETT2MELLI(c)
Aly CISSOKHO3Dean MOXEY
Jack CORK4Stewart DOWNING
Craig CATHCART5CHICO
Jonathan SPECTOR6Luke MURPHY
Vadis ODJIDJA-OFOE7Kevin VOLLAND
Marek CECH8Marko ARNAUTOVIC
(p)Moreno COSTANZO9Callum WILSON(p)
(f)Anthony ANDREU10Patrick BAMFORD(f)
Nicky AJOSE11Enner VALENCIA
Manager
Lewis BUXTON  12  Carlton COLE
Fabián CARINI  13  Jon STEWART
Kevin McNAUGHTON  14  Michael TONGE
Petter ANDERSSON  15Scott PARKER
Julian JENNER  16  Andy WELSH
 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 2
Away league form: WLXW
Overall league form: WWXLWLWX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Norwich City 0 Birmingham City 3
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 21,344, Stadium: Carrow Road, Referee: Grant Hegley 7½)

 
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Arnautovic 11¹, Arnautovic 19¹, Parker 30²
 WilsonóParker 29²
  
Ajose 13¹ 
06
135
55
35
164
199
32
53%47%
Man of the match: Craig Cathcart