In the Premier League 2 Division One game on 28 August 2026, Norwich City U21 beat Stoke City U21 0:0. Match numbers: shots on target 9:2, corners 17:4.
Match report
Norwich City U21 and Stoke City U21 played out a goalless draw in Premier League 2, Division One on Friday evening. The match ended 0-0 at Carrow Road after ninety minutes of action that offered little in the way of clear-cut chances. Both sides had their moments but neither could find the back of the net.
The second half brought a flurry of changes, with nine substitutions in total. The first came at the break — E. Mundle Smith and G. Forsyth both came on for the forty-sixth minute. Stoke's S. Rowland picked up a yellow card in the sixty-second minute, the only booking of the game. More changes followed through the final third of the match.
And here's the thing about the statistics — Norwich dominated possession at fifty-eight per cent and registered nine shots on target, but still couldn't break through. Stoke managed only two shots on target from five-one attacks, and sat deep to soak it up. The difference in shots off target was stark: twelve to one. It wasn't a game where efficiency mattered, because neither side produced any.
By then the standings told their own story. Norwich sit tenth with four points from two games, having picked up a win and a draw. Stoke languish in twenty-fifth place with just one point from a draw and a defeat. The hosts had won their previous outing one-nil against Middlesbrough U21, while the visitors lost two-three at Brentford U21 on their last outing.
The result leaves Norwich still unbeaten and Stoke looking for their first win. Three points separated them before kick-off, and that gap remains unchanged after a match that belonged to neither side.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %58.00–42
Shots on target9–2
Shots off target12–1
Attacks81–51
HT⇄46' E. Mundle Smith — Substitution⇄46' G. Forsyth — Substitution⇄61' J. Mears — Substitution🟨62' S. Rowland — Yellow card⇄71' T. Midwood — Substitution⇄78' L. Towler — Substitution⇄80' A. Dauda — Substitution⇄80' T. Achu — Substitution⇄81' T. Achu — Substitution⇄90' A. Domeracki — Substitution
0'45'90'
Match events
46'0:0Norwich City U21⇄SubstitutionE. Mundle Smith off: B. Ameen
