Norwich City 2:0 Preston: Championship Match Result

Championship

Norwich City LWWLLL

2:0

Finished

Kick-off was 14 Mar, 15:00 UTC

Preston LWLLDL

Venue: Carrow Road City: Norwich

In the Championship game on 14 March 2026, Norwich City beat Preston 2:0. Match numbers: corners 5:3, fouls 9:14.

Key numbers

Possession, % 63 – 37

Shots on target 4 – 4

Shots off target 4 – 5

Expected goals 1.05 – 2.32

🟨 13' A. Slimane — Yellow card ⚽ 17' A. Ahmed — Goal ⚽ 39' K. McLean — Goal ⇄ 60' B. Chrisene — Substitution ⇄ 61' M. Kvistgaarden — Substitution ⇄ 61' A. Slimane — Substitution ⇄ 61' P. Mattsson — Substitution ⇄ 64' O. Offiah — Substitution ⇄ 64' A. Moran — Substitution ⇄ 65' J. Thompson — Substitution ⇄ 81' T. Small — Substitution ⇄ 81' B. Whiteman — Substitution 🟨 87' B. Potts — Yellow card ⇄ 88' A. Ahmed — Substitution

Match events

13' 0:0 Norwich City Yellow card A. Slimane
17' 1:0 Norwich City Goal A. Ahmed
39' 2:0 Norwich City Goal K. McLean
60' 2:0 Norwich City Substitution B. Chrisene off: K. Fisher
61' 2:0 Norwich City Substitution M. Kvistgaarden off: E. Mundle Smith
61' 2:0 Norwich City Substitution A. Slimane off: P. Maghoma
61' 2:0 Norwich City Substitution P. Mattsson off: S. Field
64' 2:0 Preston Substitution O. Offiah off: B. Potts
64' 2:0 Preston Substitution A. Moran off: A. Devine
65' 2:0 Preston Substitution J. Thompson off: P. Valentin
81' 2:0 Preston Substitution T. Small off: R. Brady
81' 2:0 Preston Substitution B. Whiteman off: M. Smith
87' 2:0 Preston Yellow card B. Potts
88' 2:0 Norwich City Substitution A. Ahmed off: A. Forson

Statistics

63 Possession, % 37

4 Shots on target 4

4 Shots off target 5

1.05 Expected goals 2.32

3 Big chances 5

84 Attacks 88

5 Corners 3

9 Fouls 14

14 Free kicks 7

0 Offsides 2

1 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

11 Goal kicks 10

31 Throw-ins 21

All statistics

12/3633% Aerial duels 24/3667%

88 Backward passes 35

1 Blocked shots 6

14 Clearances 19

0/160% Crosses 4/1136%

5/771% Dribbles 4/850%

0.44 Expected assists 1.36

103 Failed passes 90

4 Goalkeeper saves 1

7 Interceptions 10

5 Key passes 13

24/7731% Long passes 20/5636%

62 Passes into the final third 48

190 Passes in the opposition half 178

286 Passes in own half 107

0.44 Shot accuracy 0.27

5 Shots from outside the box 2

4 Shots inside the box 13

8/989% Tackles 5/771%

460 Total passes 274

Line-ups

Norwich City

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Vladan Kovačević	1
3	Jack William Stacey	3
6	Harry Darling	6
14	Benjamin Joshua Chrisene	14
33	José Ángel Córdoba Chambers	33
7	Pelle Mattsson	7
8	Liam Gibbs	8
20	Anis Ben Slimane	20
21	Ali Ahmed	21
23	Kenneth McLean	23
30	Mathias Damm Kvistgaarden	30

Substitutes
#	Player	number
31	Louie Moulden	31
5	Jakov Medić	5
35	Kellen Fisher	35
11	Emiliano Marcondes	11
16	Jacob Wright	16
18	Amankwah Forson	18
25	Edmond-Paris Maghoma	25
26	Sam Field	26
46	Errol Mandle-Smith	46

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Preston

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Daniel Iversen	1
6	Liam James Lindsay	6
14	Jordan Ben Storey	14
16	Andrew Martyn Hughes	16
26	Thierry Small	26
42	Odeluga Joshua Offiah	42
4	Benjamin Whiteman	4
15	Jordan Andrew Thompson	15
23	Andrew Moran	23
9	Daniel David Jebbison	9
17	Lewis Norman Dobbin	17

Substitutes
#	Player	number
13	David Cornell	13
2	Pol Valentín Sancho	2
3	Andrija Vukčević	3
11	Robbie Brady	11
21	Alfie Devine	21
44	Bradley Potts	44
22	Miloš Luković	22
24	Michael Smith	24
28	Milutin Osmajić	28