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NORWICH CITY 5 - 1 FOREST - Sat Feb 11, 2017 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 11, 2017 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Norwich City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Carrow Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-5 (Lost)
: Half-time: 0-3

Season:: 2016-17
Referee:: Scott Duncan
Sponsor:: 888Sport
Attendance:: 26,831
Pos Before/After:: 15 17
Opp Before/After:: 7 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Fulham (League Tier 2)
Norwich City:: Nov 21, 2017

GAME COUNT:
League:: 4683 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 2266 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 5363 (of 5679)
Total:: 7097 (of 7451)

Sources:: 11v11 (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)

Review:
Stephen Henderson was stretchered off after conceding the third goal, giving Jordan Smith his debut. Lichaj was sent of for a second yellow, meaning another suspension for a Forest player. This was our heaviest defeat of the season and first time we conceded 5 goals since QPR in 2014.

FOREST
Manager: Gary Brazil (2)
Prior form: LDWLWW (Old to recent)

Goals:
Ross McCormack (75) - Ross McCormack only goal

NORWICH CITY
Manager: Alex Neil
Prior form: WLWWWD (Old to recent)

Goals:
Jonny Howson (10)
Josh Murphy (16)
Wes Hoolahan (18)
Alex Pritchard (61)
Alex Pritchard (89)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
30	GK	Stephen Henderson off for Jordan Smith (23)
2	D	Eric Lichaj (45) (70)
25	M	Jack Hobbs (50)
13	M	Danny Fox
3	D	Daniel Pinillos
24	M	David Vaughan
15	M	Aaron Tshibola (57)	Debut
16	F	Zach Clough
11	D	Ben Osborn
19	F	Jamie Ward off for Ross McCormack (56)
9	F	Britt Assombalonga off for Thomas Lam (71)
Subs
43	GK	Jordan Smith on for Stephen Henderson (23)	Debut
18	F	Muzzy Carayol
28	D	Thomas Lam on for Britt Assombalonga (71)	Last game
41	M	Matty Cash
42	D	Joe Worrall
45	F	Ben Brereton
50	F	Ross McCormack on for Jamie Ward (56) (75)	Debut

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	John Ruddy
3	D	Mitchell Dijks (69)
5	D	Russell Martin
15	D	Timm Klose
25	D	Ivo Pinto (58)
8	M	Jonny Howson
14	M	Wes Hoolahan (73)
18	M	Youssuf Mulumbu
21	M	Alex Pritchard
9	F	Nelson Oliveira
31	F	Josh Murphy
Subs
2		Steven Whittaker (58)
24		Ryan Bennett (69)
17		Yanic Wildschut (73)
33		Michael McGovern
22		Jacob Murphy
35		Ben Godfrey
10		Cameron Jerome

Videos:

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Feb 11, 2017)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	0-1	Ipswich Town
Brighton and Hove Albion	4-1	Burton Albion
Derby County	3-3	Bristol City
Fulham	3-2	Wigan Athletic
Leeds United	0-2	Cardiff City
Norwich City	5-1	Nottingham Forest
Preston North End	4-2	Brentford
Queens Park Rangers	1-2	Huddersfield Town
Reading	0-0	Barnsley
Rotherham United	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-1	Newcastle United

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

CHAMPIONSHIP								Home					Away
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form
1	Newcastle United	29	20	2	7	57	23	10	1	4	33	15	10	1	3	24	8	34	62	WLWWDW
2	Brighton and Hove Albion	29	18	7	4	47	24	11	2	1	28	7	7	5	3	19	17	23	61	WLWWLD
3	Reading	30	17	5	8	44	39	10	3	2	23	11	7	2	6	21	28	5	56	LLWWWD
4	Huddersfield Town	29	17	4	8	37	32	11	2	2	24	13	6	2	6	13	19	5	55	DWLWWW
5	Leeds United	30	17	3	10	42	30	10	2	3	21	9	7	1	7	21	21	12	54	WWLWWL
6	Sheffield Wednesday	30	15	7	8	37	28	10	1	3	21	11	5	6	5	16	17	9	52	DWLDWW
7	Norwich City	30	14	5	11	50	42	10	1	3	29	12	4	4	8	21	30	8	47	WLWWWD
8	Derby County	29	13	7	9	30	22	7	4	3	15	7	6	3	6	15	15	8	46	DLLWWL
9	Barnsley	30	13	6	11	48	44	6	5	5	27	26	7	1	6	21	18	4	45	WLWWLD
10	Fulham	29	11	10	8	46	33	5	5	4	25	18	6	5	4	21	15	13	43	LWDLWL
11	Preston North End	30	11	9	10	38	37	6	4	5	21	17	5	5	5	17	20	1	42	WWDDLD
12	Birmingham City	31	10	10	11	32	42	7	4	5	20	19	3	6	6	12	23	-10	40	DDLLWL
13	Brentford	29	10	7	12	40	38	6	5	4	25	16	4	2	8	15	22	2	37	DWLLWD
14	Aston Villa	29	8	12	9	29	32	6	7	0	21	12	2	5	9	8	20	-3	36	DLLDLL
15	Nottingham Forest	30	10	6	14	42	48	8	3	4	26	20	2	3	10	16	28	-6	36	LDWLWW
16	Ipswich Town	30	9	9	12	31	39	6	6	4	21	19	3	3	8	10	20	-8	36	LWLDLD
17	Cardiff City	30	10	6	14	34	44	7	2	7	17	19	3	4	7	17	25	-10	36	WWLLWL
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	9	8	12	38	40	4	3	6	18	22	5	5	6	20	18	-2	35	LDWLWL
19	Queens Park Rangers	30	9	7	14	29	42	4	4	7	14	22	5	3	7	15	20	-13	34	WWDLDL
20	Bristol City	29	9	4	16	38	41	7	2	6	20	18	2	2	10	18	23	-3	31	LLLLDW
21	Burton Albion	30	8	7	15	30	41	6	2	7	15	15	2	5	8	15	26	-11	31	LLLWLW
22	Blackburn Rovers	29	7	7	15	34	46	5	5	6	22	24	2	2	9	12	22	-12	28	DWLDLW
23	Wigan Athletic	29	6	8	15	26	35	3	4	8	12	18	3	4	7	14	17	-9	26	DLWWLD
24	Rotherham United	30	4	4	22	27	64	4	3	7	17	21	0	1	15	10	43	-37	16	LWLLLL

Table after:

	CHAMPIONSHIP								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
	1	Newcastle United	30	21	2	7	58	23	10	1	4	33	15	11	1	3	25	8	35	65	LWWDWW	1-0
	2	Brighton and Hove Albion	30	19	7	4	51	25	12	2	1	32	8	7	5	3	19	17	26	64	LWWLDW	4-1
1	3	Huddersfield Town	30	18	4	8	39	33	11	2	2	24	13	7	2	6	15	20	6	58	WLWWWW	2-1
1	4	Reading	31	17	6	8	44	39	10	4	2	23	11	7	2	6	21	28	5	57	LWWWDD	0-0
	5	Leeds United	31	17	3	11	42	32	10	2	4	21	11	7	1	7	21	21	10	54	WLWWLL	0-2
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	30	15	7	8	37	28	10	1	3	21	11	5	6	5	16	17	9	52	DWLDWW
	7	Norwich City	31	15	5	11	55	43	11	1	3	34	13	4	4	8	21	30	12	50	LWWWDW	5-1
	8	Derby County	30	13	8	9	33	25	7	5	3	18	10	6	3	6	15	15	8	47	LLWWLD	3-3
1	9	Fulham	30	12	10	8	49	35	6	5	4	28	20	6	5	4	21	15	14	46	WDLWLW	3-2
1	10	Barnsley	31	13	7	11	48	44	6	5	5	27	26	7	2	6	21	18	4	46	LWWLDD	0-0
	11	Preston North End	31	12	9	10	42	39	7	4	5	25	19	5	5	5	17	20	3	45	WDDLDW	4-2
	12	Birmingham City	31	10	10	11	32	42	7	4	5	20	19	3	6	6	12	23	-10	40	DDLLWL
3	13	Ipswich Town	31	10	9	12	32	39	6	6	4	21	19	4	3	8	11	20	-7	39	WLDLDW	1-0
3	14	Cardiff City	31	11	6	14	36	44	7	2	7	17	19	4	4	7	19	25	-8	39	WLLWLW	2-0
2	15	Brentford	30	10	7	13	42	42	6	5	4	25	16	4	2	9	17	26	0	37	WLLWDL	2-4
2	16	Aston Villa	30	8	12	10	29	33	6	7	1	21	13	2	5	9	8	20	-4	36	LLDLLL	0-1
2	17	Nottingham Forest	31	10	6	15	43	53	8	3	4	26	20	2	3	11	17	33	-10	36	DWLWWL	1-5
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	9	8	13	38	41	4	3	7	18	23	5	5	6	20	18	-3	35	DWLWLL	0-1
	19	Queens Park Rangers	31	9	7	15	30	44	4	4	8	15	24	5	3	7	15	20	-14	34	WDLDLL	1-2
	20	Bristol City	30	9	5	16	41	44	7	2	6	20	18	2	3	10	21	26	-3	32	LLLDWD	3-3
	21	Burton Albion	31	8	7	16	31	45	6	2	7	15	15	2	5	9	16	30	-14	31	LLWLWL	1-4
	22	Blackburn Rovers	30	7	8	15	35	47	5	5	6	22	24	2	3	9	13	23	-12	29	WLDLWD	1-1
	23	Wigan Athletic	30	6	8	16	28	38	3	4	8	12	18	3	4	8	16	20	-10	26	LWWLDL	2-3
	24	Rotherham United	31	4	5	22	28	65	4	4	7	18	22	0	1	15	10	43	-37	17	WLLLLD	1-1