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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 5007)
League Tier 2:: 2266 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 5363 (of 5721)
Total:: 7097 (of 7500)

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 73 (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