Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Norwich City 1st with 94 points, Bolton Wanderers 23rd with 32, 62 apart. Norwich City had been under-performing their position — 9th on five-round form against 1st in the table. Per game in the league, Bolton Wanderers were scoring 0.63 and conceding 1.7, Norwich City 2.02 and 1.24, against a competition average of 1.33 goals per team per game.
From the last five rounds, Bolton Wanderers held 4 points of 15 and Norwich City 10.
9 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Bolton Wanderers 2, draws 1, Norwich City 6, at 2.78 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 67% of the meetings. Goals tend to flow: 67% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 67%.
University of Bolton Stadium in Bolton, capacity 28,723, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Norwich City led 3-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-4.