Match Report
Norwich City, 9th on 65 points, faced a 15-point deficit to Middlesbrough (5th, 80). Middlesbrough's recent output lagged their position: 9th on form over five rounds while 5th in the table. Per game in the league, Middlesbrough were scoring 1.57 and conceding 1.02, Norwich City 1.37 and 1.22, against a competition average of 1.3 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Middlesbrough. Norwich City arrived on a run of four straight wins.
GioScore's database holds 20 meetings between the two: 8 for Middlesbrough, 7 for Norwich City and 5 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 35% of the wins in this matchup.
The match was played at Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough (capacity 34,988).
Goal scorers
Middlesbrough: Hayden Hackney (17')
Key stats
Possession: Middlesbrough 56% · Norwich City 44% · Total shots: 9-8 · On target: 5-3 · Corners: 3-5