Match Report
Norwich City, 20th on 22 points, faced a 29-point deficit to Wolverhampton Wanderers (10th, 51). On recent form Wolverhampton Wanderers sat only 17th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 10th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 scored and 1.13 conceded per game, Norwich City 0.61 and 2.21, with the league averaging 1.41.
Wolverhampton Wanderers had gone 5 games without a win. Norwich City entered with five losses in a row.
12 meetings are on record — 4 won by Wolverhampton Wanderers, 5 by Norwich City, 3 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Only 42% of these meetings ended in a home win.
Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton staged the fixture, a ground that holds 32,050. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Norwich City led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.