Championship · 2025Sat, 30 Aug 2025, 14:00 UTCFull timeEwood ParkFull-time recap

Blackburn Rovers

LLW

0–2Full-time recap

Norwich City

LWL

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

This match

Match statistics

Metric	Blackburn Rovers	Norwich City
Shots	12 shots/match	15 shots/match▲
Shots on target	3 shots/match	4 shots/match▲
Expected goals	1.92 xG/match	2.09 xG/match▲
Possession	46%	54%●
Corners	3 corners/match	9 corners/match●
Fouls	9 fouls/match	7 fouls/match

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Each team attacks towards its own end of the pitch.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Blackburn Rovers: 12 shots, 3 on target, 2.14 xG. Norwich City: 15 shots, 4 on target, 2.10 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Blackburn Rovers 2.14 xG · Norwich City 2.10 xG.

30-second read

What the record shows

The available record does not support a clear cross-team pattern. No second pattern clears the sample and coverage gates. Limitation: At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.

1Blackburn Rovers

3Draws

1Norwich City

1 Mar 2025Blackburn Rovers — Norwich City · Championship1–1

17 Aug 2024Norwich City — Blackburn Rovers · Championship2–2

24 Feb 2024Blackburn Rovers — Norwich City · Championship1–1

5 Nov 2023Norwich City — Blackburn Rovers · Championship1–3

7 Apr 2023Blackburn Rovers — Norwich City · Championship0–2

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages · sample sizes shown with each metric. Context, not a forecast.

Where the edge is

Blackburn Rovers favored in 0 of 13 directional metrics · Norwich City in 0 · 13 too close

1 goals/matchGoals scoredseason · 4/41.5 goals/match

1.25 goals/matchGoals allowedseason · 4/41.25 goals/match

1.66 xG/matchExpected goalsseason · 4/41.57 xG/match

1.45 xG/matchExpected goals allowedseason · 4/41.82 xG/match

10.3 shots/matchShotsseason · 4/413.8 shots/match

11 shots/matchShots allowedseason · 4/414.3 shots/match

3 shots/matchShots on targetseason · 4/43.75 shots/match

3.75 shots/matchShots on target allowedseason · 4/43.25 shots/match

48.3%Possessionseason · 4/4●53.5%

3.5 corners/matchCornersseason · 4/4●5 corners/match

4.75 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 4/45 corners/match

—Cardsseason · 0/0—

13.8 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 4/49 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

25%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 4/425%

50%Scoring frequencyseason · 4/4100%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Blackburn Rovers39.6

Norwich City68.8

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Blackburn Rovers22.9

Norwich City67.4

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Blackburn Rovers56.3

Norwich City44.4

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Blackburn Rovers14.6

Norwich City60.4

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Blackburn Rovers81.2

Norwich City10.4

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 50%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Blackburn Rovers16.7

Norwich City52.1

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Blackburn Rovers33.9

Norwich City50

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Season

Blackburn Rovers4 matchesNorwich City4 matches

1 goals/matchGoals scored4/4▲1.5 goals/match

1.25 goals/matchGoals allowed4/41.25 goals/match

1.66 xG/match▲Expected goals4/41.57 xG/match

10.3 shots/matchShots4/4▲13.8 shots/match

3 shots/matchShots on target4/4▲3.75 shots/match

48.3%Possession4/4●53.5%

3.5 corners/matchCorners4/4●5 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

13.8 fouls/matchFouls4/49 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

Blackburn Rovers2 matchesNorwich City2 matches

—Goals scored2/2—

—Goals allowed2/2—

—Expected goals2/2—

—Shots2/2—

—Shots on target2/2—

—Possession2/2—

—Corners2/2—

—Cards0/0—

—Fouls2/2—

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

7.1 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17 days

2 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/11 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidencelimited

Season samples4 / 4home / away teams

Recent samples4 / 4last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 30 Aug 2025, 18:00 UTC · analysis-v4