Stoke City 1-0 Norwich City · Championship
Stoke City beat Norwich City 1-0 in the Championship. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Stoke City and Norwich City met in the Championship at bet365 Stadium in Stoke on Tuesday, 1 September 2026.
Goalscorers
Stoke City: E. Galbraith 13'. Norwich City did not score.
How the match went
Norwich City saw more of the ball, 72% of it. Stoke City had 6 shots with 3 on target, Norwich City 15 with 6 on target. There were 8 corners in total, 3 to Stoke City and 5 to Norwich City. Stoke City conceded 16 fouls, Norwich City 10. The referee showed 4 yellow cards (2 for Stoke City, 2 for Norwich City).
Line-ups
Stoke City started in a 3-4-3: Viktor Johansson, Ben Wilmot, Bosun Lawal, Luke Graham, Ben Johnson, Djibril Soumaré, Ethan Galbraith, Eric Bocat, Million Manhoef, George Hirst, Jun-Ho Bae.
Norwich City started in a 4-2-3-1: Vladan Kovačević, Jack Stacey, Ruairi McConville, José Córdoba, Darlin Yongwa, Kenny McLean, Pelle Mattsson, Andre Brooks, Anis Ben Slimane, Oscar Schwartau, Mohamed Touré.
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Minute by minute
- 13'Goal! Stoke City 1-0 Norwich City. E. Galbraith (Stoke City) scores.
- 45'Half-time. Stoke City 1-0 Norwich City.
- 90'Full-time. Stoke City 1-0 Norwich City.
Full commentary (58 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Stoke City vs Norwich City.
- 2'Attempt blocked. A. Brooks (Norwich City), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 7'Offside, Stoke City.
- 11'Corner, Stoke City.
- 12'Attempt blocked. M. Manhoef (Stoke City), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
- 13'Goal! Stoke City 1-0 Norwich City. E. Galbraith (Stoke City) scores.
- 18'Offside, Stoke City.
- 20'Offside, Norwich City.
- 24'Attempt missed. E. Bocat (Stoke City), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 25'Offside, Norwich City.
- 26'Offside, Stoke City.
- 27'Offside, Norwich City.
- 34'Attempt saved. D. Yongwa (Norwich City), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 35'Corner, Norwich City.
- 35'Attempt saved. A. Brooks (Norwich City), right-footed shot. xG 0.48.
- 36'Attempt missed. K. McLean (Norwich City), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.06.
- 37'Attempt saved. M. Manhoef (Stoke City), left-footed shot. xG 0.08.
- 38'Attempt saved. A. Brooks (Norwich City), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.16.
- 45'1 minute of added time.
- 45'Half-time. Stoke City 1-0 Norwich City.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 46'Substitution, Norwich City: A. Musaba comes on for A. B. Slimane.
- 46'Substitution, Stoke City: L. Bombino comes on for B. Wilmot.
- 46'Substitution, Stoke City: S. Gallagher comes on for M. Manhoef.
- 47'Yellow card for B. Lawal (Stoke City) for argument.
- 49'Offside, Stoke City.
- 49'Yellow card for E. Galbraith (Stoke City) for foul.
- 51'Corner, Stoke City.
- 56'Substitution, Norwich City: B. Chrisene comes on for D. Yongwa.
- 56'Attempt blocked. A. Musaba (Norwich City), right-footed shot. xG 0.01.
- 59'Offside, Norwich City.
- 59'Substitution, Stoke City: R. Boženík comes on for G. Hirst.
- 60'Offside, Stoke City.
- 61'Yellow card for J. Córdoba (Norwich City) for foul.
- 62'Attempt missed. O. Schwartau (Norwich City), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 66'Yellow card for K. McLean (Norwich City) for foul.
- 68'Corner, Norwich City.
- 70'Attempt saved. L. Bombino (Stoke City), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.05.
- 71'Substitution, Norwich City: P. Diallo comes on for A. Brooks.
- 71'Substitution, Norwich City: M. Kvistgaarden comes on for M. Touré.
- 71'Attempt missed. S. Gallagher (Stoke City), header. xG 0.04.
- 73'Attempt missed. O. Schwartau (Norwich City), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 77'Attempt saved. K. McLean (Norwich City), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 78'Corner, Norwich City.
- 80'Attempt saved. A. Musaba (Norwich City), header. xG 0.10.
- 84'Offside, Stoke City.
- 84'Attempt blocked. A. Musaba (Norwich City), left-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 85'Substitution, Norwich City: J. Wright comes on for P. Mattsson.
- 87'Substitution, Stoke City: B. Pearson comes on for D. Soumaré.
- 87'Offside, Stoke City.
- 90'Corner, Norwich City.
- 90'3 minutes of added time.
- 90+1'Attempt saved. M. Kvistgaarden (Norwich City), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.04.
- 90+1'Corner, Norwich City.
- 90+2'Attempt missed. O. Schwartau (Norwich City), right-footed shot. xG 0.16.
- 90+5'Attempt blocked. K. McLean (Norwich City), right-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.03.
- 90+5'Attempt blocked. K. McLean (Norwich City), left-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.09.
- 90'Full-time. Stoke City 1-0 Norwich City.