Championship · Matchweek 6
Norwich City
NOR
2–1Full time
Birmingham City
BIR
How they playPossession, press, how they create
Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.
55%Possession49%
39%Territory34%
15%From set plays5%
0.08Chance quality0.13
4.1%Directness6.2%
Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 4 for Norwich, 3 for Birmingham. Too few to lean on heavily.
Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90
Birmingham
No regular with a goal involvement yet.
Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 33 of 156 matches, not the full season.