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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.