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Match report · Championship

Norwich City 2:0 Preston North End

Norwich City Home 0.88 xG · 9 shots
Preston North End Away 2.52 xG · 15 shots
20 The result went against the chances

Goals

  1. 17' Ali Ahmed Norwich City · 0.32 xG chance 1–0
  2. 39' Kenny McLean Norwich City · 0.10 xG chance 2–0

The shots behind it

Norwich City Preston North End
Shots
9
15
On target
4
4
Inside the box
4
13
xG per shot
0.10
0.17
Open play xG
0.52
1.08
Set-piece xG
0.41
1.44
Penalties
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Shot-level xG may differ from the published match total

The provider publishes the match total separately from its shot-by-shot values. Those values are rounded to two decimals and, leaving out penalties and own goals, add up to its non-penalty xG: 0.91 for Norwich City.

Shot map

Both teams shown attacking the same goal for comparison.

Preston North End · Michael Smith · 90' · No goal · 4 m · 0.62 xG Preston North End · Andrew Hughes · 71' · No goal · 5 m · 0.53 xG Norwich City · Ali Ahmed · 17' · Goal · 10 m · 0.32 xG Preston North End · Daniel Jebbison · 90' · No goal · 5 m · 0.28 xG Preston North End · Daniel Jebbison · 90' · No goal · 4 m · 0.26 xG Preston North End · Andrew Hughes · 28' · No goal · 5 m · 0.23 xG Norwich City · Mathias Kvistgaarden · 44' · No goal · 8 m · 0.22 xG Norwich City · Kenny McLean · 39' · Goal · 23 m · 0.10 xG Norwich City · Liam Gibbs · 44' · No goal · 8 m · 0.10 xG Preston North End · Liam Lindsay · 69' · No goal · 14 m · 0.10 xG Preston North End · Daniel Jebbison · 6' · No goal · 13 m · 0.08 xG Preston North End · Daniel Jebbison · 90' · No goal · 14 m · 0.08 xG Preston North End · Robbie Brady · 82' · No goal · 7 m · 0.07 xG Norwich City · Mathias Kvistgaarden · 21' · No goal · 18 m · 0.07 xG Preston North End · Ben Whiteman · 37' · No goal · 9 m · 0.07 xG Preston North End · Andrew Hughes · 69' · No goal · 16 m · 0.07 xG Norwich City · Errol Mundle-Smith · 82' · No goal · 11 m · 0.06 xG Preston North End · Thierry Small · 58' · No goal · 15 m · 0.05 xG Norwich City · Mathias Kvistgaarden · 17' · No goal · 18 m · 0.05 xG Preston North End · Thierry Small · 78' · No goal · 13 m · 0.05 xG Preston North End · Lewis Dobbin · 75' · No goal · 26 m · 0.04 xG Norwich City · Paris Maghoma · 86' · No goal · 21 m · 0.02 xG Preston North End · Brad Potts · 84' · No goal · 28 m · 0.02 xG Norwich City · Ben Chrisene · 10' · No goal · 29 m · 0.01 xG

All shots

24 shots · 3.46 xG

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  • Norwich City
  • Preston North End
  • Filled = goal
  • Dot area = xG (the smallest chances drawn at a minimum size)

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Last 6 · xG per match
Norwich City

1.75 xG created 0.62 xGA

  • W 1.57 created, 0.26 conceded against Blackburn Rovers
  • W 2.31 created, 0.44 conceded against Oxford United
  • L 1.40 created, 1.32 conceded against Birmingham City
  • W 1.83 created, 0.49 conceded against Sheffield Wednesday
  • W 1.54 created, 0.46 conceded against Leicester City
  • W 1.82 created, 0.74 conceded against Sheffield United
Preston North End

0.72 xG created 1.82 xGA

  • D 0.65 created, 0.91 conceded against Watford
  • L 0.12 created, 1.06 conceded against Blackburn Rovers
  • D 1.77 created, 1.55 conceded against Swansea City
  • L 0.43 created, 1.66 conceded against Millwall
  • L 0.93 created, 1.74 conceded against Oxford United
  • L 0.44 created, 4.00 conceded against Coventry City

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

Head to head

Norwich City: 0 won · 1 drawn · 0 lost

Model details

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Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.