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Man City vs Norwich City: match report

Manchester City hosted Norwich City at Etihad Stadium on Thursday 17 September 2026, in the Carabao Cup (round 3). Ruebyn Ricardo is the referee, averaging 4.8 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.

Result and scorers

Man City 5-0 Norwich City. Goals: Floyd Samba 29' for Man City; Rayan Cherki 32' for Man City; Allan Elias 48' for Man City; Floyd Samba 54' for Man City; Ryan McAidoo 90' for Man City.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 29' Goal: Floyd Samba (Man City) 1-0
  • 30' Yellow card: Kellen Fisher (Norwich City)
  • 32' Goal: Rayan Cherki (Man City) 2-0
  • 48' Goal: Allan Elias (Man City) 3-0
  • 54' Goal: Floyd Samba (Man City) 4-0
  • 90' Goal: Ryan McAidoo (Man City) 5-0
Match stats (contains the result)
65.9%Possession34.1%
14Shots4
6Shots on target0
2Corners3
8Fouls6
1Offsides2
0Saves1
0Yellow cards1
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Man City 4-2-3-1

Coach: Enzo Maresca

  1. 28 Gerónimo Rulli GK
  2. 82 Rico Lewis DEF
  3. 45 Abdukodir Khusanov DEF
  4. 22 Vitor Reis DEF
  5. 33 Nico O'Reilly DEF
  6. 32 Ayyoub Bouaddi MID
  7. 8 Mateo Kovačić MID
  8. 37 Allan FWD
  9. 10 Rayan Cherki MID
  10. 21 Rayan Aït-Nouri DEF
  11. 75 Floyd Samba MID

Bench

  • 56 Ryan McAidoo FWD
  • 61 Kaden Braithwaite DEF
  • 1 Gianluigi Donnarumma GK
  • 6 Marc Guéhi DEF
  • 27 Matheus Nunes DEF
  • 5 Elliot Anderson MID
  • 17 Enzo Fernández MID
  • 42 Antoine Semenyo FWD
  • 7 Iliman Ndiaye FWD

Norwich City 4-2-3-1

Coach: Philippe Clement

  1. 32 Daniel Grimshaw GK
  2. 35 Kellen Fisher DEF
  3. 6 Harry Darling DEF
  4. 28 Bruno Alves DEF
  5. 13 Darlin Yongwa DEF
  6. 26 Sam Field MID
  7. 16 Jacob Wright MID
  8. 17 Ante Crnac FWD
  9. 20 Anis Ben Slimane MID
  10. 19 Papa Diallo FWD
  11. 30 Mathias Kvistgaarden FWD

Bench

  • 25 Edmond-Paris Maghoma MID
  • 49 Anthony Musaba FWD
  • 15 Ruairi McConville DEF
  • 21 Mohamed Touré FWD
  • 29 Oscar Schwartau FWD
  • 1 Vladan Kovačević GK
  • 14 Benjamin Chrisene DEF
  • 3 Jack Stacey DEF
  • 7 Pelle Mattsson MID
Previous meetings
  • Saturday 12 February 2022: Norwich City 0-4 Manchester City
  • Saturday 21 August 2021: Manchester City 5-0 Norwich City
  • Sunday 26 July 2020: Manchester City 5-0 Norwich City
  • Saturday 14 September 2019: Norwich City 3-2 Manchester City
  • Saturday 12 March 2016: Norwich City 0-0 Manchester City