Match Report
| Watford | Watford |  |  | Norwich City | Norwich City | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Greg Sturridge | G. Sturridge |  | 52 | G |  | 1 | | G | 53 | | Kevin Montague | K. Montague | |||||||||
| Ronnie Granville | R. Granville | | 63 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 53 | | David Bellamy | D. Bellamy | |||||||||
| Paul Holloway | P. Holloway | | 51 | D | | 3 | | D | 52 | | Des Deane | D. Deane | |||||||||
| Dale Collymore | D. Collymore | | 50 | D | | 4 | | D | 52 | | Chris Shaw | C. Shaw | |||||||||
| Julian Adams | J. Adams | | 49 | D | | 5 | | D | 51 | | Danny Grondin | D. Grondin | |||||||||
| Marc Scowcroft | M. Scowcroft | | 53 | M | | 6 | | M | 65 |  | Carlos Barbosa | C. Barbosa | |||||||||
| Del Whelan | D. Whelan | | 52 | M | | 7 | | M | 62 | | Mick Windass | M. Windass | |||||||||
| Ivan Gerrard | I. Gerrard | | 51 | M | | 8 | | M | 56 | | Dennis Galli | D. Galli | |||||||||
| Alberto Gower | A. Gower | | 51 | M | | 9 | | M | 51 | | Paul Kitson | P. Kitson | |||||||||
| Jakob Palumbo | J. Palumbo |  | 59 | A | | 10 | | A | 59 | | Samir Müller | S. Müller | |||||||||
| Ronnie Huckerby | R. Huckerby | | 48 | A | | 11 | | A | 56 | | Jermaine Murphy | J. Murphy | |||||||||
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Match Report
There is a slight drizzle in the air here at Vicarage Road where Watford play host to Norwich City. A crowd of 9,722 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both Watford and Norwich City are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Watford and Norwich City are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0The whistle blows and Norwich City get the match underway!
8.34
0-0Ivan Gerrard makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Jakob Palumbo. Jakob Palumbo shoots from 20 yards but it flies wide!
10.43
0-0Julian Adams makes a simple pass to Del Whelan. Del Whelan controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Jakob Palumbo. Jakob Palumbo deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Ronnie Huckerby but the linesman indicates offside!
21.36
Paul Holloway surges forward with the ball. Paul Holloway knocks the ball to his team mate, Ronnie Huckerby. Ronnie Huckerby whips in a cross ball towards Jakob Palumbo. Jakob Palumbo is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
36.20
0-0Alberto Gower flicks the ball to his team mate, Ronnie Huckerby. Ronnie Huckerby knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
44.21
0-0Alberto Gower threads the ball through to Jakob Palumbo. Jakob Palumbo tries a spectacular long range effort. Magnificent save by Kevin Montague!
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half
45.00
Watford kick off and get the second half underway!
47.51
Mick Windass sees a break and surges forward. Mick Windass knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Paul Holloway.
49.44
Marc Scowcroft makes a beautiful solo run. Marc Scowcroft goes all the way! Marc Scowcroft takes a shot at goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
54.58
0-0The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
61.24
Norwich City are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
77.10
0-0Jakob Palumbo catches Danny Grondin on the ankles. The referee calls over Jakob Palumbo and shows him a yellow card! Danny Grondin gets up, but that knock is affecting his game.
81.30
0-1Chris Shaw deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Mick Windass. Mick Windass knocks the ball forward to Samir Müller. Samir Müller controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. Samir Müller scores for Norwich City!!
89.58
Del Whelan makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Ronnie Huckerby. Ronnie Huckerby knocks in a cross ball towards Jakob Palumbo. Jakob Palumbo heads the ball goalwards. Kevin Montague easily picks it out of the air!
90.00
The whistle blows full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
0
1
Shots on Target
2
1
Shots off Target
3
0
Offsides
1
0
Fouls
1
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
56.5%
43.5%
Play Area
21%
53.2%
25.8%
Scorers
| Samir Müller 81 |