Wycombe 3 – 4 Norwich: The Vital Statistics

Norwich City finally hauled themselves over the line and into the fourth round of the Carabao Cup with a nervy 4-3 win over Wycombe Wanderers at Adams Park on Tuesday evening.

Daniel Farke made 9 changes to the side that beat QPR on Saturday for his side’s third away game in six days. In came McGovern, Passlack, Godfrey, Pinto, Trybull, Thompson, Srbeny, Vrancic and Jordan Rhodes.

It was Rhodes that got things off to a flyer as he scored twice in two minutes to put City 2-0 ahead on 14 minutes. The second goal was a cracker from the edge of the area into the top corner too.

Wycombe got one back before Super Tom Trybull scored a third with a header from a corner to give City a 3-1 lead at the break. The second half saw Rhodes get his hat trick and the game looked effectively over at 4-1.

However, Wycombe got back into it via a Saunders penalty, conceded by Godfrey, that looked a little harsh at first sight. Another Wycombe goal on 75 minutes meant it was a very nervy ending but the late introductions of Timm Klose and Marco Stiepermann, coupled with some excellent late saves from Michael McGovern, helped steady the ship and see the game out.

Phew!

City roll on with their fourth win in a row and an unbeaten run that now stands at five games. They’ll also be in the hat for the next round. It’s never dull, is it?!

OTBC

Wycombe Wanderers				Norwich City
Cowan-Hall 17’, Saunders 61’ pen, McCarthy 75’				Rhodes 12’, 14’, 51’, Trybull 41’
Allsop				McGovern
Cowan-Hall				Passlack
McCarthy				Zimmermann
Charles			62’	Godfrey
Jombati				Pinto (c)
Freeman				Trybull
Bloomfield (c)			62’	Thompson			76’
Saunders				Buendia			86’
Gape				Srbeny			88’
Mackail-Smith				Vrancic
Samuel			82’	Rhodes
Substitutes
Kashket			82’	Krul
Yates				Leitner
Harriman			62’	Lewis			76’
Morris				Klose			86’
Thompson				Stiepermann			88’
Akinfenwa			62’	Pukki
Williams				Aarons

Game Statistics
16	Goal attempts	12
9	On Target	6
2	Corners	7
14	Fouls	13
3	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
47	%	53