Manchester City 5-0 Norwich: Aït-Nouri lays on two
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- 6 shots on target to 0: Norwich never threatened
- 4 shots against vs 9.4 season average (5 matches)
- Aït-Nouri: 3 key passes, 2 assists (48', 54')
Four scorers, five goals, no reply
Manchester City beat Norwich 5-0 in the Round of 32, with Floyd Samba scoring twice and Rayan Cherki, Allan and Ryan McAidoo adding one apiece. The goals were shared among four different scorers, two arriving before half-time and three after it. Norwich did not manage a single shot on target all night.
Norwich were kept to four shots
City's attacking output was ordinary, close to their season average. The difference was at the other end. Norwich managed only four shots, less than half the 9.4 City had faced on average over five matches this season. It is a small sample, but the drop in shots against stands out.
Aït-Nouri supplied the second-half burst
Rayan Aït-Nouri set up both goals that followed the restart, Allan's in the 48th minute and Samba's in the 54th. His three key passes were the most on either side. Those goals stretched the lead and settled the match early in the second half, leaving Norwich with little route back.
High expectation left the goals worth little
City began the match with an FN xPts of 2.9, so the goals in the 29th and 32nd minutes added relatively little to what was already expected. Those after the break were worth almost nothing on top of an already wide scoreline. The last goal went to the substitute Ryan McAidoo, set up by Nico O'Reilly.
Player of the match
Rayan Aït-Nouri 8.7Dominant
Highest FN Score in the match, with two assists.
Most of his points came from attacking output: three key passes, four dribble attempts and two assists, plus six duels won out of 15. The timing mattered. His passes for Allan in the 48th minute and Samba in the 54th came back to back, and they stretched City's lead before Norwich had settled after the restart.
Game state
1-02-03-04-05-0
Manchester City ahead 61 min · level 29 min · Norwich ahead 0 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
29'
Floyd Samba
Goal · assist Allan
+0.2
32'
Rayan Cherki
Goal · assist Ayyoub Bouaddi
+0.1
48'
Allan
Goal · assist Rayan Aït-Nouri
0.0
54'
Floyd Samba
Goal · assist Rayan Aït-Nouri
0.0
90'
Ryan McAidoo
Goal · assist Nico O'Reilly
0.0
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for Norwich is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
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Match stats
Manchester CityNorwich
The data provider has no xG (expected goals) for this match.
Compared with usual
Manchester City
5 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 5 | 2 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0.4 | |
| Shots | 14 | 14.4 | |
| On target | 6 | 6.2 | |
| Shots faced | 4 | 9.4 | |
| Possession | 63% | 65% | |
| Passes | 759 | 660.6 | |
| Corners | 2 | 6 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 11.2 | |
Timeline
- 29'
Goal
Floyd Samba competition goal #1 assist Allan
- 30'
Yellow
Kellen Fisher
- 32'
Goal
Rayan Cherki competition goal #1 assist Ayyoub Bouaddi
- 45'
Sub
Rayan Cherki → Ryan McAidoo
- 45'
Sub
Pape Diallo → Edmond-Paris Maghoma
- 48'
Goal
Allan competition goal #1 assist Rayan Aït-Nouri
- 54'
Goal
Floyd Samba competition goal #2 assist Rayan Aït-Nouri
- 62'
Sub
Ante Crnac → Anthony Musaba
- 71'
Sub
Allan → Kaden Braithwaite
- 71'
Sub
Anis Ben Slimane → Mohamed Toure
- 71'
Sub
Bruno Alves → Ruairi McConville
- 85'
Sub
Mathias Kvistgaarden → Oscar Schwartau
- 90'
Goal
Ryan McAidoo competition goal #1 assist Nico O'Reilly
Category leaders
- Key passesRayan Aït-Nouri3
- Duels wonDarline Yongwa14/23
- DribblesRayan Cherki3/5
- Defensive actionsDarline Yongwa9
- ShotsFloyd Samba4 (on target 2)
#Manchester City#Norwich#EFL Cup#Rayan Aït-Nouri#Floyd Samba#Allan
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.