Bolton beat Norwich in seven-goal Carrow Road thriller
Efforts from Canaries' Toure & McConville cancelled out by Gale & Larrazabal
Dalby put visitors ahead, Stacey fires Norwich level but Ito hits Bolton winner
Earlier, Wolves beat derby rivals West Bromwich Albion in midday kick-off
Lopez pounces on Phillips backpass howler to net Wolves winner in first Black Country league derby in five years
Norwich 2-1 Bolton
Ruairi McConville gives the ball away inside his own half for Norwich and Bolton almost punish them.
Not a bad effort at all from Kyliane Dong as he fires narrowly over the bar from the angle for Wanderers.
Norwich 2-1 Bolton
Bolton have upped the ante in the past five to 10 minutes as they push for an equaliser.
Norwich are standing firm so far though.
FT: Wolves 1-0 West Brom
Tony 'Bomber' Brown
West Brom's all-time leading goalscorer on BBC Radio WM
It just took one silly mistake from Nat Phillips to allow Wolves to win the match.
When Albion got back into the game they created a couple of half-chances, but Wolves deserved to win.
Albion just never pushed forward and put Wolves under any pressure.
Norwich 2-1 Bolton
Decent chance for Bolton now though as Sam Dalby sets it back for Ruben Rodrigues but he can't get the connection right on the edge of the area.
Bolton do then have the ball in the net through Dalby, who taps in from a cross, but the flag is up for offside in the build-up.
Norwich 2-1 Bolton
Just three shots on target inside the opening 33 minutes in this game... three goals.
Norwich have been the more threatening though. Bolton scored with their only attempt so far.
FT: Wolves 1-0 West Brom
There's a bit of a coming together between the two benches at the end.
Wolves boss Cesar Peixoto is on the pitch celebrating.
Some of the Albion backroom staff confront Peixoto, perhaps incensed by the fact Toti Gomes was allowed to stay on the pitch to defend a late corner after appearing to suffer a head injury.
Wolves 1-0 West Brom
The Black Country derby bragging rights belong to Wolves.
And this is the moment they won it... Fer Lopez pouncing on a mistake by West Brom defender by Nat Phillips to slot home.
Image source, Getty Images
Image source, Getty ImagesAlbion goalkeeper Max O'Leary produced some astonishing saves to deny Wolves in the first half but there was nothing he could do about Lopez's winner.
Huge celebrations at Molineux.
Wolves 1-0 West Brom
Wolves survive the West Brom corner, clearing at the near post. It comes back in for Alboin and Ousmane Diakite heads over at the back stick.
That might be that.
Wolves 1-0 West Brom
Toti Gomes is allowed to stay on after all that.
Wolves 1-0 West Brom
Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa and defender Toti Gomes with a misunderstanding from a cross and they collide.
It will be a West Brom corner but Gomes is down for a moment... he gets back to his feet but the medical staff are coming on to check him over.
Now Gomes will have to go off though.
Wolves 1-0 West Brom
All the cliches are getting a roll out. Fer Lopez points to his head from the Wolves bench to tell his team-mates to focus.
And now a claim for a Wolves penalty as Jordan James goes down under pressure from Ousmane Diakite but the ref waves play on.
Wolves 1-0 West Brom
Wolves boss Cesar Peixoto claps his hands together wildly to encourage his team. Is he about to taste victory in his first ever Black Country derby?
Wolves 1-0 West Brom
Wolves nick the ball back and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde brings it away to eat up a bit of time.
The hosts then win a free-kick midway inside their own half and you can bet they will take their time over this too.
Norwich 2-1 Bolton
Chris Goreham
BBC Radio Norfolk commentator
If Norwich can keep they shape defensively their can certainly find joy on the attack.
Wolves 1-0 West Brom
Can West Brom force a late equaliser? They're camped in the Wolves half.
Image source, Getty ImagesWolves 1-0 West Brom
A hush around Molineux as the board goes up showing six minutes of added time.
Ruairi McConville (19 mins)
Norwich are back in front!
A delightful corner is whipped to the back post by Oscar Schwartau and Ruairi McConville is there to hammer home the header.
Poor defending from a Bolton point of view but nicely worked from a Norwich perspective.
Wolves 1-0 West Brom
Jody Craddock
Former Wolves Captain on BBC Radio WM
Nasser Djiga and Toti Gomes have done well today. They've won headers. They've played well at the back.
It's really important Wolves just don't sit back and sit on this now because that's when West Brom will think they can get a goal.
Wolves 1-0 West Brom
Sean Neave and Boubcacar Traore are on for Wolves in place of Rodrigo Gomes and Adam Armstrong.
Gomes gets a huge standing ovation.
Wolves 1-0 West Brom
Image source, Getty ImagesWolves have only won one of their past eight league games against West Brom (D3 L4).
They're about three minutes plus stoppages away from victory here though, unless Albion can provide late drama.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 15 |
| |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 15 |
| |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 14 |
| |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| |
| 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 13 |
| |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 12 |
| |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 11 |
| |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 11 |
| |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
| |
| 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 10 |
| |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 10 |
| |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 9 |
| |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 17 | -1 | 9 |
| |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 9 |
| |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 8 |
| |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 8 |
| |
| 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 7 |
| |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 5 |
| |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 4 |
| |
| 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 4 |
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Manager: Philippe Clement
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Steven Schumacher
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Philippe Clement
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Steven Schumacher
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Championship
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Norwich City have won six of their last eight league games against Bolton Wanderers (D1 L1), with this their first since doing the double over the Trotters in 2018-19.
Bolton have lost four of their last five league visits to Norwich (D1) since a 2-0 victory in November 2000 under Sam Allardyce.
Norwich haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of their last 14 league games; in England’s top four tiers, only Preston (22), Chelsea (20), and Burnley (15) are on longer ongoing runs.
Bolton could lose three consecutive away league games for the first time since January 2022 (run of 7).
Since his league debut in February, only Cyle Larin (15) has scored more goals in the Championship than Norwich’s Mohamed Touré (13), while no player in that time has more goal involvements (16).
