Match ends, Sheffield Wednesday 5, Norwich City 1.
Sheffield Wednesday 5-1 Norwich City
- From the section Championship
Sheffield Wednesday earned their best win of the season as Atdhe Nuhiu's hat-trick helped to hammer Norwich City.
Kosovan Nuhiu opened the scoring on 14 minutes with a far-post header before Fernando Forestieri doubled their lead.
In two second-half minutes, Frederico Venancio scored before Nuhiu rolled his second into an empty net after keeper Angus Gunn spilled in a collision.
Norwich got one back with Timm Klose's left-foot finish, but Nuhiu had the last word from the penalty spot.
Jos Luhukay's in-form Owls have finished the season well, with six wins in their last nine matches, to climb to 15th, a place below Norwich.
Canaries head coach Daniel Farke was forced into an 11th-minute change when key 14-goal playmaker James Maddison, who was in the PFA Championship team of the season, went off after receiving lengthy treatment.
Just three minutes later, Nuhiu met Adam Reach's cross to head beyond Gunn, who conceded again when Forestieri nipped in to score after intercepting an under-hit Christoph Zimmermann back pass.
Venancio added a 58th-minute third with his first goal for the club, a well-placed volley from Reach's cross, before Nuhiu scored his second when Gunn and Zimmermann collided.
Klose's late consolation goal came on 83 minutes when he beat Dawson with a low shot before Nuhiu's injury-time penalty after Forestieri was fouled inside the area by Jamal Lewis.
Sheffield Wednesday boss Jos Luhukay:
"It's fantastic to win 5-1 in your last game at your own stadium. We created chances to score more goals.
"I thank our fans for their support in the last month. Our fans always stay behind the team. In a difficult period when you're not playing very well, the fans have an important role to play.
"We can go into the summer with a very good feeling, and go into pre-season with confidence.
"I hope that we find a positive solution with Atdhe so that he signs a new contract with us. He would like to stay with us and I hope that he stays with us.
Norwich City head coach Daniel Farke:
"It's pretty hard to take because we wanted to finish as strong as we could. I'm not happy with the result but we have to judge this game a little bit in isolation.
"We had pretty good away form over the season but we had to deal with many injuries and that's probably one of the biggest reasons. We have to accept this result.
"There was pretty naive behaviour when we conceded goals. It's quite obvious that we have to defend better.
"When you concede five goals, you are not allowed to talk about the positives, but we did have more possession and created chances."
Line-ups
Sheff Wed
- 25Dawson
- 46Venâncio
- 12LoovensSubstituted forThornileyat 44'minutesBooked at 89mins
- 36Pudil
- 24BakerSubstituted forPalmerat 84'minutes
- 32Pelupessy
- 10Bannan
- 20ReachSubstituted forMatiasat 78'minutes
- 18Lucas João
- 17NuhiuBooked at 28mins
- 45Forestieri
Substitutes
- 7Rhodes
- 15Lees
- 16Palmer
- 19Matias
- 28Wildsmith
- 35Nielsen
- 39Thorniley
Norwich
- 1Gunn
- 4Reed
- 6ZimmermannSubstituted forRaggettat 81'minutes
- 15KloseBooked at 57mins
- 26Lewis
- 10Leitner
- 19Trybull
- 25Hernández
- 23MaddisonSubstituted forPintoat 11'minutes
- 11Murphy
- 9OliveiraSubstituted forSrbenyat 76'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Pinto
- 3Husband
- 12Watkins
- 18Stiepermann
- 20Raggett
- 32Srbeny
- 33McGovern
- Referee:
- Robert Jones
- Attendance:
- 28,189
Match Stats
Home TeamSheff WedAway TeamNorwich
- Possession
- Home40%
- Away60%
- Shots
- Home12
- Away21
- Shots on Target
- Home8
- Away2
- Corners
- Home1
- Away10
- Fouls
- Home14
- Away12
Live Text
Full Time
Second Half ends, Sheffield Wednesday 5, Norwich City 1.
Moritz Leitner (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday).
Foul by Jamal Lewis (Norwich City).
Lucas João (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jamal Lewis (Norwich City).
Liam Palmer (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Goal!
Goal! Sheffield Wednesday 5, Norwich City 1. Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Penalty conceded by Jamal Lewis (Norwich City) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Sheffield Wednesday. Fernando Forestieri draws a foul in the penalty area.
Moritz Leitner (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday).
Attempt blocked. Onel Hernández (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Josh Murphy.
Booking
Jordan Thorniley (Sheffield Wednesday) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Onel Hernández (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jordan Thorniley (Sheffield Wednesday).
Attempt saved. Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordan Thorniley with a cross.
Attempt missed. Joey Pelupessy (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Liam Palmer.
Attempt saved. Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Barry Bannan with a through ball.
Hand ball by Dennis Srbeny (Norwich City).
Attempt blocked. Dennis Srbeny (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jamal Lewis.
Tom Trybull (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lucas João (Sheffield Wednesday).
Substitution
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Liam Palmer replaces Ashley Baker.
Goal!
Goal! Sheffield Wednesday 4, Norwich City 1. Timm Klose (Norwich City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner following a corner.
Attempt blocked. Moritz Leitner (Norwich City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Onel Hernández.
Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Ashley Baker.
Substitution
Substitution, Norwich City. Sean Raggett replaces Christoph Zimmermann.
Attempt missed. Josh Murphy (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Tom Trybull.
Attempt blocked. Tom Trybull (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Marco Matias replaces Adam Reach.
Attempt missed. Josh Murphy (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Substitution
Substitution, Norwich City. Dennis Srbeny replaces Nélson Oliveira.
Attempt missed. Moritz Leitner (Norwich City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ivo Pinto with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Nélson Oliveira (Norwich City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Moritz Leitner.
Attempt missed. Lucas João (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Barry Bannan with a cross following a set piece situation.
Foul by Moritz Leitner (Norwich City).
Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Nélson Oliveira (Norwich City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Onel Hernández with a cross.
