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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Glanford Park
  • Attendance: 6648
  • Referee: Laws, G

Live Commentary

90 mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

90 mins

Kevan Hurst is being taken off, Matthew Sparrow has come on in his place.

86 mins

Ian Baraclough is replaced by Tomi Ameobi.

86 mins

Darren Huckerby is replaced by Lee Croft.

79 mins

Paul Hayes is being taken off, Cleveland Taylor has come on in his place.

79 mins

Goal!! Jamie Cureton scores for Norwich.

66 mins

Martin Paterson is booked for unsporting behaviour.

62 mins

Matty Pattison is being taken off, Jimmy Smith has come on in his place.

61 mins

Norwich are replacing Dion Dublin with Jamie Cureton.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.

45 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

0 mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

Norwich City continued their revival with a fifth win in their last seven games, but Scunthorpe plunged deeper into trouble after nine games without a home win.

It was leading marksman Jamie Cureton who came off the bench to win it for the Canaries.

He struck in the 78th minute with a shot that went in off a post after a surging run forward by full-back Jon Otsemobor had opened up the home defence.

Earlier Darren Huckerby had squandered a couple of golden second-half opportunities for Norwich.

First he blasted a clear-cut chance high over the top and then he forced his way unmarked into the box to fire in an effort that was blocked by goalkeeper Joe Murphy.

Murphy had rescued Scunthorpe in the first half with a couple of good close-range saves to deny striker Ched Evans, on loan to the Canaries from Manchester City.

But Scunthorpe played their part in a hard-fought game with former Carrow Road junior Paul Hayes just inches away with a cracking volley.

Martin Paterson went close for the home side with a close-range effort that was blocked away by the legs of goalkeeper David Marshall.

And when Scunthorpe did get the ball in the back of the net early in the second half, through striker Jonathan Forte, he was unlucky to see it ruled out for offside.

The home side battled right to the very end and, in stoppage time, came within a whisker of an equaliser when a curling effort from Paterson was turned away at full stretch by goalkeeper Marshall.

Scunthorpe United Team

Norwich City Team

Scunthorpe United

Norwich City

Corners

8 4

Fouls

11 13

Goal attempts

16 12

Shots off target

10 7

Offsides

5 6

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