Cardiff City 1-2 Norwich result, stats and report

Rumarn Burrell scored twice for QPR to seal a 2-1 home win against Cardiff City, who dominated possession and created the better chances but could not convert them into the result they deserved.

Ethan Galbraith scored inside 13 minutes to give Stoke City a 1-0 victory over Norwich, ending a run of five consecutive Championship defeats despite Norwich controlling 71 per cent of possession and creating the better chances across the ninety.

Norwich took the points at Cardiff City Stadium with a 25th-minute headed goal, but the possession numbers and shot map raise real questions about how each side set up for this Carabao Cup tie.

Norwich arrive at Carrow Road on Saturday having lost both of their opening Championship fixtures and conceded five goals in the process. Bolton Wanderers, sitting ninth after two games, offer a structured test that could expose exactly what is going wrong for the Canaries at the back.

Cardiff City host Charlton at Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday looking to turn two draws into a first win of the Championship season, but Charlton arrive as one of the early pacesetters with maximum points from their opening two games.

Middlesbrough host a Norwich side carrying four long-term absentees and no points from their opening two Championship games. The structure of both defences will decide this one.

Bolton Wanderers host Cardiff City at the University of Bolton Stadium on Saturday knowing that their early-season results flatter a defensive structure that is conceding far more than the scoreline suggests. Cardiff arrive with goals in abundance but a clean sheet problem of their own.

Norwich arrive at Carrow Road without a point from their opening two Championship games and carrying four long-term injury absences, while Birmingham have drawn both of theirs and shown they are hard to break down. Something has to give on Wednesday evening.