Stoke City FC 2, Norwich City FC 0

NORWICH, England (Interstat) — Stoke City opened its Championship campaign with a commanding 2-0 victory over Norwich City on Sunday, defying pre-match projections with a late flurry of goals from substitutes at Carrow Road. In a match that was largely a defensive stalemate for over an hour, the visitors found a breakthrough in the 75th minute and sealed the win seven minutes later, capitalizing decisively in the final quarter of the game. The result immediately inverts the preseason expectations set by statistical analysts, as Interstat’s game simulator had projected a 1-1 draw and gave Norwich a 55.4 percent probability of… Read more...