Norwich City vs Birmingham City Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Norwich City

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Norwich City will play in this match coming off the back of a 2-2 EFL Cup drawn game versus Birmingham City.

In that match, Norwich City had 58% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. For Norwich City, the goalscorers were Danel Sinani (45'), Jacob Sørensen (45') and Jonathan Tomkinson (79' Own goal). On the other side, Birmingham City had 8 attempts on goal with 1 on target. Jonathan Leko (53') scored for Birmingham City. After a tense 4-2 penalty shootout, Norwich City were victorious.

A recurring characteristic of more recent Norwich City games is seeing a zero in the scoreline.

From their previous 6 clashes before this one, in 5 of them a bet on "Both Teams to Score" would have lost.

Birmingham City

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The numbers tell their own story, and Birmingham City have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 12 goals in all. At the back, Birmingham City certainly have room for improvement. In any event, it remains to be seen whether the trend will continue on here in this match or not.

👥 Head to head

Delving into past results between these clubs going back to 09/09/2017 shows that these encounters have been miserable for Birmingham City. They’ve not been able to register any victories at all while Norwich City have just been stronger than them, beating them in 83% of those ties.

A total of 16 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 12 for The Canaries and 4 belonging to The Blues. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.

The previous league clash between the two was Championship match day 32 on 23/02/2021 which ended up with the score at Birmingham City 1-3 Norwich City.

On that day, Birmingham City had 36% possession and 14 shots at goal with 6 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Iván Sánchez (38').

On the other side, Norwich City got 12 shots on goal with 6 on target. Teemu Pukki (26', 76') and Oliver Skipp (95') scored.

The referee was Oliver Langford.

ℹ️ Team News: Norwich City

Tim Krul (Knock), Isaac Hayden (Knee Problems) and Gabriel Sara (Injury to the ankle) won’t be available for Norwich City gaffer Dean Smith.

ℹ️ Team News: Birmingham City

Due to a completely injury-free group ready to go, the Birmingham City boss John Eustace does not have any fitness concerns to report coming into this match.

💭 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Birmingham City have the firepower to put one past this Norwich City team, although it probably won’t quite prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We’re expecting a 2-1 advantage for Norwich City after 90 minutes. Looking forward to this.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 16:02 05/08/2022