Bristol City are the guests at Carrow Road on Saturday for the Championship showdown with home side Norwich City.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Norwich City v Bristol City are shown on this page (including the best match odds).
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Form Guide
Norwich City
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Norwich City, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 0-1 Championship triumph against Preston North End.
In that game, Norwich City had 60% possession and 15 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Norwich City was Gabriel Sara (86'). Preston North End got 12 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.
Norwich City haven’t had any problems with scoring, netting in one hundred percent of their last 6 matches.
They’ve totted up the amount of 10 during that period while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 6.
Heading into this contest, Norwich City are undefeated in their previous 13 league matches at home. A fantastic home record.
Bristol City
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In the game prior to this, Bristol City drew 1-1 in the Championship match with Huddersfield Town.
In that match, Bristol City managed 62% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Bristol City was Nahki Wells (101'). On the other side, Huddersfield Town had 13 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Josh Koroma (81') was the scorer for Huddersfield Town.
In 5 of the previous 6 games featuring Bristol City, a notably low volume of goals have been hit between them and their opposition. The overall average goals scored per game in that spell comes to a meagre 1.83, with the average goals for The Robins standing at 1.33. We shall soon see whether or not that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Bristol City:
- have not beaten Norwich City in away games against them for the last 6 matches in the league. Not good at all.
- are undefeated in their last 2 away league matches.
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Head to head
A glance at their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 31/10/2020 shows us that Norwich City have won 5 of them and Bristol City 1, with the tally of drawn results being 0.
16 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 11 of them for The Canaries and 5 coming from The Robins. The average goals per game has been 2.67.
The previous league match featuring the two was Championship match day 19 on 03/12/2023 when the final score was Bristol City 1-2 Norwich City.
In that match, Bristol City managed 61% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The scorers were Jason Knight (34') and George Tanner (59' Own goal).
For their opponents, Norwich City had 12 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Adam Idah (90') scored.
The referee was Gavin Ward.
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Team News: Norwich City
Jonathan Rowe (Hamstring injury), Grant Hanley (unknown injury) and Dimitrios Giannoulis (Hamstring injury) will not be taking part for Norwich City gaffer David Wagner.
In all likelihood, The Canaries will probably use a 4-2-3-1 system for this game, beginning the first half with Angus Gunn, Jack Stacey, Shane Duffy, Ben Gibson, Sam McCallum, Gabriel Sara, Marcelino Núñez, Ashley Barnes, Kenny McLean, Borja Sainz and Josh Sargent.
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Team News: Bristol City
We are inclined to think that The Robins appear most likely to elect for a 3-4-2-1 formation, starting the game with Max OLeary, George Tanner, Matty James, Haydon Roberts, Ross McCrorie, Joe Williams, Jason Knight, Cameron Pring, Mark Sykes, Scott Twine and Tommy Conway.
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Prediction
We’re of the view that Bristol City are likely to get a goal against this Norwich City team, but it probably won’t be as many as they’ll concede.
We are anticipating both teams to score in a 2-1 winning score for Norwich City after the 90. It’s a very tough call.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira,
08:07 18/04/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Norwich City
Formed: 1902
Stadium: Carrow Road (27,359)
Captain: Grant Hanley
Chairman: Delia Smith & Michael Wynn-Jones
Manager: David Wagner
Competitions: Championship position 6
⭐ Key Player: Jonathan Rowe
Generally used in the Right Wing position, Jonathan Rowe was born in England. After making a first senior appearance for Norwich City in the 2021 - 2022 season, the goalscoring Forward has bagged 12 league goals in this Championship 2023 - 2024 campaign so far in 29 appearances.