The Championship clash at The King Power Stadium on Monday will see home team Leicester City do battle with opponents Norwich City.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Leicester City v Norwich City are shown on this page (including the best match odds).
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Form Guide
Leicester City
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Leicester City will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 4-2 FA Cup loss in their previous game against Chelsea.
In that game, Leicester City managed 40% possession and 5 shots on goal with 1 on target. The scorer for Leicester City was Stephy Mavididi (62'). For their opponents, Chelsea got 26 attempts on goal with 8 on target. Marc Cucurella (13'), Cole Palmer (45'), Axel Disasi (51' Own goal), Carney Chukwuemeka (92') and Noni Madueke (98') scored for Chelsea.
Leicester City haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, finding the back of the net in each and every one of their last 6 matches.
They’ve claimed a sum of 8 during that period while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 11. Despite that, we will just have to wait and see if such a trend will continue on in this next match.
Norwich City
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Norwich City will come into the match following a 0-3 Championship win with the downing of Stoke City in their previous game.
In that game, Norwich City had 55% possession and 16 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. For Norwich City, the scorers were Josh Sargent (24'), Gabriel Sara (28') and Ashley Barnes (60'). Stoke City had 10 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.
Illustrating their fondness for fruitful matches, goals have been scored 20 times in the last 6 matches in which Norwich City have taken to the field, making it a mean average of 3.33 goals each clash. Opposition teams have managed 5 from this total.
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Head to head
An examination of their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 27/02/2016 shows that Leicester City have won 4 of them & Norwich City 1, with the tally of draws being 1.
A sum of 12 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 9 from The Foxes and 3 being from The Canaries. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.
The previous league game featuring these clubs was Championship match day 7 on 20/09/2023 which ended up with the score at Norwich City 0-2 Leicester City.
On that day, Norwich City had 43% possession and 15 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.
For their opponents, Leicester City got 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Kelechi Ịheanachọ (45') and Kasey McAteer (87') scored.
The match was refereed by Graham Scott.
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Team News: Leicester City
The Leicester City boss Enzo Maresca has zero fitness concerns at all ahead of this clash owing to a fully injury-free squad to pick from.
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Team News: Norwich City
Norwich City manager David Wagner has to choose a team with limited availability. Jonathan Rowe (Hamstring injury), Grant Hanley (unknown injury), Dimitrios Giannoulis (Hamstring injury) and Shane Duffy (unknown injury) will not be playing here.
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Prediction
We’re inclined to think that Leicester City should fashion enough chances to find the net more than once while possibly not conceding when they come up against Norwich City, who could well struggle to get a goal of their own.
Accordingly, we see a controlled 2-0 victory for Leicester City at the conclusion of the game.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest,
10:05 29/03/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Leicester City
Formed: 1884
Stadium: The King Power Stadium (32,262)
Captain: Jamie Vardy
Chairman: Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha
Manager: Enzo Maresca
Competitions: Championship position 2
🔑 Key Player: Stephy Mavididi
Normally used in the Left Wing position, Stephy Mavididi was born in Derby, England. Having played his first senior match for Charlton Athletic in the 2016 - 2017 season, the gifted Forward has netted 10 league goals in the Championship 2023 - 2024 campaign so far in a total of 37 appearances.