Home advantage could prove decisive in Norwich City - Sunderland battle

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sun 12.March
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lotus Training Center (1000 seats)

Norwich City have excelled Sunderland this season, but every match opens at 0-0. Here's all the information you need ahead of kickoff:

Insights:
  • Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both sides have had adequate rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face fixture!

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Norwich City form and stats

8 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Norwich City have to build on here at Lotus Training Center in the Championship. There’s a good atmosphere here at Lotus Training Center after three straight home wins.

It's back home for Norwich City, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Millwall away with the result 3-2. Sørensen and Sara found the net in that victory. Midfielder Sara was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.3 (out of ten) in that game. Sara scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.

Ahead of that match, Norwich won a home game hosting Cardiff City (2-0).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Norwich City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 2 and lost 5.

Norwich City are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Huddersfield Town awaits in three days.

A decent goal production from Norwich City in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 18 league matches. Norwich's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Sunderland form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Sunderland have produced an overall stat of 7-5-6 so far. Recent form does not give Sunderland much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Norwich City will be a tough nut to crack.

The manager Mowbray was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Stadium of Light. Sunderland suffered a 1-5 loss to Stoke City (placed 16th). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Stoke City was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind. Midfielder Pritchard was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 6.84. Pritchard scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

A 1-2 defeat away at Coventry City before that.

We have checked recent matches where Sunderland have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 2 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

Betting related statistic: Both teams have scored in 11 of this club's latest 14 league games.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sheffield United in just three days.

Sunderland has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 28 goals from 18 games. As opposed to that, Sunderland have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date registered match featuring both these participants is the Sunderland - Norwich 0-1 played earlier this season. Data for the previous ten meetings featuring these two squads are: four wins for Norwich City, three draws and three wins for Sunderland. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games. The games between these sides have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Norwich CityJ. Sargent
J. Sargent
11 goals
Norwich CityT. Pukki
T. Pukki
10 goals
SunderlandR. Stewart
R. Stewart
10 goals

Norwich City missing players

Sunderland missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Norwich City Sunderland
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 18 7 Played P 6 18 35
16 8 3 Won W 0 7 13
7 4 2 Drew D 2 5 10
12 6 2 Lost L 4 6 12
51 27 13 Scored S 4 28 50
39 21 10 Conceded C 9 21 43
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
71% 83% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 89% 80%
51% 50% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 56% 54%
26% 28% 57% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 20%
11% 11% 29% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
54% 56% 86% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 60%
26% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 29%
26% 28% 14% Failed to Score F T 33% 11% 17%
 
6.4 5.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 4.7 4.2
4 3.3 4.9 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.4 5.4
2.1 1.7 1.9 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.5 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
13.5 15.1 14.1 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 10.1 11.3
4.2 4.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.6 3.8
35% 33% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 44% 38%
 
11 9.9 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 14.2 12.1 12
3.7 3.3 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.2 3.5
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sunderland haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 35 22 11 2 68 28 18 13 5 0 40 13 17 9 6 2 28 15 40 77
2 Sheffield United 35 20 7 8 56 31 17 11 3 3 35 16 18 9 4 5 21 15 25 67
3 Middlesbrough 35 18 6 11 61 40 17 10 5 2 31 13 18 8 1 9 30 27 21 60
4 Blackburn Rovers 35 18 4 13 39 38 17 12 1 4 23 13 18 6 3 9 16 25 1 58
5 Luton Town 35 15 12 8 43 34 18 6 8 4 23 19 17 9 4 4 20 15 9 57
6 Norwich City 35 16 7 12 51 39 18 8 4 6 27 21 17 8 3 6 24 18 12 55
7 Millwall 35 15 9 11 45 38 17 9 5 3 27 15 18 6 4 8 18 23 7 54
8 Coventry City 35 14 10 11 41 34 18 9 5 4 23 16 17 5 5 7 18 18 7 52
9 West Bromwich Albion 35 14 9 12 45 38 18 9 5 4 25 15 17 5 4 8 20 23 7 51
10 Watford 35 13 12 10 41 38 17 8 5 4 24 16 18 5 7 6 17 22 3 51
11 Sunderland 35 13 10 12 50 43 17 6 5 6 22 22 18 7 5 6 28 21 7 49
12 Preston North End 35 12 11 12 30 38 18 4 6 8 12 22 17 8 5 4 18 16 -8 47
13 Bristol City 35 11 12 12 43 43 18 7 5 6 22 18 17 4 7 6 21 25 0 45
14 Hull City 35 12 9 14 40 48 18 7 4 7 20 23 17 5 5 7 20 25 -8 45
15 Reading 35 13 5 17 38 54 17 10 3 4 27 19 18 3 2 13 11 35 -16 44
16 Stoke City 35 12 7 16 44 42 17 5 4 8 20 19 18 7 3 8 24 23 2 43
17 Swansea City 35 11 10 14 47 52 17 7 3 7 27 25 18 4 7 7 20 27 -5 43
18 Rotherham United 35 9 13 13 40 47 17 7 5 5 29 21 18 2 8 8 11 26 -7 40
19 Birmingham City 35 10 9 16 39 47 18 5 5 8 20 21 17 5 4 8 19 26 -8 39
20 Queens Park Rangers 35 10 9 16 36 52 17 5 4 8 19 26 18 5 5 8 17 26 -16 39
21 Cardiff City 35 10 8 17 27 38 18 6 5 7 15 16 17 4 3 10 12 22 -11 38
22 Blackpool 35 7 11 17 33 51 17 4 6 7 17 21 18 3 5 10 16 30 -18 32
23 Huddersfield Town 35 8 8 19 30 51 18 6 4 8 16 20 17 2 4 11 14 31 -21 32
24 Wigan Athletic 35 7 11 17 31 54 18 3 5 10 13 31 17 4 6 7 18 23 -23 32

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 35 22 11 2 68 28 18 13 5 0 40 13 17 9 6 2 28 15 40 77
2 Sheffield United 35 20 7 8 56 31 17 11 3 3 35 16 18 9 4 5 21 15 25 67
3 Middlesbrough 35 18 6 11 61 40 17 10 5 2 31 13 18 8 1 9 30 27 21 60
4 Blackburn Rovers 35 18 4 13 39 38 17 12 1 4 23 13 18 6 3 9 16 25 1 58
5 Luton Town 35 15 12 8 43 34 18 6 8 4 23 19 17 9 4 4 20 15 9 57
6 Norwich City 35 16 7 12 51 39 18 8 4 6 27 21 17 8 3 6 24 18 12 55
7 Millwall 35 15 9 11 45 38 17 9 5 3 27 15 18 6 4 8 18 23 7 54
8 Coventry City 35 14 10 11 41 34 18 9 5 4 23 16 17 5 5 7 18 18 7 52
9 West Bromwich Albion 35 14 9 12 45 38 18 9 5 4 25 15 17 5 4 8 20 23 7 51
10 Watford 35 13 12 10 41 38 17 8 5 4 24 16 18 5 7 6 17 22 3 51
11 Sunderland 35 13 10 12 50 43 17 6 5 6 22 22 18 7 5 6 28 21 7 49
12 Preston North End 35 12 11 12 30 38 18 4 6 8 12 22 17 8 5 4 18 16 -8 47
13 Bristol City 35 11 12 12 43 43 18 7 5 6 22 18 17 4 7 6 21 25 0 45
14 Hull City 35 12 9 14 40 48 18 7 4 7 20 23 17 5 5 7 20 25 -8 45
15 Reading 35 13 5 17 38 54 17 10 3 4 27 19 18 3 2 13 11 35 -16 44
16 Stoke City 35 12 7 16 44 42 17 5 4 8 20 19 18 7 3 8 24 23 2 43
17 Swansea City 35 11 10 14 47 52 17 7 3 7 27 25 18 4 7 7 20 27 -5 43
18 Rotherham United 35 9 13 13 40 47 17 7 5 5 29 21 18 2 8 8 11 26 -7 40
19 Birmingham City 35 10 9 16 39 47 18 5 5 8 20 21 17 5 4 8 19 26 -8 39
20 Queens Park Rangers 35 10 9 16 36 52 17 5 4 8 19 26 18 5 5 8 17 26 -16 39
21 Cardiff City 35 10 8 17 27 38 18 6 5 7 15 16 17 4 3 10 12 22 -11 38
22 Blackpool 35 7 11 17 33 51 17 4 6 7 17 21 18 3 5 10 16 30 -18 32
23 Huddersfield Town 35 8 8 19 30 51 18 6 4 8 16 20 17 2 4 11 14 31 -21 32
24 Wigan Athletic 35 7 11 17 31 54 18 3 5 10 13 31 17 4 6 7 18 23 -23 32

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.