Stoke City v Norwich City betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 18.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bet365 Stadium (30089 seats)

We have to say that both squads are in good shape, Norwich City having a 9 point edge on Stoke City in the tables. Let's go!

Insights:
  • Stoke City have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Championship
  • Norwich City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Stoke and Norwich City.

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Stoke City form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Stoke City at their home stadium (Bet365 Stadium) is 6 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats.

An away draw last time out for Stoke City, facing Middlesbrough (after extra-time) in a game that ended 1-1. Hoever was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.82 out of 10. The defender Hoever scored one goal and won 4 of 9 duels.

Ahead of that match, Stoke won a home game hosting Blackburn Rovers (after extra-time) (3-2).

Stoke City has scored 23 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. Stoke City have conceded 21 in these home matches.

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Norwich City form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Norwich City have produced an overall stat of 8-4-6 so far.

Norwich are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Huddersfield Town (after extra-time) (placed 23rd). Sara got a match rating of 8.14 in that game, top player of the team. Sara scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Sunderland (after extra-time).

The visiting Norwich City have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 25 goals from 18 games. Norwich City have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Norwich City have won at least one point in the last 4 fixtures (3-1-0) facing Stoke.

Norwich City - Stoke City 3-1 was the end result in these squads' last head-to-head game, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Norwich CityJ. Sargent
J. Sargent
11 goals
Norwich CityT. Pukki
T. Pukki
10 goals
Stoke CityT. Campbell
T. Campbell
8 goals

Stoke City missing players

Norwich City missing players

Stoke City Norwich City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 7 18 37
13 6 3 Won W 3 8 16
8 4 1 Drew D 1 4 8
16 8 2 Lost L 3 6 13
48 23 10 Scored S 12 25 52
45 21 7 Conceded C 8 19 41
95% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 95%
70% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 61% 70%
46% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 50% 49%
32% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 22% 24%
5% 6% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 11% 11%
43% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 57% 56% 54%
27% 28% 17% Clean Sheets C S 29% 28% 24%
35% 44% 33% Failed to Score F T 14% 22% 27%
 
5.5 6.3 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 8.3 7 6.5
5.1 4.7 6.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 4.7 4
1.8 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.9 2.4 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
13 13.4 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 14.4 11.9 13.6
4.5 4.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.7 4.2
29% 28% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 37% 34%
 
10.2 8.9 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11.4 12.2 11
3.3 2.9 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.9 3.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Norwich City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Stoke City have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Championship

  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 37 24 11 2 74 29 19 14 5 0 43 13 18 10 6 2 31 16 45 83
2 Sheffield United 37 21 7 9 58 33 18 11 3 4 35 17 19 10 4 5 23 16 25 70
3 Middlesbrough 37 19 7 11 65 42 18 10 6 2 32 14 19 9 1 9 33 28 23 64
4 Luton Town 37 17 12 8 45 34 19 7 8 4 24 19 18 10 4 4 21 15 11 63
5 Blackburn Rovers 37 19 4 14 43 42 18 13 1 4 25 14 19 6 3 10 18 28 1 61
6 Millwall 37 17 9 11 48 39 18 10 5 3 29 16 19 7 4 8 19 23 9 60
7 Norwich City 37 16 8 13 52 41 19 8 4 7 27 22 18 8 4 6 25 19 11 56
8 West Bromwich Albion 37 15 10 12 47 39 19 10 5 4 26 15 18 5 5 8 21 24 8 55
9 Coventry City 37 14 12 11 43 36 19 9 6 4 24 17 18 5 6 7 19 19 7 54
10 Watford 37 14 12 11 44 39 18 9 5 4 27 16 19 5 7 7 17 23 5 54
11 Preston North End 37 14 11 12 34 39 19 5 6 8 14 22 18 9 5 4 20 17 -5 53
12 Sunderland 37 14 10 13 52 45 18 6 5 7 23 24 19 8 5 6 29 21 7 52
13 Bristol City 37 12 12 13 45 44 19 8 5 6 24 18 18 4 7 7 21 26 1 48
14 Stoke City 37 13 8 16 48 45 18 6 4 8 23 21 19 7 4 8 25 24 3 47
15 Hull City 37 12 10 15 42 52 19 7 4 8 21 26 18 5 6 7 21 26 -10 46
16 Reading 37 13 5 19 39 57 18 10 3 5 27 20 19 3 2 14 12 37 -18 44
17 Swansea City 37 11 10 16 49 57 18 7 3 8 28 28 19 4 7 8 21 29 -8 43
18 Birmingham City 37 11 9 17 41 50 19 6 5 8 22 21 18 5 4 9 19 29 -9 42
19 Queens Park Rangers 37 11 9 17 38 58 18 6 4 8 20 26 19 5 5 9 18 32 -20 42
20 Rotherham United 37 9 13 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 30 23 19 2 8 9 11 28 -10 40
21 Cardiff City 37 10 9 18 28 41 19 6 6 7 16 17 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 39
22 Blackpool 37 8 11 18 39 54 18 5 6 7 23 22 19 3 5 11 16 32 -15 35
23 Huddersfield Town 37 8 9 20 31 53 19 6 5 8 17 21 18 2 4 12 14 32 -22 33
24 Wigan Athletic 37 7 12 18 32 58 19 3 6 10 14 32 18 4 6 8 18 26 -26 33

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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.