Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Bristol City & Norwich City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Bristol City and Norwich City.
Bristol City form and stats
Bristol City have not come this way in the Carabao Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Oxford United. Last season their Carabao Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.When playing at home in the Championship, Bristol City have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 2 games.
Bristol drew their last game, 1-1 away at Hull City. The Bristol City goalkeeper O'Leary was crucial in the match against Hull City last time out, making eight saves.
Preceding that match was a Championship defeat to Birmingham City (0-2).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bristol as they are travelling to their away game against Swansea City in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Bristol City at home in the league. 1 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Norwich City form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Queens Park Rangers in order to reach 2nd round of Carabao Cup. Norwich City was sent out of Carabao Cup in the 2nd round last season.Norwich City are still undefeated on their travels in the Championship. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
Two away games in a row for Norwich City, whose coach Wagner could celebrate last time after the win against Huddersfield Town. As mentioned above, Norwich was the only team on the pitch versus Huddersfield Town in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie five games in a row for the away team? The correct answer is Rowe and that is solid stuff! Idah, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.23. Idah scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).
That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Millwall in the Championship.The schedule is very tough for Norwich City now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Rotherham United is waiting in only four days.
{8 goals} so far away for Norwich City, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings involving these squads: Bristol won one, Norwich City triumphed in six and we saw three draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Rowe 4 goals |  J. Sargent 3 goals |  A. Idah 2 goals |
Bristol City missing players
Norwich City missing players
| Bristol City | Norwich City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 39 | 31 | Scored | S | 27 | 39 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Conceded | C | 18 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 28% | ||
| 5.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.5 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 13 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 37% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 39% | ||
| 10.3 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 11.1 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leicester City | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Norwich City | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Birmingham City | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Southampton | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Preston North End | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Ipswich Town | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | West Bromwich Albion | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Hull City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Stoke City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Millwall | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 12 | Coventry City | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | Leeds United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | Bristol City | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 15 | Watford | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | Plymouth Argyle | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | Cardiff City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 18 | Sunderland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 3 |
| 20 | Swansea City | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 2 |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 22 | Middlesbrough | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 1 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 1 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 0 |
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