Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Norwich City & Liverpool 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 Norwich and Liverpool.
Norwich City form and stats
Norwich have reached this Carabao Cup stage through battling and winning against AFC Bournemouth. Last season their Carabao Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.Norwich City have played three Premier League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 0 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. It's trouble wherever Norwich City are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Norwich City's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Watford. Mathias Normann (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.75/10. Normann served one assist and hit one key pass.
Prior to that, an away loss at Arsenal in the Premier League.Norwich are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Everton awaits in four days.
Norwich City have scored 2 league goals here from 3 matches, not a lot. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Norwich have allowed the opposition to score 8 goals here at Carrow Road.
Liverpool form and stats
Liverpool's mission in Carabao Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.Liverpool are yet to lose a point on their Premier League travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games. Things are running smoothly for Liverpool who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 15 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Fulham.
The Liverpool goalkeeper Adrian San Miguel del Castillo is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 248 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing from Naby Keïta, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mané secured the home win 3-0 against Crystal Palace in their previous game. Virgil van Dijk, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.1. Dijk served one assist, hit one key pass and won 7 of 7 duels.
Before that, Liverpool secured a home win against Milan with the score 3-2.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Liverpool manager J. Klopp as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Brentford.
Liverpool have the goal stats of 6-0 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - one - nine (Norwich wins - draws - Liverpool wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Salah Ghaly 4 goals |  S. Mané 3 goals |   T. Pukki 2 goals |
Norwich City missing players
Liverpool missing players
| Norwich City | Liverpool | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 49 | 33 | Scored | S | 24 | 47 | ||
| 29 | 14 | Conceded | C | 11 | 20 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.6 | 8.2 | ||
| 5 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.8 | ||
| 1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.3 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.9 | 18.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 6.5 | ||
| 41% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 13 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 5 | Everton | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | West Ham United | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | Brentford | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | Aston Villa | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Watford | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Leicester City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Arsenal | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 6 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Southampton | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 3 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 3 |
| 18 | Newcastle United | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 2 |
| 19 | Burnley | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -12 | 0 |
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