The Championship season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between AFC Bournemouth and Norwich City promises to be an interesting one.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
AFC Bournemouth form and stats
The hosts won their first Championship game here at Vitality Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for AFC Bournemouth last season were 5 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses from 19 games.
AFC Bournemouth manager J. Tindall and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Middlesbrough (placed 17th) in the Championship. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Crystal Palace (after extra-time, 11-10 on penalties) that ended 0-0.
The Bournemouth goalkeeper Asmir Begović was crucial in the match against Middlesbrough last time out, making six saves.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Bournemouth have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won zero, drawn two and lost five.
At Vitality Stadium, AFC Bournemouth has the goal stats of 3-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Norwich City form and stats
Only one away game in the Championship so far for Norwich City and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 1 victory, 3 draws and 15 losses from 19 travels.
Norwich played 2-2 against Preston North End in their previous match. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Huddersfield Town.
The draw against Preston North End came from a losing position. The Norwich manager D. Farke brought on Przemyslaw Płacheta as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Norwich City in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Norwich City, two draws and two defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Norwich City has managed 1 goal and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): AFC Bournemouth won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Norwich City has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / threeTop Goalscorers
  J. Stacey 1 goals |  J. Lerma Solís 1 goals |  A. Groeneveld 1 goals |
AFC Bournemouth missing players
Norwich City missing players
| AFC Bournemouth | Norwich City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 12 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 17 | 31 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 40% | 60% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| AFC Bournemouth | Last season | Norwich City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 22 | 8 | Lost | L | 15 | 27 | ||
| 40 | 22 | Scored | S | 7 | 26 | ||
| 65 | 30 | Conceded | C | 38 | 75 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 95% | ||
| 74% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 74% | 74% | ||
| 61% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 50% | ||
| 34% | 37% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 32% | ||
| 11% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 13% | ||
| 55% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 26% | 39% | ||
| 13% | 16% | Clean Sheets | C S | 16% | 13% | ||
| 39% | 37% | Failed to Score | F T | 68% | 53% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 370 | 192 | Total Shots | T S | 185 | 403 | ||
| 116 | 60 | Shots on Target | S O | 52 | 121 | ||
| 34% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 21% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Reading | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Bristol City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Luton Town | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | AFC Bournemouth | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Birmingham City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Millwall | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Swansea City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Watford | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 11 | Brentford | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Queens Park Rangers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Coventry City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Cardiff City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Rotherham United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Preston North End | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | Middlesbrough | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 18 | Stoke City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 19 | Derby County | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | Barnsley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 21 | Huddersfield Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 22 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 0 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -8 |
| Last season | 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 | 38 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 85 | 33 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 52 | 99 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 38 | 26 | 3 | 9 | 102 | 35 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 57 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 45 | 22 | 67 | 81 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 66 | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 30 | 66 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 69 | 54 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 38 | 15 | 66 |
| 5 | Leicester City | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 67 | 41 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 24 | 26 | 62 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 61 | 47 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 14 | 59 |
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 51 | 40 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 59 |
| 8 | Arsenal | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 56 | 48 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 56 |
| 9 | Sheffield United | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 39 | 39 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 54 |
| 10 | Burnley | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 43 | 50 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 27 | -7 | 54 |
| 11 | Southampton | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 51 | 60 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 25 | -9 | 52 |
| 12 | Everton | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 56 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 35 | -12 | 49 |
| 13 | Newcastle United | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 58 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 37 | -20 | 44 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 50 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 30 | -19 | 43 |
| 15 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 39 | 54 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 27 | -15 | 41 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 49 | 62 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 29 | -13 | 39 |
| 17 | Aston Villa | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 41 | 67 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 37 | -26 | 35 |
| 18 | AFC Bournemouth | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 40 | 65 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 18 | 35 | -25 | 34 |
| 19 | Watford | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 64 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 37 | -28 | 34 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 38 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 75 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 37 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 38 | -49 | 21 |
- AFC Bournemouth
- Bournemouth Echo - (local newspaper)
- Norwich City
- Norwich Evening News - (local newspaper)