The Norwich City & Barnsley managers D. Farke and V. Ismaël are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Championship league table.
- Barnsley is in the best form (5-0-1)
It's no vacation for neither Norwich City nor Barnsley as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Norwich City form and stats
22 points is a decent return from 11 Championship games here at Carrow Road for Norwich City. The data says 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Norwich, who played 1-1 against Queens Park Rangers. That match was also played at this venue (Carrow Road). Heartbreak before that as Norwich lost 0-1 at Watford's place.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Norwich handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, four draws and two defeats.
Norwich are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 11 games. From these home matches, Norwich have conceded only 8 goals.
Barnsley form and stats
4-2-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Barnsley in their Championship matches away.
It's the second away game in a row for Barnsley, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Rotherham United (placed 23rd) in the Championship last time out. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Huddersfield Town.
We have checked recent matches where Barnsley have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were one victory, four draws and four defeats.
The visiting Barnsley have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 11 games. Barnsley struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Norwich won six, Barnsley won one and three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Pukki 11 goals |   C. Woodrow 8 goals |  E. Buendía 6 goals |
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| Norwich City | Barnsley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 30 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 27 |
| 20 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 28 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 64% | 64% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 82% |
| 45% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 64% | 59% |
| 18% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 9% | 14% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 59% | 55% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 64% | 50% |
| 27% | 36% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 23% |
| 18% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 27% | 32% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 16.3 | 19 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.1 | 10.6 |
| 4.7 | 4.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| 29% | 27% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 42% | 35% |
- All of Barnsley's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Barnsley has the most points from losing position (13) in Championship
- Barnsley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Barnsley haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Barnsley is in the best form (5-0-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Norwich City | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 44 |
| 2 | Swansea City | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 39 |
| 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 38 |
| 4 | Brentford | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 38 |
| 5 | Watford | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 37 |
| 6 | Reading | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 36 |
| 7 | Stoke City | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 35 |
| 8 | Barnsley | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -1 | 34 |
| 9 | Middlesbrough | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 33 |
| 10 | Bristol City | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 33 |
| 11 | Preston North End | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 32 |
| 12 | Huddersfield Town | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -3 | 31 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -4 | 30 |
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 29 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 29 |
| 16 | Millwall | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 17 | Coventry City | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 23 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -10 | 23 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 21 |
| 20 | Derby County | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -9 | 19 |
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 19 |
| 22 | Sheffield Wednesday | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 16 |
| 23 | Rotherham United | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 16 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -17 | 15 |
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