The Championship league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Norwich City and Birmingham City are placed 11th and 15th respectively.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Norwich City form and stats
Norwich City are yet to win a home game, having collected 1 point from their first two Championship games here at Carrow Road. With seven home Championship games in a row without a win, the Norwich fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Leicester City game long ago, can be stopped today.
Norwich enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Rotherham United's place. The match ended 2-1 with Jordan Hugill scoring. Preceding that match was a defeat to Derby County (0-1).
Some amazing scenes last match, when Jordan Hugill scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Norwich handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, two draws and two defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Norwich as they have a new game in only four days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Wycombe Wanderers are visiting.
At Carrow Road, Norwich City has the goal stats of 2-3 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Birmingham City form and stats
Birmingham City are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Championship, having played 2 games and collected 2 points (0 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses). Birmingham has drawn their two previous away games.
Birmingham might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Sheffield Wednesday proved too strong as Birmingham City slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at St. Andrew's Stadium. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Stoke City that ended 1-1.
Birmingham are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, three draws and eleven defeats. From a total of 17 matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Birmingham manager A. Karanka de la Hoz as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Queens Park Rangers.
It's early days yet, but Birmingham City has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Norwich-Birmingham City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Norwich City four wins, Birmingham City one win, five draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Bela 2 goals |   P. Płacheta 1 goals |  A. Idah 1 goals |
Norwich City missing players
Birmingham City missing players
| Norwich City | Birmingham City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | 26 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 14 | 49 |
| 30 | 11 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 21% |
- Birmingham City have not yet lost a game away.
- Birmingham City have yet to win a game away.
- Norwich City has the most points from losing position (4) in Championship
- Norwich City have yet to win a game at home.
- Norwich City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Norwich City | Last season | Birmingham City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 14 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Lost | L | 10 | 20 | ||
| 26 | 19 | Scored | S | 21 | 54 | ||
| 75 | 37 | Conceded | C | 33 | 75 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 74% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 76% | ||
| 50% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 39% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 28% | ||
| 13% | 16% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 17% | ||
| 39% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 59% | ||
| 13% | 11% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 15% | ||
| 53% | 37% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 30% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 403 | 218 | Total Shots | T S | 240 | 550 | ||
| 121 | 69 | Shots on Target | S O | 67 | 162 | ||
| 21% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bristol City | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Reading | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Watford | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Luton Town | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Millwall | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | Brentford | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | Norwich City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Huddersfield Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Queens Park Rangers | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 14 | Middlesbrough | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | Rotherham United | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 17 | Preston North End | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | Cardiff City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 19 | Coventry City | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
| 21 | Derby County | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -7 | 3 |
| 22 | Barnsley | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -11 | 0 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | -4 |
- Norwich City
- Norwich Evening News - (local newspaper)
- Birmingham City
- Birmingham Mail - (local newspaper)