Championship: Norwich City expected to win home game against Blackburn Rovers

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 27.April
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Carrow Road (27244 seats)

1st position in the Championship table for Norwich City so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 14th-placed Blackburn Rovers visits Carrow Road.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Norwich City form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Carrow Road as Norwich City, who have the most scored goals (89) in Championship, have scored 49 goals to get 46 points from 22 games. The overall stats are 14-4-4 (wins-draws-losses). Norwich City haven’t lost a game in twelve attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Preston North End. Norwich City have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

The home team returns to Carrow Road after sharing the points with Stoke City on their last time out; the Championship game ended 2-2. In the match before that, Norwich City hosted Sheffield Wednesday and drew the game 2-2.

Norwich City are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found five matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W4-D1-L0.

Goals decide football matches and Norwich City are scoring many of them at home; 49 on target from 22 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 33 goals have been conceded.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

6-5-11 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Blackburn Rovers in their matches away. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Blackburn Rovers hope to make it five in this match. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Blackburn Rovers, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Blackburn Rovers won their last game, 2-0 versus Bolton Wanderers played at home. Prior to that result Blackburn Rovers won their away game at Queens Park Rangers. The scoreline was 2-1.

Blackburn Rovers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 31 away goals from 22 games. For Blackburn Rovers, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Blackburn Rovers - Norwich City 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Norwich City 4 wins, 2 draws and Blackburn Rovers 2 victories.

Top Goalscorers

T. Pukki
28 goals / 10 assists
D. Graham
15 goals / 4 assists
B. Dack
14 goals / 6 assists

Norwich City missing players

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Norwich City Blackburn Rovers
Total Home Statistic Away Total
44 22 Played 22 44
89 49 Scored 31 61
55 33 Conceded 46 65
98% 100% Over 0.5 95% 95%
80% 77% Over 1.5 86% 75%
66% 73% Over 2.5 73% 55%
50% 59% Over 3.5 50% 34%
18% 32% Over 4.5 32% 18%
66% 59% Both teams to score 77% 57%
30% 32% Clean Sheet 18% 27%
7% 9% Failed To Score 9% 20%
 
6.4 7 Corners For (avg) 3.5 4.6
4.4 3.9 Corners Against (avg) 4.9 4.7
1.7 1.4 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.6 1.6
1 1 Red Cards (total) 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • Norwich City hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Blackburn Rovers is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Norwich City is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 44 25 13 6 89 55 22 14 4 4 49 33 22 11 9 2 40 22 34 88
2 Sheffield United 44 25 10 9 74 39 22 14 4 4 40 17 22 11 6 5 34 22 35 85
3 Leeds United 44 25 7 12 70 46 22 14 3 5 37 20 22 11 4 7 33 26 24 82
4 West Bromwich Albion 44 22 11 11 84 58 22 11 7 4 51 30 22 11 4 7 33 28 26 77
5 Aston Villa 44 20 15 9 80 58 22 11 8 3 49 34 22 9 7 6 31 24 22 75
6 Derby County 43 18 13 12 63 52 22 12 7 3 37 19 21 6 6 9 26 33 11 67
7 Middlesbrough 44 18 13 13 45 39 22 9 6 7 21 16 22 9 7 6 24 23 6 67
8 Bristol City 43 18 12 13 56 49 22 8 8 6 28 24 21 10 4 7 28 25 7 66
9 Sheffield Wednesday 44 16 15 13 56 57 22 10 8 4 33 25 22 6 7 9 23 32 -1 63
10 Swansea City 43 18 8 17 60 57 21 12 4 5 39 25 22 6 4 12 21 32 3 62
11 Nottingham Forest 44 15 15 14 59 54 22 12 4 6 33 21 22 3 11 8 26 33 5 60
12 Preston North End 44 16 12 16 64 61 22 8 9 5 38 27 22 8 3 11 26 34 3 60
13 Hull City 44 17 9 18 63 65 22 11 5 6 36 23 22 6 4 12 27 42 -2 60
14 Blackburn Rovers 44 16 11 17 61 65 22 10 6 6 30 19 22 6 5 11 31 46 -4 59
15 Brentford 44 15 13 16 69 59 22 13 4 5 47 23 22 2 9 11 22 36 10 58
16 Stoke City 44 11 20 13 43 50 22 8 8 6 24 22 22 3 12 7 19 28 -7 53
17 Birmingham City 44 14 17 13 63 57 22 7 10 5 30 23 22 7 7 8 33 34 6 50
18 Wigan Athletic 44 12 12 20 49 63 22 10 8 4 28 20 22 2 4 16 21 43 -14 48
19 Queens Park Rangers 44 13 9 22 51 69 22 9 3 10 33 30 22 4 6 12 18 39 -18 48
20 Reading 44 10 16 18 48 64 22 8 5 9 29 31 22 2 11 9 19 33 -16 46
21 Millwall 43 10 13 20 47 61 21 7 8 6 25 25 22 3 5 14 22 36 -14 43
22 Rotherham United 44 8 16 20 50 79 22 7 8 7 31 36 22 1 8 13 19 43 -29 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 44 8 8 28 29 76 22 4 4 14 13 34 22 4 4 14 16 42 -47 32
24 Ipswich Town 44 4 16 24 33 73 22 2 11 9 19 29 22 2 5 15 14 44 -40 28

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