Championship match prediction: Little separates Norwich City and Burnley in quality

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 04.February
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Carrow Road (27244 seats)

A key game in Championship as both participants are fighting for the top positions. With Norwich City in 6th place and Burnley placed 1st, this is almost guaranteed to be an exciting fight. Read on to learn more!

Insights:
  • Burnley have the most scored goals (55) in Championship

Norwich City and Burnley should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Norwich City form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Norwich City have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 14 games.

Norwich City are returning here after visiting Coventry City and winning with a 4-2 scoreline. Hernández, Sargent and Dowell scored the goal(s). A goal frenzy last time out for Norwich City, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Coventry City. Fun stuff to watch! Dowell, who usually features in attack, was the champion performer for the side in that fixture, earning a rating of 8.32 (out of 10). Dowell scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 46 successful passes (of 52 total).

Before that match, a win away at Preston North End.

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 Norwich City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Norwich has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Burnley form and stats

7 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Burnley playing as the away team in the Championship this season. Impressively, the visitors are on a eight-match winning run which they hope continue versus Norwich City.

It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Ipswich Town in their previous outing. The FA Cup duel ended 0-0. Peacock-Farrell was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.45. The agile goalkeeper Peacock-Farrell topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Burnley secured a home win against West Bromwich Albion with the score 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Burnley in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Burnley, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this club's 11 latest league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.

Burnley has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 23 goals from 13 games. As opposed to that, Burnley have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Burnley - Norwich City 1-0 was the outcome when these contenders previously played each other, some time ago this season. Data for the former ten meetings between these two contenders are: two wins for Norwich City, three draws and five wins for Burnley. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

Norwich CityT. Pukki
T. Pukki
10 goals
Norwich CityJ. Sargent
J. Sargent
10 goals
BurnleyN. Tella
N. Tella
9 goals

Norwich City missing players

Burnley missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Norwich City Burnley
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 2 13 28
12 5 1 Won W 0 7 18
6 4 0 Drew D 0 4 8
10 5 4 Lost L 2 2 2
40 19 3 Scored S 2 23 55
31 16 6 Conceded C 6 14 26
96% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 79% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 69% 79%
50% 43% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 50%
21% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 23% 25%
11% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 23% 18%
57% 57% 20% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 61%
25% 21% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 36%
21% 29% 60% Failed to Score F T 50% 8% 4%
 
6.7 6.2 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.5 5.9
4 3.4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 4.8 4.3
2 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.9
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13.6 15.1 15.4 Shots (avg) S ( 13 10.3 12.2
4.4 4.7 2.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.2 4.5
33% 29% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 43% 43%
 
11.1 10.1 9.6 Shots against (avg) S A 13 11.1 9
3.6 3.4 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 3.3 3.1
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Burnley have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Burnley have the most points from losing position (17) in Championship
  • Burnley have the most scored goals (55) in Championship
  • Burnley have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in Championship
  • Burnley have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in Championship
  • Burnley have the the best goal difference (+29) in Championship
  • Burnley have the the best goal difference (+9) away in Championship
  • Burnley have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Burnley haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Burnley is in the best form (6-0-0) in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 28 18 8 2 55 26 15 11 4 0 32 12 13 7 4 2 23 14 29 62
2 Sheffield United 28 17 6 5 48 24 14 9 3 2 30 13 14 8 3 3 18 11 24 57
3 Middlesbrough 29 13 6 10 44 35 14 7 5 2 20 12 15 6 1 8 24 23 9 45
4 Watford 29 12 8 9 34 31 14 7 3 4 20 13 15 5 5 5 14 18 3 44
5 Blackburn Rovers 28 14 1 13 31 35 13 9 0 4 20 13 15 5 1 9 11 22 -4 43
6 Norwich City 28 12 6 10 40 31 14 5 4 5 19 16 14 7 2 5 21 15 9 42
7 Luton Town 27 11 9 7 35 29 13 3 7 3 18 16 14 8 2 4 17 13 6 42
8 Millwall 27 12 6 9 33 27 13 8 3 2 20 8 14 4 3 7 13 19 6 42
9 Sunderland 28 11 8 9 41 32 14 5 4 5 19 16 14 6 4 4 22 16 9 41
10 West Bromwich Albion 28 11 8 9 38 30 14 6 4 4 20 14 14 5 4 5 18 16 8 41
11 Preston North End 28 11 7 10 26 31 14 3 4 7 8 18 14 8 3 3 18 13 -5 40
12 Swansea City 28 10 9 9 40 38 13 6 2 5 20 16 15 4 7 4 20 22 2 39
13 Coventry City 28 10 8 10 31 31 15 7 4 4 19 14 13 3 4 6 12 17 0 38
14 Queens Park Rangers 29 10 8 11 31 37 14 5 4 5 17 18 15 5 4 6 14 19 -6 38
15 Hull City 29 10 7 12 36 44 15 5 3 7 17 23 14 5 4 5 19 21 -8 37
16 Reading 28 11 4 13 31 42 13 8 2 3 20 14 15 3 2 10 11 28 -11 37
17 Bristol City 28 8 9 11 37 38 15 5 4 6 19 17 13 3 5 5 18 21 -1 33
18 Stoke City 28 9 6 13 33 37 14 4 3 7 17 18 14 5 3 6 16 19 -4 33
19 Birmingham City 28 8 8 12 30 35 15 4 5 6 18 18 13 4 3 6 12 17 -5 32
20 Rotherham United 28 7 10 11 33 40 13 5 4 4 24 17 15 2 6 7 9 23 -7 31
21 Cardiff City 28 7 8 13 21 31 15 4 5 6 11 13 13 3 3 7 10 18 -10 29
22 Huddersfield Town 27 7 5 15 25 35 14 5 2 7 13 14 13 2 3 8 12 21 -10 26
23 Blackpool 27 6 8 13 28 40 13 3 3 7 14 19 14 3 5 6 14 21 -12 26
24 Wigan Athletic 28 6 7 15 27 49 15 2 3 10 11 30 13 4 4 5 16 19 -22 25

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 28 18 8 2 55 26 15 11 4 0 32 12 13 7 4 2 23 14 29 62
2 Sheffield United 28 17 6 5 48 24 14 9 3 2 30 13 14 8 3 3 18 11 24 57
3 Middlesbrough 29 13 6 10 44 35 14 7 5 2 20 12 15 6 1 8 24 23 9 45
4 Watford 29 12 8 9 34 31 14 7 3 4 20 13 15 5 5 5 14 18 3 44
5 Blackburn Rovers 28 14 1 13 31 35 13 9 0 4 20 13 15 5 1 9 11 22 -4 43
6 Norwich City 28 12 6 10 40 31 14 5 4 5 19 16 14 7 2 5 21 15 9 42
7 Luton Town 27 11 9 7 35 29 13 3 7 3 18 16 14 8 2 4 17 13 6 42
8 Millwall 27 12 6 9 33 27 13 8 3 2 20 8 14 4 3 7 13 19 6 42
9 Sunderland 28 11 8 9 41 32 14 5 4 5 19 16 14 6 4 4 22 16 9 41
10 West Bromwich Albion 28 11 8 9 38 30 14 6 4 4 20 14 14 5 4 5 18 16 8 41
11 Preston North End 28 11 7 10 26 31 14 3 4 7 8 18 14 8 3 3 18 13 -5 40
12 Swansea City 28 10 9 9 40 38 13 6 2 5 20 16 15 4 7 4 20 22 2 39
13 Coventry City 28 10 8 10 31 31 15 7 4 4 19 14 13 3 4 6 12 17 0 38
14 Queens Park Rangers 29 10 8 11 31 37 14 5 4 5 17 18 15 5 4 6 14 19 -6 38
15 Hull City 29 10 7 12 36 44 15 5 3 7 17 23 14 5 4 5 19 21 -8 37
16 Reading 28 11 4 13 31 42 13 8 2 3 20 14 15 3 2 10 11 28 -11 37
17 Bristol City 28 8 9 11 37 38 15 5 4 6 19 17 13 3 5 5 18 21 -1 33
18 Stoke City 28 9 6 13 33 37 14 4 3 7 17 18 14 5 3 6 16 19 -4 33
19 Birmingham City 28 8 8 12 30 35 15 4 5 6 18 18 13 4 3 6 12 17 -5 32
20 Rotherham United 28 7 10 11 33 40 13 5 4 4 24 17 15 2 6 7 9 23 -7 31
21 Cardiff City 28 7 8 13 21 31 15 4 5 6 11 13 13 3 3 7 10 18 -10 29
22 Huddersfield Town 27 7 5 15 25 35 14 5 2 7 13 14 13 2 3 8 12 21 -10 26
23 Blackpool 27 6 8 13 28 40 13 3 3 7 14 19 14 3 5 6 14 21 -12 26
24 Wigan Athletic 28 6 7 15 27 49 15 2 3 10 11 30 13 4 4 5 16 19 -22 25

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.