Norwich City welcomes Huddersfield Town as clear favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 06.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Carrow Road (27244 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Norwich City fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and Huddersfield Town's 18th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Insights:
  • Norwich City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Championship
  • Huddersfield Town have the most dropped points from leading position (27) in Championship

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Norwich and Huddersfield Town.

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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 fewest conceded goals (10) at home in Championship, have scored 27 goals to get 42 points from 19 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 12-6-1 (wins-draws-losses). Norwich has a nice streak going on as they have played eleven consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Swansea City defeat 59 days ago. In general it's been a long time since Norwich tasted defeat here at Carrow Road, as they have taken at least one point from their last 17 home games in the league.

Norwich drew their last game, 1-1 away at Preston North End (placed 17th). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Blackburn Rovers that ended 1-1.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Norwich home games with this odds we find four games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in three wins, one draw and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Norwich as they are travelling to their away game against Derby County in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.

Norwich are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 27 goals in 19 games. From these home matches, Norwich have conceded only 10 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

There's been little loot from Huddersfield Town's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 19 away games in the Championship. Huddersfield Town only have 3 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 5 draws.

Huddersfield's last game was the home draw against Brentford (1-1). Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Sheffield Wednesday.

You'll want to know how Huddersfield managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in zero away wins, one draw and zero home wins.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Rotherham United in just four days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Huddersfield as they have only managed to score 16 times from 19 away games in the league. As for defending, Huddersfield rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 34 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Huddersfield Town - Norwich City 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Norwich won four games, one match ended with a draw and Huddersfield Town has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / one

Top Goalscorers

Norwich CityT. Pukki
T. Pukki
22 goals
NorwichE. Buendía
E. Buendía
11 goals
Huddersfield TownF. Campbell
F. Campbell
7 goals

Norwich City missing players

Huddersfield Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Norwich City Huddersfield Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
39 19 7 Played P 6 19 38
25 12 4 Won W 1 3 11
9 6 2 Drew D 0 5 10
5 1 1 Lost L 5 11 17
57 27 9 Scored S 3 16 42
28 10 6 Conceded C 16 34 53
92% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 92%
67% 58% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 84% 79%
38% 32% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 58% 47%
15% 11% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 11% 13%
5% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 11% 13%
49% 42% 57% BTTS BTTS 33% 47% 53%
41% 53% 29% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 26%
18% 16% 14% Failed to Score F T 67% 42% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.4 1.6
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
15.4 16.4 16.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 10.7 10.5
4.6 4.6 4.1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.2 2.9
31% 31% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 26% 38%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Huddersfield Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Huddersfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Huddersfield Town have the most dropped points from leading position (27) in Championship
  • Norwich City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Norwich City have the fewest conceded goals (10) at home in Championship
  • Norwich City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) 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 Norwich City 39 25 9 5 57 28 19 12 6 1 27 10 20 13 3 4 30 18 29 84
2 Watford 39 23 9 7 56 26 20 16 2 2 39 12 19 7 7 5 17 14 30 78
3 Brentford 38 19 12 7 66 40 18 10 6 2 35 19 20 9 6 5 31 21 26 69
4 Swansea City 38 20 9 9 45 30 19 11 5 3 23 11 19 9 4 6 22 19 15 69
5 Barnsley 39 19 8 12 50 43 20 10 5 5 25 20 19 9 3 7 25 23 7 65
6 Reading 39 18 9 12 53 42 19 11 1 7 29 21 20 7 8 5 24 21 11 63
7 AFC Bournemouth 38 17 11 10 58 38 20 12 3 5 36 20 18 5 8 5 22 18 20 62
8 Cardiff City 39 16 10 13 55 38 20 7 4 9 32 22 19 9 6 4 23 16 17 58
9 Middlesbrough 39 16 8 15 47 42 19 10 3 6 25 18 20 6 5 9 22 24 5 56
10 Millwall 39 13 16 10 39 36 20 6 10 4 19 16 19 7 6 6 20 20 3 55
11 Stoke City 39 14 13 12 44 42 19 9 4 6 26 21 20 5 9 6 18 21 2 55
12 Queens Park Rangers 38 14 11 13 42 43 20 9 4 7 24 22 18 5 7 6 18 21 -1 53
13 Luton Town 38 14 8 16 31 43 18 7 6 5 22 20 20 7 2 11 9 23 -12 50
14 Bristol City 39 15 4 20 39 52 20 7 2 11 15 24 19 8 2 9 24 28 -13 49
15 Blackburn Rovers 39 12 10 17 50 43 19 6 7 6 25 21 20 6 3 11 25 22 7 46
16 Nottingham Forest 39 11 12 16 31 38 19 5 7 7 16 18 20 6 5 9 15 20 -7 45
17 Preston North End 39 13 6 20 40 50 20 5 5 10 16 19 19 8 1 10 24 31 -10 45
18 Huddersfield Town 38 11 10 17 42 53 19 8 5 6 26 19 19 3 5 11 16 34 -11 43
19 Derby County 39 11 10 18 29 42 20 6 6 8 16 20 19 5 4 10 13 22 -13 43
20 Birmingham City 39 10 11 18 29 50 20 5 3 12 15 32 19 5 8 6 14 18 -21 41
21 Coventry City 38 9 12 17 32 51 19 7 7 5 19 19 19 2 5 12 13 32 -19 39
22 Rotherham United 35 10 5 20 38 48 17 4 3 10 21 26 18 6 2 10 17 22 -10 35
23 Sheffield Wednesday 38 10 8 20 28 48 18 6 6 6 15 14 20 4 2 14 13 34 -20 32
24 Wycombe Wanderers 39 7 9 23 26 61 20 5 5 10 13 24 19 2 4 13 13 37 -35 30

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  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 39 25 9 5 57 28 19 12 6 1 27 10 20 13 3 4 30 18 29 84
2 Watford 39 23 9 7 56 26 20 16 2 2 39 12 19 7 7 5 17 14 30 78
3 Brentford 38 19 12 7 66 40 18 10 6 2 35 19 20 9 6 5 31 21 26 69
4 Swansea City 38 20 9 9 45 30 19 11 5 3 23 11 19 9 4 6 22 19 15 69
5 Barnsley 39 19 8 12 50 43 20 10 5 5 25 20 19 9 3 7 25 23 7 65
6 Reading 39 18 9 12 53 42 19 11 1 7 29 21 20 7 8 5 24 21 11 63
7 AFC Bournemouth 38 17 11 10 58 38 20 12 3 5 36 20 18 5 8 5 22 18 20 62
8 Cardiff City 39 16 10 13 55 38 20 7 4 9 32 22 19 9 6 4 23 16 17 58
9 Middlesbrough 39 16 8 15 47 42 19 10 3 6 25 18 20 6 5 9 22 24 5 56
10 Millwall 39 13 16 10 39 36 20 6 10 4 19 16 19 7 6 6 20 20 3 55
11 Stoke City 39 14 13 12 44 42 19 9 4 6 26 21 20 5 9 6 18 21 2 55
12 Queens Park Rangers 38 14 11 13 42 43 20 9 4 7 24 22 18 5 7 6 18 21 -1 53
13 Luton Town 38 14 8 16 31 43 18 7 6 5 22 20 20 7 2 11 9 23 -12 50
14 Bristol City 39 15 4 20 39 52 20 7 2 11 15 24 19 8 2 9 24 28 -13 49
15 Blackburn Rovers 39 12 10 17 50 43 19 6 7 6 25 21 20 6 3 11 25 22 7 46
16 Nottingham Forest 39 11 12 16 31 38 19 5 7 7 16 18 20 6 5 9 15 20 -7 45
17 Preston North End 39 13 6 20 40 50 20 5 5 10 16 19 19 8 1 10 24 31 -10 45
18 Huddersfield Town 38 11 10 17 42 53 19 8 5 6 26 19 19 3 5 11 16 34 -11 43
19 Derby County 39 11 10 18 29 42 20 6 6 8 16 20 19 5 4 10 13 22 -13 43
20 Birmingham City 39 10 11 18 29 50 20 5 3 12 15 32 19 5 8 6 14 18 -21 41
21 Coventry City 38 9 12 17 32 51 19 7 7 5 19 19 19 2 5 12 13 32 -19 39
22 Rotherham United 35 10 5 20 38 48 17 4 3 10 21 26 18 6 2 10 17 22 -10 35
23 Sheffield Wednesday 38 10 8 20 28 48 18 6 6 6 15 14 20 4 2 14 13 34 -20 32
24 Wycombe Wanderers 39 7 9 23 26 61 20 5 5 10 13 24 19 2 4 13 13 37 -35 30

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