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 Rotherham United's 21st place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Norwich City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Rotherham United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Carrow Road as Norwich City have scored 21 goals to get 32 points from 15 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 9-5-1 (wins-draws-losses). The Norwich fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Carrow Road and will expect new points from this game. Norwich City has played 13 games in a row here without a defeat.
It's back home for Norwich City, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Coventry City away with the result 2-0. Emiliano Buendía and Teemu Pukki found the net in that victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Stoke City in a game that was won 4-1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Norwich as they are travelling to their away game against Birmingham City in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.
The Norwich fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 15 matches. Norwich are not conceding a lot of goals here at Carrow Road in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 15 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Rotherham United form and stats
Rotherham United have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Championship, after 4-2-8 (14 played).
Rotherham United are travelling again after losing away to AFC Bournemouth in their previous match (0-1). Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Cardiff City.
After this away game Rotherham return home for a Championship game against Nottingham Forest. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 13 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Rotherham have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Norwich and Rotherham United have met before this season: Rotherham United - Norwich City 1-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Norwich City won six games, two matches ended with a draw and Rotherham United has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / twoTop Goalscorers
  T. Pukki 14 goals |  E. Buendía 9 goals |   M. Smith 7 goals |
Norwich City missing players
Rotherham United missing players
| Norwich City | Rotherham United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 18 | 9 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 41 | 21 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 33 |
| 24 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 19 | 39 |
| 90% | 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 63% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 64% | 75% |
| 40% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 43% | 54% |
| 17% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 18% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 50% | 47% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 37% | 47% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 21% | 21% |
| 23% | 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 80% | 36% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15.6 | 17.3 | 17.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 10.1 | 10.8 |
| 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.6 | 2.3 | 3 |
| 30% | 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 41% | 40% |
- Norwich City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Rotherham United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 61 |
| 2 | Brentford | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 56 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 24 | 57 |
| 3 | Swansea City | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 21 | 56 |
| 4 | Watford | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 38 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 54 |
| 5 | Reading | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 51 |
| 6 | AFC Bournemouth | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 44 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 49 |
| 7 | Cardiff City | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 43 |
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 43 |
| 9 | Stoke City | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 34 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 42 |
| 10 | Barnsley | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 42 |
| 11 | Millwall | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 41 |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 43 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 39 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 34 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 22 | -4 | 39 |
| 14 | Bristol City | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 29 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 26 | -12 | 39 |
| 15 | Luton Town | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 37 |
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -5 | 36 |
| 17 | Derby County | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | -9 | 34 |
| 18 | Nottingham Forest | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 33 |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 44 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -10 | 33 |
| 20 | Coventry City | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 25 | -15 | 31 |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 19 | -6 | 29 |
| 22 | Sheffield Wednesday | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 23 | -10 | 28 |
| 23 | Birmingham City | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 37 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -16 | 28 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 29 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 51 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 32 | -29 | 19 |