Championship preview: Can Norwich City edge out victory against Sheffield Wednesday?

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 05.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Carrow Road (27244 seats)

The league table in Championship tells a story about these teams so far, with Norwich City leading Sheffield Wednesday by 19 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Norwich City have scored more than double the goals of Sheffield Wednesday.

It's no vacation for neither Norwich City nor Sheffield Wednesday as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Norwich City form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Norwich City have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 7 games.

Norwich lost their last game at Luton Town (placed 11th) after a 1-3 scoreline. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Coventry City.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Norwich handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, four draws and two defeats.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Nottingham Forest in only four days. This game is also played here at Carrow Road.

Norwich City has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. From these home matches, Norwich City have conceded only 5 goals.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

Sheffield Wednesday have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Championship, after 2-1-4 (7 played). The last three matches for Sheffield have all ended in a draw.

Sheffield Wednesday played 1-1 against Reading in their previous match. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Stoke City.

We have checked recent matches where Sheffield have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were zero victories, one draw and two defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Sheffield now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Huddersfield Town is waiting in only three days.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Sheffield Wednesday have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Norwich City won three games, three matches ended with a draw and Sheffield Wednesday has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

NorwichT. Pukki
T. Pukki
7 goals
Norwich CityE. Buendía
E. Buendía
3 goals
Norwich CityM. Vrančić
M. Vrančić
3 goals

Norwich City missing players

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Norwich City Sheffield Wednesday
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 7 4 Played P 2 7 15
8 3 2 Won W 0 2 3
4 3 1 Drew D 1 1 6
3 1 1 Lost L 1 4 6
19 7 4 Scored S 1 4 8
14 5 3 Conceded C 3 8 13
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 80%
53% 43% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 57% 47%
40% 29% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 13%
27% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
53% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 14% 27%
33% 43% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 40%
20% 29% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 57% 53%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.3 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.1 1.7
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
16.1 18.4 17 Shots (avg) S ( 6 9.6 9.2
4.7 4.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.4 2.6
27% 23% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 24% 21%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Norwich City have scored more than double the goals of Sheffield Wednesday.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sheffield Wednesday haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 15 8 4 3 19 14 7 3 3 1 7 5 8 5 1 2 12 9 5 28
2 AFC Bournemouth 15 7 6 2 25 16 8 5 2 1 14 8 7 2 4 1 11 8 9 27
3 Watford 15 7 6 2 19 11 7 6 1 0 16 7 8 1 5 2 3 4 8 27
4 Reading 15 8 3 4 24 19 7 5 0 2 10 7 8 3 3 2 14 12 5 27
5 Bristol City 15 8 3 4 19 15 7 3 2 2 7 6 8 5 1 2 12 9 4 27
6 Brentford 15 7 5 3 22 13 7 3 3 1 11 7 8 4 2 2 11 6 9 26
7 Swansea City 15 7 5 3 17 10 7 4 2 1 9 4 8 3 3 2 8 6 7 26
8 Stoke City 15 7 4 4 22 18 7 3 2 2 13 13 8 4 2 2 9 5 4 25
9 Blackburn Rovers 15 7 3 5 29 17 8 4 2 2 14 8 7 3 1 3 15 9 12 24
10 Middlesbrough 15 6 6 3 16 10 8 5 2 1 11 4 7 1 4 2 5 6 6 24
11 Luton Town 15 6 4 5 14 18 8 3 3 2 10 10 7 3 1 3 4 8 -4 22
12 Cardiff City 15 5 5 5 20 13 8 3 2 3 13 7 7 2 3 2 7 6 7 20
13 Millwall 15 4 8 3 13 12 7 1 5 1 6 7 8 3 3 2 7 5 1 20
14 Barnsley 15 5 4 6 17 17 7 3 2 2 8 4 8 2 2 4 9 13 0 19
15 Preston North End 15 6 1 8 20 23 7 1 0 6 2 10 8 5 1 2 18 13 -3 19
16 Huddersfield Town 15 5 3 7 18 22 7 3 1 3 8 8 8 2 2 4 10 14 -4 18
17 Queens Park Rangers 15 4 5 6 17 22 8 3 3 2 11 10 7 1 2 4 6 12 -5 17
18 Birmingham City 15 3 7 5 11 14 8 2 2 4 7 10 7 1 5 1 4 4 -3 16
19 Coventry City 15 3 5 7 15 25 7 3 2 2 9 12 8 0 3 5 6 13 -10 14
20 Rotherham United 15 3 4 8 14 20 8 2 2 4 9 10 7 1 2 4 5 10 -6 13
21 Nottingham Forest 15 3 4 8 9 17 8 2 3 3 7 8 7 1 1 5 2 9 -8 13
22 Wycombe Wanderers 15 2 4 9 7 21 8 1 3 4 3 7 7 1 1 5 4 14 -14 10
23 Sheffield Wednesday 15 3 6 6 8 13 8 1 5 2 4 5 7 2 1 4 4 8 -5 9
24 Derby County 15 1 5 9 7 22 8 0 3 5 3 13 7 1 2 4 4 9 -15 8

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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.