Championship: First-class vs not good enough, at least according to the table. Norwich City - Stoke City. Home victory or a surprise result?
- Norwich City is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Stoke City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
There haven't been much to rest for the home side, as they featured in a Championship match only four days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Burnley.
Norwich City form and stats
The total Championship results at home this season for Norwich City are 4-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). The Norwich City manager Smith might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The followers are hoping that Norwich will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Burnley (placed 1st). Defender McCallum got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.13/10. McCallum won 6 of 7 duels.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Sheffield United that finished 2-2.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Norwich City handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Norwich City as they have a new game in only four days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Queens Park Rangers are visiting.
Norwich have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Carrow Road with 14 goals in 8 league matches. Norwich City have conceded 9 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Stoke City form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Stoke City playing as the away team in the Championship this season.
Stoke City are looking to quickly end their 204 minutes long goal drought in the Championship.
Stoke failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Coventry City (placed 22nd) that ended with defeat 0-2. Midfielder Baker was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.31. Baker hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 46 successful passes (of 52 total).
A loss against Rotherham United was the result prior to that, in a home game.Stoke City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
The schedule is very tough for Stoke now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Wigan Athletic is waiting in only four days.
The visiting Stoke City have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 8 games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Norwich won four games, three matches ended with a tie and Stoke City got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Sargent 8 goals |  T. Pukki 6 goals |   L. Baker 4 goals |
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Stoke City missing players
| Norwich City | Stoke City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 23 | 14 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | 94% |
| 71% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 75% | 75% |
| 47% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 38% | 38% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 25% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 59% | 62% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 38% | 38% |
| 24% | 25% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 50% | 31% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 25% | 38% |
| 6.9 | 5.9 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.2 | 5.7 |
| 3.8 | 2.9 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.2 | 7.4 | 5.9 |
| 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.5 | 16.5 | 17.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 11.9 | 13.6 |
| 4.4 | 5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 31% | 35% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 29% | 25% |
| 10.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.6 | 12.9 | 11.1 |
| 3.4 | 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
- Norwich City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Norwich City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Norwich City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Norwich City is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Stoke City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 32 |
| 2 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 30 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 5 | Sheffield United | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 26 |
| 6 | Millwall | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Norwich City | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | Reading | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -4 | 25 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Watford | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 23 |
| 11 | Rotherham United | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | Preston North End | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 22 |
| 13 | Bristol City | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 21 |
| 14 | Sunderland | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 20 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 16 | Hull City | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 18 | Blackpool | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -7 | 19 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 17 |
| 22 | Coventry City | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 17 |
| 23 | West Bromwich Albion | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 14 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
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- Norwich Evening News - (local newspaper)
- Stoke City
- StokeonTrent Live - (local newspaper)
