FA Cup betting previews: Predictions and stats for the Preston North End - Norwich City game

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Competition: England FA Cup
Date: Sat 04.January
Match begins: 15:01 (UTC)
Venue: Deepdale (23408 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as these teams face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

It's no vacation for neither Preston North End nor Norwich City 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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Preston North End form and stats

Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Deepdale as Preston North End have scored 29 goals to get 29 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 9-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). The Preston North End manager A. Neil might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

The Preston North End fans got no joy from their last match, a Championship game also here at Deepdale: A 0-2 defeat against Middlesbrough. Ahead of that match, Preston North End lost 0-2 at home to Reading.

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 Preston North End have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 5 Lost 1.

Goals decide football matches and Preston North End are scoring many of them at home; 29 on target from 14 league matches. On the other hand, Preston North End have conceded 17 goals.

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Norwich City form and stats

They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.

There's been little loot from Norwich City's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 10 away games in the Premier League. Norwich City only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws.

There were no winners in Norwich City's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 1-1 vs Crystal Palace. A draw for Norwich City before that, at their own venue hosting Tottenham Hotspur (2-2).

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Norwich City playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were 1 Norwich City win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Norwich City's away games in the league this season with only 5 goals from 10 matches. Norwich City have conceded 16 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Preston North End 4 wins, 3 draws and Norwich City 3 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 8 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Norwich CityT. Pukki
T. Pukki
9 goals
Preston North EndD. Johnson
D. Johnson
8 goals
Norwich CityT. Cantwell
T. Cantwell
6 goals

Preston North End missing players

Norwich City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Preston North End Norwich City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 15   Played P   12 25
10 8   Won W   1 4
7 3   Drew D   2 5
8 4   Lost L   9 16
33 28   Scored S   8 27
33 22   Conceded C   22 51
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
76% 93%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 84%
44% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   25% 52%
28% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 40%
12% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 24%
52% 67%   BTTS BTTS   33% 60%
16% 7%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 12%
36% 27%   Failed to Score F T   58% 32%
 
4.8 5.5   Corners For (avg) C F   4.6 5
5.3 5.5   Corners Against (avg) C A   7.2 7.5
1.6 1.2   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2
1 1   Red Cards R C   0 0
 
277 168   Total Shots T S   124 278
98 64   Shots on Target S O   37 93
34% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   14% 25%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 26 15 7 4 43 21 12 7 4 1 19 8 14 8 3 3 24 13 22 52
2 West Bromwich Albion 26 14 10 2 48 28 13 6 6 1 30 19 13 8 4 1 18 9 20 52
3 Brentford 26 13 4 9 41 20 12 7 3 2 22 8 14 6 1 7 19 12 21 43
4 Nottingham Forest 25 12 7 6 34 25 12 6 2 4 14 13 13 6 5 2 20 12 9 43
5 Fulham 26 12 6 8 40 30 14 8 2 4 25 16 12 4 4 4 15 14 10 42
6 Millwall 26 10 10 6 34 32 13 7 4 2 21 14 13 3 6 4 13 18 2 40
7 Sheffield Wednesday 26 11 6 9 37 26 13 6 4 3 14 10 13 5 2 6 23 16 11 39
8 Hull City 26 11 6 9 40 34 13 6 2 5 21 16 13 5 4 4 19 18 6 39
9 Preston North End 26 11 6 9 36 32 14 9 2 3 29 17 12 2 4 6 7 15 4 39
10 Swansea City 25 10 8 7 31 30 13 5 3 5 16 15 12 5 5 2 15 15 1 38
11 Bristol City 26 10 8 8 39 40 13 5 4 4 19 18 13 5 4 4 20 22 -1 38
12 Cardiff City 26 9 10 7 38 40 12 7 4 1 19 10 14 2 6 6 19 30 -2 37
13 Blackburn Rovers 26 10 6 10 34 34 13 6 5 2 16 11 13 4 1 8 18 23 0 36
14 Reading 25 10 5 10 33 28 12 6 0 6 18 16 13 4 5 4 15 12 5 35
15 Queens Park Rangers 26 10 5 11 44 48 14 5 4 5 28 27 12 5 1 6 16 21 -4 35
16 Middlesbrough 26 8 9 9 26 32 13 6 4 3 12 11 13 2 5 6 14 21 -6 33
17 Derby County 25 7 9 9 24 33 13 6 5 2 16 10 12 1 4 7 8 23 -9 30
18 Birmingham City 26 8 5 13 31 43 13 5 2 6 19 20 13 3 3 7 12 23 -12 29
19 Charlton Athletic 25 7 7 11 34 36 13 5 3 5 18 16 12 2 4 6 16 20 -2 28
20 Huddersfield Town 26 7 7 12 30 42 14 4 4 6 16 21 12 3 3 6 14 21 -12 28
21 Stoke City 26 7 3 16 33 42 13 4 2 7 17 20 13 3 1 9 16 22 -9 24
22 Wigan Athletic 26 5 8 13 24 39 12 4 4 4 12 15 14 1 4 9 12 24 -15 23
23 Barnsley 25 4 9 12 32 47 13 3 6 4 22 25 12 1 3 8 10 22 -15 21
24 Luton Town 26 6 3 17 32 56 12 4 3 5 19 20 14 2 0 12 13 36 -24 21
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 19 18 1 0 47 14 10 10 0 0 27 9 9 8 1 0 20 5 33 55
2 Leicester City 21 14 3 4 46 19 10 7 2 1 19 9 11 7 1 3 27 10 27 45
3 Manchester City 21 14 2 5 56 24 11 8 1 2 29 10 10 6 1 3 27 14 32 44
4 Chelsea 21 11 3 7 36 29 10 4 2 4 11 10 11 7 1 3 25 19 7 36
5 Manchester United 21 8 7 6 32 25 10 5 4 1 20 10 11 3 3 5 12 15 7 31
6 Tottenham Hotspur 21 8 6 7 36 30 10 6 2 2 21 10 11 2 4 5 15 20 6 30
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 21 7 9 5 30 27 10 4 4 2 16 14 11 3 5 3 14 13 3 30
8 Sheffield United 20 7 8 5 23 19 10 4 2 4 12 10 10 3 6 1 11 9 4 29
9 Crystal Palace 21 7 7 7 19 23 10 4 3 3 9 9 11 3 4 4 10 14 -4 28
10 Arsenal 21 6 9 6 28 30 11 4 4 3 17 17 10 2 5 3 11 13 -2 27
11 Everton 21 7 4 10 24 32 10 5 2 3 12 11 11 2 2 7 12 21 -8 25
12 Southampton 21 7 4 10 25 38 11 3 2 6 11 25 10 4 2 4 14 13 -13 25
13 Newcastle United 21 7 4 10 20 33 11 4 4 3 11 12 10 3 0 7 9 21 -13 25
14 Brighton & Hove Albion 21 6 6 9 25 29 11 4 4 3 15 12 10 2 2 6 10 17 -4 24
15 Burnley 21 7 3 11 24 34 11 5 0 6 14 17 10 2 3 5 10 17 -10 24
16 West Ham United 20 6 4 10 25 32 10 3 1 6 16 19 10 3 3 4 9 13 -7 22
17 Aston Villa 21 6 3 12 27 37 10 4 2 4 13 14 11 2 1 8 14 23 -10 21
18 AFC Bournemouth 21 5 5 11 20 32 10 2 4 4 10 14 11 3 1 7 10 18 -12 20
19 Watford 21 4 7 10 17 34 11 3 4 4 11 14 10 1 3 6 6 20 -17 19
20 Norwich City 21 3 5 13 22 41 11 2 3 6 17 25 10 1 2 7 5 16 -19 14

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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 Liverpool 19 18 1 0 47 14 10 10 0 0 27 9 9 8 1 0 20 5 33 55
2 Leicester City 21 14 3 4 46 19 10 7 2 1 19 9 11 7 1 3 27 10 27 45
3 Manchester City 21 14 2 5 56 24 11 8 1 2 29 10 10 6 1 3 27 14 32 44
4 Chelsea 21 11 3 7 36 29 10 4 2 4 11 10 11 7 1 3 25 19 7 36
5 Manchester United 21 8 7 6 32 25 10 5 4 1 20 10 11 3 3 5 12 15 7 31
6 Tottenham Hotspur 21 8 6 7 36 30 10 6 2 2 21 10 11 2 4 5 15 20 6 30
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 21 7 9 5 30 27 10 4 4 2 16 14 11 3 5 3 14 13 3 30
8 Sheffield United 20 7 8 5 23 19 10 4 2 4 12 10 10 3 6 1 11 9 4 29
9 Crystal Palace 21 7 7 7 19 23 10 4 3 3 9 9 11 3 4 4 10 14 -4 28
10 Arsenal 21 6 9 6 28 30 11 4 4 3 17 17 10 2 5 3 11 13 -2 27
11 Everton 21 7 4 10 24 32 10 5 2 3 12 11 11 2 2 7 12 21 -8 25
12 Southampton 21 7 4 10 25 38 11 3 2 6 11 25 10 4 2 4 14 13 -13 25
13 Newcastle United 21 7 4 10 20 33 11 4 4 3 11 12 10 3 0 7 9 21 -13 25
14 Brighton & Hove Albion 21 6 6 9 25 29 11 4 4 3 15 12 10 2 2 6 10 17 -4 24
15 Burnley 21 7 3 11 24 34 11 5 0 6 14 17 10 2 3 5 10 17 -10 24
16 West Ham United 20 6 4 10 25 32 10 3 1 6 16 19 10 3 3 4 9 13 -7 22
17 Aston Villa 21 6 3 12 27 37 10 4 2 4 13 14 11 2 1 8 14 23 -10 21
18 AFC Bournemouth 21 5 5 11 20 32 10 2 4 4 10 14 11 3 1 7 10 18 -12 20
19 Watford 21 4 7 10 17 34 11 3 4 4 11 14 10 1 3 6 6 20 -17 19
20 Norwich City 21 3 5 13 22 41 11 2 3 6 17 25 10 1 2 7 5 16 -19 14

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