This could be an interesting match as Newcastle Utd U23 have their presumed home advantage while Norwich City U23 are ahead 2 points in the Premier League 2 Divison Two table.
Newcastle Utd U23 form and stats
2 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Newcastle Utd U23 have to build on here at Blue Flames Ground in the Premier League 2 Divison Two. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Blue Flames Ground.
A nice win for Newcastle Utd U23 last time playing, versus Leeds U23. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-3 with Y. Toure, S. Flaherty and E. Anderson scoring for the victors. A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Reading U23.
A very satisfying win for Newcastle Utd U23 against Leeds U23 last time out as a late comeback secured the victory after trailing 0-3. The win was secured through S. Flaherty's goal in the 90th minute. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? World class coaching! That was the thoughts of B. Dawson when S. Flaherty scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 63rd minute. A late climax in the match against Leeds U23 as the winning goal came one minutes into overtime; scored by S. Flaherty.
Goals decide football matches and Newcastle are scoring many of them at home; 8 on target from 4 league matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Newcastle having conceded 10 goals here at Blue Flames Ground so far.
Norwich City U23 form and stats
Norwich City U23 are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League 2 Divison Two, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
Norwich failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League 2 Divison Two home match vs Middlesbrough U23 (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 1-3. Prior to that match, the Norwich manager D. Wright faced defeat when travelling to Leeds U23 and losing 0-2.
A quick return to home after this game, as Norwich are hosting Burnley U23 in the Premier League 2 Divison Two only four days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Norwich City U23 as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Norwich have conceded 5 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: two - one - two (Newcastle wins - draws - Norwich City U23 wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Anderson 4 goals | S. Flaherty 4 goals |  T. Omotoye 3 goals |
Newcastle Utd U23 missing players
Norwich City U23 missing players
| Newcastle Utd U23 | Norwich City U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | 8 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 15 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 71% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 29% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 102 | 61 | 34 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 27 | 101 |
| 44 | 26 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 11 | 35 |
| 30% | 31% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 31% |
- All of Newcastle Utd U23's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Norwich City U23's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Newcastle Utd U23 has the most points from losing position (7) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Newcastle Utd U23 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Newcastle Utd U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Newcastle Utd U23 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Norwich City U23 have scored away.
- Newcastle Utd U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Norwich City U23 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 | Middlesbrough U23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 13 |
| 2 | Leeds U23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Norwich City U23 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Wolves U23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Crystal Palace U23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Aston Villa U23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 9 | Reading U23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | -13 | 10 |
| 10 | Stoke City U23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | Fulham U23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Sunderland U23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | -4 | 9 |
| 13 | Burnley U23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 4 |