Premier League: Top-notch vs below average, at least based on the matches so far. Chelsea - Norwich City. Home victory or a surprise?
- Chelsea have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Norwich City have the fewest scored goals (2) in Premier League
Chelsea have less rest than Norwich City in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Champions League game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Stamford Bridge. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Norwich City have had more rest.
Chelsea form and stats
3 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Chelsea have to build on here at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League.
The Chelsea supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Malmö FF in Champions League and win 4-0. As mentioned above, Chelsea "killed" Malmö FF in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Midfield player Jorginho got a match rating of 9.81 in that game, the max score being 10. Jorginho scored two goals, hit one key pass and had 72 successful passes (of 82 total).
In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League match versus Brentford with a 1-0 scoreline.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Carabao Cup game versus Southampton in only three days. This game is also played here at Stamford Bridge.
Goals decide football matches and Chelsea are scoring many of them at home; 9 on target from 4 league matches. Chelsea have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Norwich City form and stats
Playing away, Norwich City, who have the fewest scored goals (2) in Premier League, have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season.
The attacking players of Norwich have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 325 minutes. The Norwich goalkeeper Tim Krul is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 193 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Norwich delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Brighton & Hove Albion (placed 4th) in their previous match; a Premier League game. Defender Dimitrios Giannoulis was the best team player with a rating of 7.61. Giannoulis hit two key passes and won 7 of 11 duels.
Before that, Norwich City travelled to Burnley and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Norwich City's match history for similar games we find one match. The home team won zero of these as expected, zero of them by at least two goals. Norwich managed one draw and zero surprise wins.
Norwich are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 0 goals from 4 away games. Norwich have conceded 8 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Chelsea seven wins, three draws and Norwich City zero victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Lukaku Menama 3 goals |  B. Chilwell 2 goals |  T. Chalobah 2 goals |
Chelsea missing players
Norwich City missing players
| Chelsea | Norwich City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 16 | 9 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 50% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 25% | 50% |
| 12% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 25% | 12% |
| 25% | 25% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 62% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 5.9 | 5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.5 | 4.8 |
| 7.4 | 7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 7.2 | 7.6 |
| 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.2 | 13.2 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 1 | 7.8 | 11 |
| 5.1 | 5.5 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| 39% | 41% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 12% |
- Chelsea have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chelsea have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Chelsea have scored more than double the goals of Norwich City.
- Chelsea haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Norwich City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Norwich City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Norwich City have failed to score a single goal away.
- Norwich City have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Premier League
- Norwich City have the fewest scored goals (2) in Premier League
- Norwich City have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Premier League
- Norwich City have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Premier League
- Norwich City have the the worst goal difference (-8) away in Premier League
- Norwich City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Norwich City have yet to win a game.
- Norwich City is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chelsea | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 19 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 18 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | West Ham United | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | Everton | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 9 | Brentford | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Leicester City | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Arsenal | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Southampton | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 7 |
| 16 | Watford | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 7 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 6 |
| 18 | Burnley | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 3 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 3 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -14 | 2 |
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