Crystal Palace vs Norwich City preview for sports bettors

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Tue 28.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Selhurst Park (25073 seats)

Crystal Palace have won 20 points running out as the host team. Norwich City have claimed 10 points playing the role of visitors. Will this be a home win?

Insights:
  • Norwich City have the fewest scored goals (8) in Premier League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Palace and Norwich City.

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Crystal Palace form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for Crystal Palace at their home stadium (Selhurst Park) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat.

Palace faced defeat in their previous match, away at Tottenham Hotspur (0-3). Hughes (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.34/10. Hughes hit one key pass and had 30 successful passes (of 35 total).

In the match before that, Crystal Palace hosted Southampton and drew the game 2-2.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Palace as they have a new game in only four days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. West Ham United are visiting.

The Crystal Palace fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. On the other hand, Crystal Palace have conceded 9 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Norwich City form and stats

Norwich City have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-2-5 (8 played). With the Norwich losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

Norwich City have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 371 minutes ago. Pukki was the goal scorer.

Norwich City's previous game was their home loss versus Arsenal (0-5). Norwich lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one. Midfielder McLean was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 6.83. McLean hit one key pass.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Aston Villa.

The schedule is very tough for Norwich now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Leicester City is waiting in only four days.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Norwich's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Norwich City's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 20 goals in 8 travels.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings featuring these sides: Crystal Palace won six, Norwich City triumphed in one and we saw three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Crystal PalaceC. Gallagher
C. Gallagher
6 goals
Crystal PalaceW. Zaha
W. Zaha
5 goals
Norwich CityT. Pukki
T. Pukki
5 goals

Crystal Palace missing players

Norwich City missing players

Crystal Palace Norwich City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 1 8 18
4 3 1 Won W 1 1 2
8 5 2 Drew D 0 2 4
6 1 0 Lost L 0 5 12
24 15 6 Scored S 2 3 8
27 9 4 Conceded C 1 20 39
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 83%
83% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 72%
61% 56% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 56%
33% 33% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 22%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 17%
50% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 25% 33%
22% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 17%
33% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 75% 67%
 
4.2 4.9 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.1 4.5
5.3 4.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 6.1
1.9 2.1 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.6 12.1 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11 8.8 10.3
3.4 4 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 2.5 2.8
39% 42% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 15% 16%
 
12.6 9 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 21 17.8 15.2
4.4 3.2 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 5.4 5.3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Crystal Palace have scored more than double the goals of Norwich City.
  • Norwich City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Norwich City have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Premier League
  • Norwich City have the fewest scored goals (8) in Premier League
  • Norwich City have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Premier League
  • Norwich City have the the worst goal difference (-17) away in Premier League
  • Norwich City have the the worst goal difference (-31) in Premier League
  • Norwich City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • 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 Manchester City 19 15 2 2 50 12 10 8 1 1 31 6 9 7 1 1 19 6 38 47
2 Liverpool 18 12 5 1 50 15 9 6 3 0 22 6 9 6 2 1 28 9 35 41
3 Chelsea 19 12 5 2 42 13 9 5 3 1 22 7 10 7 2 1 20 6 29 41
4 Arsenal 19 11 2 6 32 23 9 7 1 1 17 6 10 4 1 5 15 17 9 35
5 Tottenham Hotspur 16 9 2 5 21 19 10 7 1 2 16 10 6 2 1 3 5 9 2 29
6 West Ham United 18 8 4 6 30 24 9 4 2 3 18 15 9 4 2 3 12 9 6 28
7 Manchester United 16 8 3 5 26 24 8 4 1 3 14 13 8 4 2 2 12 11 2 27
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 18 7 4 7 13 14 9 3 2 4 5 7 9 4 2 3 8 7 -1 25
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 17 5 8 4 16 17 9 3 3 3 8 9 8 2 5 1 8 8 -1 23
10 Leicester City 17 6 4 7 30 33 8 4 1 3 15 12 9 2 3 4 15 21 -3 22
11 Aston Villa 18 7 1 10 24 28 9 4 1 4 15 14 9 3 0 6 9 14 -4 22
12 Crystal Palace 18 4 8 6 24 27 9 3 5 1 15 9 9 1 3 5 9 18 -3 20
13 Brentford 17 5 5 7 21 24 8 3 1 4 10 10 9 2 4 3 11 14 -3 20
14 Southampton 18 4 8 6 19 28 8 2 5 1 8 7 10 2 3 5 11 21 -9 20
15 Everton 17 5 4 8 21 29 8 4 1 3 13 13 9 1 3 5 8 16 -8 19
16 Leeds United 18 3 7 8 18 36 9 2 4 3 10 15 9 1 3 5 8 21 -18 16
17 Watford 16 4 1 11 21 31 8 2 1 5 10 17 8 2 0 6 11 14 -10 13
18 Burnley 15 1 8 6 14 21 7 1 4 2 8 8 8 0 4 4 6 13 -7 11
19 Newcastle United 18 1 7 10 18 41 9 1 4 4 12 21 9 0 3 6 6 20 -23 10
20 Norwich City 18 2 4 12 8 39 10 1 2 7 5 19 8 1 2 5 3 20 -31 10

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