Only three points good enough for Liverpool in Norwich City game

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Competition: England Premier League
Date: fr 09.august
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Anfield (55212 seats)

Liverpool and Norwich City supporters have their finest supporter outfits for this first game week of a new Premier League season. Game on!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Liverpool form and stats

Everyone expects Liverpool to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found ten games: 7 home wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Liverpool have won with at least two goals margin 5 times in similar situations.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Liverpool friendly games in pre-season: Liverpool played ten friendlies, won 5, drew 1 and lost 4. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Liverpool scored 24 goals and conceded 17 in these ten games.

Last season, Liverpool's league statistics were 30 wins, 7 draws and 1 loss, resulting in a 2nd position in the Premier League. Over these 38 matches they scored 89 goals and conceded 22. Playing at home last season Liverpool managed 17-2-0 (win-draw-lost) with 55 goals and 10 conceded.

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Norwich City form and stats

Norwich City are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found ten matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. Of the defeats, 1 game were lost by at least two goals margin.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Norwich City have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats from five fixtures.

A job perfectly done for Norwich City last season as they secured promotion from Championship. With a grand total of 27 wins, 13 draws and 6 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 12 were in away matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last eight meetings between these two teams are: 6 wins for Liverpool, 2 draws and 0 wins for Norwich City. Over 2,5 goals: 6 times; under 2,5 goals: 2 games.

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Norwich City missing players

Liverpool Norwich City
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Liverpool Last season Norwich City
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
38 19   Played   23 46
30 17   Won   12 27
7 2   Drew   9 13
1 0   Lost   2 6
89 55   Scored   42 93
22 10   Conceded   23 57
92% 95%   Over 0.5   96% 98%
82% 84%   Over 1.5   83% 80%
55% 63%   Over 2.5   61% 67%
34% 47%   Over 3.5   39% 48%
18% 32%   Over 4.5   4% 17%
45% 37%   BTTS   74% 67%
55% 63%   Clean Sheets   26% 28%
8% 5%   Failed To Score   4% 7%
 
6.6 7   Corners For (avg)   6 6.6
3.3 2.9   Corners Against (avg)   5.2 4.5
1.1 0.8   Yellow Cards (avg)   2.1 1.7
2 1   Red Cards   0 1
Key stats last season:
  • Liverpool have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Liverpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Liverpool have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Liverpool have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

Liverpool
All Champions League Uefa Super Cup Community Shield International Champions Cup Premier League Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
21-07-19 CF Liverpool 1 - 2 Sevilla
25-07-19 CF Liverpool 2 - 2 Sporting CP
28-07-19 CF Liverpool 0 - 3 Napoli
31-07-19 CF Liverpool 3 - 1 Olympique Lyonnais
04-08-19 CS Liverpool 1 - 1 Manchester City
09-08-19 PL Liverpool 19:00 Norwich City
14-08-19 USC Liverpool 19:00 Chelsea
17-08-19 PL Southampton 14:00 Liverpool
24-08-19 PL Liverpool 16:30 Arsenal
31-08-19 PL Burnley 16:30 Liverpool
Norwich City
All Championship Premier League Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
24-07-19 CF Norwich City 1 - 3 Brentford
27-07-19 CF Luton Town 1 - 5 Norwich City
30-07-19 CF Norwich City 1 - 4 Atalanta
03-08-19 CF FC Dordrecht 5 - 3 Norwich City
03-08-19 CF Norwich City 1 - 0 Toulouse
09-08-19 PL Liverpool 19:00 Norwich City
17-08-19 PL Norwich City 14:00 Newcastle United
24-08-19 PL Norwich City 11:30 Chelsea
31-08-19 PL West Ham United 14:00 Norwich City
14-09-19 PL Norwich City 16:30 Manchester City

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Manchester City 38 32 2 4 95 23 19 18 0 1 57 12 19 14 2 3 38 11 72 98
2 Liverpool 38 30 7 1 89 22 19 17 2 0 55 10 19 13 5 1 34 12 67 97
3 Chelsea 38 21 9 8 63 39 19 12 6 1 39 12 19 9 3 7 24 27 24 72
4 Tottenham Hotspur 38 23 2 13 67 39 19 12 2 5 34 16 19 11 0 8 33 23 28 71
5 Arsenal 38 21 7 10 73 51 19 14 3 2 42 16 19 7 4 8 31 35 22 70
6 Manchester United 38 19 9 10 65 54 19 10 6 3 33 25 19 9 3 7 32 29 11 66
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 16 9 13 47 46 19 10 4 5 28 21 19 6 5 8 19 25 1 57
8 Everton 38 15 9 14 54 46 19 10 4 5 30 21 19 5 5 9 24 25 8 54
9 Leicester City 38 15 7 16 51 48 19 8 3 8 24 20 19 7 4 8 27 28 3 52
10 West Ham United 38 15 7 16 52 55 19 9 4 6 32 27 19 6 3 10 20 28 -3 52
11 Watford 38 14 8 16 52 59 19 8 3 8 26 28 19 6 5 8 26 31 -7 50
12 Crystal Palace 38 14 7 17 51 53 19 5 5 9 19 23 19 9 2 8 32 30 -2 49
13 Newcastle United 38 12 9 17 42 48 19 8 1 10 24 25 19 4 8 7 18 23 -6 45
14 AFC Bournemouth 38 13 6 19 56 70 19 8 5 6 30 25 19 5 1 13 26 45 -14 45
15 Burnley 38 11 7 20 45 68 19 7 2 10 24 32 19 4 5 10 21 36 -23 40
16 Southampton 38 9 12 17 45 65 19 5 8 6 27 30 19 4 4 11 18 35 -20 39
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 9 9 20 35 60 19 6 5 8 19 28 19 3 4 12 16 32 -25 36
18 Cardiff City 38 10 4 24 34 69 19 6 2 11 21 38 19 4 2 13 13 31 -35 34
19 Fulham 38 7 5 26 34 81 19 6 3 10 22 36 19 1 2 16 12 45 -47 26
20 Huddersfield Town 38 3 7 28 22 76 19 2 3 14 10 31 19 1 4 14 12 45 -54 16
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 46 27 13 6 93 57 23 15 4 4 51 34 23 12 9 2 42 23 36 94
2 Sheffield United 46 26 11 9 78 41 23 15 4 4 42 17 23 11 7 5 36 24 37 89
3 Leeds United 46 25 8 13 73 50 23 14 4 5 38 21 23 11 4 8 35 29 23 83
4 West Bromwich Albion 46 23 11 12 87 62 23 12 7 4 53 31 23 11 4 8 34 31 25 80
5 Aston Villa 46 20 16 10 82 61 23 11 8 4 50 36 23 9 8 6 32 25 21 76
6 Derby County 46 20 14 12 69 54 23 13 7 3 40 20 23 7 7 9 29 34 15 74
7 Middlesbrough 46 20 13 13 49 41 23 10 6 7 23 17 23 10 7 6 26 24 8 73
8 Bristol City 46 19 13 14 59 53 23 8 8 7 28 26 23 11 5 7 31 27 6 70
9 Nottingham Forest 46 17 15 14 61 54 23 13 4 6 34 21 23 4 11 8 27 33 7 66
10 Swansea City 46 18 11 17 65 62 23 12 6 5 42 28 23 6 5 12 23 34 3 65
11 Brentford 46 17 13 16 73 59 23 14 4 5 50 23 23 3 9 11 23 36 14 64
12 Sheffield Wednesday 46 16 16 14 60 62 23 10 8 5 34 27 23 6 8 9 26 35 -2 64
13 Hull City 46 17 11 18 66 68 23 11 6 6 37 24 23 6 5 12 29 44 -2 62
14 Preston North End 46 16 13 17 67 67 23 8 10 5 41 30 23 8 3 12 26 37 0 61
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 16 12 18 64 69 23 10 7 6 32 21 23 6 5 12 32 48 -5 60
16 Stoke City 46 11 22 13 45 52 23 8 9 6 26 24 23 3 13 7 19 28 -7 55
17 Birmingham City 46 14 19 13 64 58 23 7 11 5 31 24 23 7 8 8 33 34 6 52
18 Wigan Athletic 46 13 13 20 51 64 23 11 8 4 29 20 23 2 5 16 22 44 -13 52
19 Queens Park Rangers 46 14 9 23 53 71 23 9 3 11 33 31 23 5 6 12 20 40 -18 51
20 Reading 46 10 17 19 49 66 23 8 6 9 29 31 23 2 11 10 20 35 -17 47
21 Millwall 46 10 14 22 48 64 23 7 9 7 26 27 23 3 5 15 22 37 -16 44
22 Rotherham United 46 8 16 22 52 83 23 7 8 8 32 38 23 1 8 14 20 45 -31 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 46 8 8 30 29 78 23 4 4 15 13 35 23 4 4 15 16 43 -49 32
24 Ipswich Town 46 5 16 25 36 77 23 3 11 9 22 31 23 2 5 16 14 46 -41 31

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