Norwich City expected to fight losing battle when facing Manchester City

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Etihad Stadium (55097 seats)

Game week two of the Premier League season and the participants have done their adjustments after the first fixture. Here's the Manchester City - Norwich City pre-match guide:

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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Manchester City form and stats

In the previous season, Manchester City's league stats were 27 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses, results that produced 1st position in the Premier League. During these 38 matches they scored 83 goals and conceded 32. Playing as the home side in the former season Manchester City generated 13-2-4 (win-draw-lost) with 43 goals and 17 conceded.

City faced defeat in their previous match, away at Tottenham Hotspur (0-1). João Cancelo was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.71 out of 10. The defender Cancelo hit three key passes and won 8 of 9 duels.

A Community Shield defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Leicester City.

Everyone expects City to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 14 games: twelve home wins, two draws and zero defeats. Manchester City have won with at least two goals margin ten times in similar situations.

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Norwich City form and stats

Let's have a look at how Norwich City performed last season in the Championship: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 29 victories, 10 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 75 and conceded 36 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 15 - drew 4 and lost 4 with 36/21 goals scored/conceded. Norwich City are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played nine in a row without losing.

The attacking players of Norwich have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 536 minutes.

Norwich City might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Liverpool proved too strong as Norwich slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Carrow Road. Midfielder Pierre Lees Melou was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.0. Melou hit two key passes.

Ahead of that match was the Championship away draw versus Barnsley that ended 2-2.

Nobody expects Norwich to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath two times before, with the overall statistics of won zero, draw zero and lost two. When defeated, one match have been lost by two or more goals.

A new game in only two days for Norwich City, the Carabao Cup home match versus AFC Bournemouth. Busy days.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Manchester City victories, two draws and two Norwich City wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

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Total First Half Second Half
Manchester City Norwich City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
11 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 11
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
18 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 12
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Manchester City Last season Norwich City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   23 46
27 13   Won W   15 29
5 2   Drew D   4 10
6 4   Lost L   4 7
83 43   Scored S   36 75
32 17   Conceded C   21 36
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   96% 93%
82% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 67%
50% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   48% 43%
34% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 24%
24% 26%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   4% 9%
45% 42%   BTTS BTTS   57% 50%
50% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   30% 39%
8% 5%   Failed to Score F T   17% 17%
 
6.5 7.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 5
2.9 2.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 5
1.2 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.4
2 0   Red cards R C   1 4
 
15.6 17   Shots (avg) S (   14.1 15.2
5.7 6.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 4.7
38% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 35%

  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 United 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Chelsea 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Liverpool 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
4 West Ham United 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
5 Everton 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Brentford 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
7 Watford 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Leicester City 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Tottenham Hotspur 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
11 Aston Villa 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
12 Burnley 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Manchester City 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Newcastle United 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Southampton 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
17 Arsenal 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Crystal Palace 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
19 Norwich City 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Leeds United 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
Last season 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 38 27 5 6 83 32 19 13 2 4 43 17 19 14 3 2 40 15 51 86
2 Manchester United 38 21 11 6 73 44 19 9 4 6 38 28 19 12 7 0 35 16 29 74
3 Liverpool 38 20 9 9 68 42 19 10 3 6 29 20 19 10 6 3 39 22 26 69
4 Chelsea 38 19 10 9 58 36 19 9 6 4 31 18 19 10 4 5 27 18 22 67
5 Leicester City 38 20 6 12 68 50 19 9 1 9 34 30 19 11 5 3 34 20 18 66
6 West Ham United 38 19 8 11 62 47 19 10 4 5 32 22 19 9 4 6 30 25 15 65
7 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 8 12 68 45 19 10 3 6 35 20 19 8 5 6 33 25 23 62
8 Arsenal 38 18 7 13 55 39 19 8 4 7 24 21 19 10 3 6 31 18 16 61
9 Leeds United 38 18 5 15 62 54 19 8 5 6 28 21 19 10 0 9 34 33 8 59
10 Everton 38 17 8 13 47 48 19 6 4 9 24 28 19 11 4 4 23 20 -1 59
11 Aston Villa 38 16 7 15 55 46 19 7 4 8 29 27 19 9 3 7 26 19 9 55
12 Newcastle United 38 12 9 17 46 62 19 6 5 8 26 33 19 6 4 9 20 29 -16 45
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 12 9 17 36 52 19 7 4 8 21 25 19 5 5 9 15 27 -16 45
14 Crystal Palace 38 12 8 18 41 66 19 6 5 8 20 32 19 6 3 10 21 34 -25 44
15 Southampton 38 12 7 19 47 68 19 8 3 8 28 25 19 4 4 11 19 43 -21 43
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 9 14 15 40 46 19 4 9 6 22 22 19 5 5 9 18 24 -6 41
17 Burnley 38 10 9 19 33 55 19 4 6 9 14 27 19 6 3 10 19 28 -22 39
18 Fulham 38 5 13 20 27 53 19 2 4 13 9 28 19 3 9 7 18 25 -26 28
19 West Bromwich Albion 38 5 11 22 35 76 19 3 6 10 15 39 19 2 5 12 20 37 -41 26
20 Sheffield United 38 7 2 29 20 63 19 5 1 13 12 27 19 2 1 16 8 36 -43 23
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Norwich City 46 29 10 7 75 36 23 14 6 3 39 15 23 15 4 4 36 21 39 97
2 Watford 46 27 10 9 63 30 23 19 2 2 44 12 23 8 8 7 19 18 33 91
3 Brentford 46 24 15 7 79 42 23 12 9 2 39 20 23 12 6 5 40 22 37 87
4 Swansea City 46 23 11 12 56 39 23 12 6 5 27 16 23 11 5 7 29 23 17 80
5 Barnsley 46 23 9 14 58 50 23 12 6 5 30 22 23 11 3 9 28 28 8 78
6 AFC Bournemouth 46 22 11 13 73 46 23 13 3 7 40 24 23 9 8 6 33 22 27 77
7 Reading 46 19 13 14 62 54 23 12 4 7 37 27 23 7 9 7 25 27 8 70
8 Cardiff City 46 18 14 14 66 49 23 8 6 9 37 26 23 10 8 5 29 23 17 68
9 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 11 16 57 55 23 11 4 8 32 27 23 8 7 8 25 28 2 68
10 Middlesbrough 46 18 10 18 55 53 23 11 4 8 30 25 23 7 6 10 25 28 2 64
11 Millwall 46 15 17 14 47 52 23 7 10 6 24 24 23 8 7 8 23 28 -5 62
12 Luton Town 46 17 11 18 41 52 23 8 9 6 25 23 23 9 2 12 16 29 -11 62
13 Preston North End 46 18 7 21 49 56 23 7 5 11 21 24 23 11 2 10 28 32 -7 61
14 Stoke City 46 15 15 16 50 52 23 9 5 9 29 28 23 6 10 7 21 24 -2 60
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 15 12 19 65 54 23 9 7 7 37 28 23 6 5 12 28 26 11 57
16 Coventry City 46 14 13 19 49 61 23 10 7 6 30 22 23 4 6 13 19 39 -12 55
17 Nottingham Forest 46 12 16 18 37 45 23 6 8 9 21 24 23 6 8 9 16 21 -8 52
18 Birmingham City 46 13 13 20 37 61 23 6 4 13 18 37 23 7 9 7 19 24 -24 52
19 Bristol City 46 15 6 25 46 68 23 7 3 13 18 30 23 8 3 12 28 38 -22 51
20 Huddersfield Town 46 12 13 21 50 71 23 8 7 8 28 23 23 4 6 13 22 48 -21 49
21 Derby County 46 11 11 24 36 58 23 6 7 10 20 26 23 5 4 14 16 32 -22 44
22 Wycombe Wanderers 46 11 10 25 39 69 23 7 5 11 17 28 23 4 5 14 22 41 -30 43
23 Rotherham United 46 11 9 26 44 60 23 5 4 14 26 35 23 6 5 12 18 25 -16 42
24 Sheffield Wednesday 46 12 11 23 40 61 23 8 8 7 22 17 23 4 3 16 18 44 -21 41

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Table
  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 United 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Chelsea 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Liverpool 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
4 West Ham United 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
5 Everton 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Brentford 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
7 Watford 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Leicester City 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Tottenham Hotspur 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
11 Aston Villa 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
12 Burnley 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Manchester City 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Newcastle United 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Southampton 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
17 Arsenal 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Crystal Palace 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
19 Norwich City 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Leeds United 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0

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