The league table in Premier League tells a story about these teams so far, with Manchester United leading Norwich City by 17 points. Match preview to follow:
The hosts Manchester United saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Carabao Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Manchester City, was also a home game here at Old Trafford. The away team is better rested.
Manchester United form and stats
5 victories, 4 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Manchester United have to build on here at Old Trafford in the Premier League.
The Manchester United crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Manchester City here at Old Trafford in a Carabao Cup match. 0-0 away at Wolverhampton Wanderers before that.
Manchester United are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eleven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W7-D2-L2.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Manchester United as they have a new game in only three days, a FA Cup match thankfully also at home. Wolverhampton Wanderers are visiting.
Goals decide football matches and Manchester United are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 10 league matches. Manchester United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Norwich City form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Norwich City, who have the most conceded goals (41) in Premier League, so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-7 (win-draw-lose).
Two travels in a row for Norwich City, whose manager D. Farke could celebrate last time after the FA Cup win against Preston North End. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Crystal Palace in the Premier League.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Norwich City, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? It's hard not to mention Adam Idah's lethal finishing against Preston North End. 3 goals was a big reason for the important victory.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Norwich City played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 0 times.
Goals are few and far between in Norwich City's away league games. Only 5 goals from 10 travels. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Norwich City have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Norwich City - Manchester United 1-3 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Manchester United won 8 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Norwich City has 2 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 4Top Goalscorers
  M. Rashford 12 goals |   T. Pukki 9 goals |  A. Martial 7 goals |
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| Manchester United | Norwich City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 32 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 22 |
| 25 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 41 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 86% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 43% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 20% | 52% |
| 29% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 10% | 38% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 10% | 19% |
| 62% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 30% | 62% |
| 14% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 24% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 33% |
| 5.5 | 5.4 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 5.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 11.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 304 | 160 | 37 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 110 | 250 |
| 114 | 58 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 32 | 84 |
| 28% | 34% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 16% | 26% |
- Manchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Manchester United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Norwich City have scored away.
- Manchester United have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Manchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Norwich City has the fewest points (5) away
- Norwich City has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Norwich City has the fewest scored goals (5) away
- Norwich City has the most conceded goals (41)
- Norwich City has the most conceded goals in the first half (20)
- Norwich City has the the worst goal difference (-19)
- Norwich City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Norwich City is in the worst form (0-3-3)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 35 | 58 |
| 2 | Leicester City | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 10 | 27 | 45 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 56 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 32 | 44 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 36 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 31 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 30 |
| 8 | Sheffield United | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 28 |
| 10 | Arsenal | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 27 |
| 11 | Everton | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -8 | 25 |
| 12 | Southampton | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | -13 | 25 |
| 13 | Newcastle United | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -13 | 25 |
| 14 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 24 |
| 15 | Burnley | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 24 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 22 |
| 17 | Aston Villa | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -10 | 21 |
| 18 | AFC Bournemouth | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -12 | 20 |
| 19 | Watford | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -17 | 19 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -19 | 14 |
- Manchester United
- Manchester Evening News - (local newspaper)
- Man U News - (news aggregator)
- Norwich City
- Norwich Evening News - (local newspaper)