Premier League match preview: Norwich City versus Chelsea

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Competition: England Premier League
Date: Sat 24.August
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Carrow Road (27244 seats)

It's early days in the Premier League and the teams are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Norwich City form and stats

The hosts won their first game here at Carrow Road, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Norwich City last season were 15 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses from 23 games. The Norwich City fans aren't used to losing here at Carrow Road and will expect new points from this game. Norwich City has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.

Norwich City's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Newcastle United. The home side are looking to build on that result. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at Liverpool.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Norwich City as they are travelling to their away game against Crawley Town in the Carabao Cup. That match is three days after this one.

At Carrow Road, Norwich City has the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 1 fixture.

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Chelsea form and stats

The visitors' first away game ended a defeat. Last season Chelsea had these away match statistics: Played 19; won 9, drew 3 and lost 7.

There were no winners in Chelsea's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 1-1 vs Leicester City. A 2-2 draw at Liverpool's stadium before that.

Chelsea has the goal stats of 0-4 (for/against) from 1 business trip at the early stages of this season.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 0 - 4 - 6 (Norwich City wins - draws - Chelsea wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

T. Pukki
4 goals
M. Mount
1 goals

Norwich City missing players

Chelsea missing players

Norwich City Chelsea
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
2 1 1 Played 0 1 2
1 1 1 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost 0 1 1
4 3 3 Scored 0 0 1
5 1 1 Conceded 0 4 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 0% 100% 50%
100% 100% 100% Over 3.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 100% 50%
 
4.5 7 7 Corners For (avg) 0 5 4.5
8 5 5 Corners Against (avg) 0 3 4
1.5 1 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 4 2.5
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Norwich City Last season Chelsea
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
46 23 0 Played 0 19 38
27 15 0 Won 0 9 21
13 4 0 Drew 0 3 9
6 4 0 Lost 0 7 8
93 51 0 Scored 0 24 63
57 34 0 Conceded 0 27 39
98% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 89% 89%
80% 78% 0% Over 1.5 0% 84% 84%
67% 74% 0% Over 2.5 0% 63% 55%
48% 57% 0% Over 3.5 0% 21% 26%
17% 30% 0% Over 4.5 0% 5% 11%
67% 61% 0% BTTS 0% 42% 42%
28% 30% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 32% 42%
7% 9% 0% Failed To Score 0% 37% 26%
 
6.6 7.2 0 Corners For (avg) 0 5 5.7
4.5 3.8 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 3.6 3.7
1.7 1.3 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1.5 1.3
1 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats last season:
  • Chelsea have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Norwich City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Norwich City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Chelsea have scored away.
  • Norwich City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Norwich City
All Championship Premier League Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
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 4 - 1 Norwich City
17-08-19 PL Norwich City 3 - 1 Newcastle United
24-08-19 PL Norwich City 11:30 Chelsea
27-08-19 CC Crawley Town 18:45 Norwich City
31-08-19 PL West Ham United 14:00 Norwich City
14-09-19 PL Norwich City 16:30 Manchester City
21-09-19 PL Burnley 14:00 Norwich City
Chelsea
All Champions League Uefa Super Cup Community Shield International Champions Cup Europa League Premier League Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
31-07-19 CF Salzburg 3 - 5 Chelsea
03-08-19 CF Borussia M'gladbach 2 - 2 Chelsea
11-08-19 PL Manchester United 4 - 0 Chelsea
14-08-19 USC Liverpool 1 - 1 Chelsea
18-08-19 PL Chelsea 1 - 1 Leicester City
24-08-19 PL Norwich City 11:30 Chelsea
31-08-19 PL Chelsea 14:00 Sheffield United
14-09-19 PL Wolverhampton Wanderers 14:00 Chelsea
22-09-19 PL Chelsea 15:30 Liverpool
28-09-19 PL Chelsea 14:00 Brighton & Hove Albion

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

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