Norwich City v Manchester United preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 11.December
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Carrow Road (27244 seats)

Norwich City will pray that their home support is enough to get some points from this back-breaking battle, versus dynamic Manchester United.

Insights:
  • Norwich City have the fewest scored goals (8) in Premier League
  • Manchester United have scored more than double the goals of Norwich City.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Champions League game only three days ago.

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Norwich City form and stats

Norwich City's struggle is real here at Carrow Road with only 5 points collected from 7 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-4.

Norwich faced defeat in their previous match, away at Tottenham Hotspur (0-3). Defender Grant Hanley got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.14/10. Hanley won 8 of 8 duels.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Newcastle United the opponent.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Aston Villa are coming to town in three days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Norwich City here at Carrow Road in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 7 games). Norwich have conceded 11 from these games.

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Manchester United form and stats

Playing away, Manchester United have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premier League this season.

United played 1-1 against Young Boys in their previous match. The attacker Mason Greenwood got a match rating of 7.83 in that game. Greenwood scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Crystal Palace in the Premier League.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Manchester United manager Rangnick as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Brentford.

The travelling fans enjoy United's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 7 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Manchester United have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the former ten meetings between these two squads are: two wins for Norwich, zero draws and eight wins for Manchester United. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Manchester UnitedC. Ronaldo
C. Ronaldo
6 goals
NorwichT. Pukki
T. Pukki
5 goals
Manchester UnitedB. Borges Fernandes
B. Borges Fernandes
5 goals

Norwich City missing players

Manchester United missing players

Norwich City Manchester United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 2 7 15
2 1 0 Won W 0 3 7
4 2 0 Drew D 1 2 3
9 4 1 Lost L 1 2 5
8 5 0 Scored S 2 11 25
31 11 3 Conceded C 5 11 24
80% 71% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 80%
60% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 57% 53%
20% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 40%
13% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 29% 40%
40% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 60%
20% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 20%
60% 43% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
4.2 5.4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.9 5.3
6 6 11 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 7.3 6
1.9 1.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
10.9 13.4 12 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.7 13.8
2.8 3.1 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.6 4.9
19% 23% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 34% 34%
 
15.3 12.6 19 Shots against (avg) S A 14 15.6 14
5.3 5.1 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.1 4.7
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Manchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Manchester United have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Manchester United have scored more than double the goals of Norwich City.
  • Manchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Norwich City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Norwich City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Norwich City have the fewest points (5) at home 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 most conceded goals (31) in Premier League
  • Norwich City have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Premier League
  • Norwich City have the the worst goal difference (-23) in Premier League
  • Norwich City have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 15 11 2 2 32 9 7 5 1 1 17 3 8 6 1 1 15 6 23 35
2 Liverpool 15 10 4 1 44 12 7 4 3 0 18 5 8 6 1 1 26 7 32 34
3 Chelsea 15 10 3 2 35 9 7 4 2 1 18 4 8 6 1 1 17 5 26 33
4 West Ham United 15 8 3 4 28 19 8 4 2 2 16 12 7 4 1 2 12 7 9 27
5 Tottenham Hotspur 14 8 1 5 16 17 8 6 0 2 11 8 6 2 1 3 5 9 -1 25
6 Manchester United 15 7 3 5 25 24 8 4 1 3 14 13 7 3 2 2 11 11 1 24
7 Arsenal 15 7 2 6 18 22 7 5 1 1 12 6 8 2 1 5 6 16 -4 23
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 15 6 3 6 12 13 8 3 1 4 5 7 7 3 2 2 7 6 -1 21
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 15 4 8 3 14 16 7 2 3 2 6 8 8 2 5 1 8 8 -2 20
10 Aston Villa 15 6 1 8 21 24 8 4 1 3 14 11 7 2 0 5 7 13 -3 19
11 Leicester City 15 5 4 6 23 27 7 3 1 3 11 12 8 2 3 3 12 15 -4 19
12 Everton 15 5 3 7 19 25 8 4 1 3 13 13 7 1 2 4 6 12 -6 18
13 Brentford 15 4 5 6 19 21 7 2 1 4 8 9 8 2 4 2 11 12 -2 17
14 Crystal Palace 15 3 7 5 19 21 7 2 4 1 10 6 8 1 3 4 9 15 -2 16
15 Leeds United 15 3 7 5 15 22 8 2 4 2 9 11 7 1 3 3 6 11 -7 16
16 Southampton 15 3 7 5 14 21 8 2 5 1 8 7 7 1 2 4 6 14 -7 16
17 Watford 15 4 1 10 20 29 8 2 1 5 10 17 7 2 0 5 10 12 -9 13
18 Burnley 14 1 7 6 14 21 6 1 3 2 8 8 8 0 4 4 6 13 -7 10
19 Newcastle United 15 1 7 7 17 30 8 1 4 3 12 17 7 0 3 4 5 13 -13 10
20 Norwich City 15 2 4 9 8 31 7 1 2 4 5 11 8 1 2 5 3 20 -23 10

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.