Soccer match preview: Tottenham Hotspur confident before travelling to Norwich City

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Competition: England Premier League
Date: Sat 28.December
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Carrow Road (27244 seats)

Struggling Norwich City will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Tottenham Hotspur in the upcoming league round. It’s 20th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Norwich City and Tottenham Hotspur.

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Norwich City form and stats

Norwich City's results here at Carrow Road in the Premier League have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats. The Norwich City manager D. Farke might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Norwich City lost their last game at Aston Villa (placed 18th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Preceding that match was a defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-2).

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Norwich City, as the Premier League home game vs Crystal Palace is only four days away.

A decent goal production from Norwich City in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. Norwich City have conceded 22 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Tottenham Hotspur form and stats

There's been little loot from Tottenham Hotspur's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Premier League. Tottenham Hotspur only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.

Tottenham Hotspur won their last game, 2-1 versus Brighton & Hove Albion played at home. Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Chelsea.

The schedule is very tough for Tottenham Hotspur now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Southampton is waiting in only four days.

Tottenham Hotspur have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Tottenham Hotspur have conceded 17 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Norwich City - Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 played earlier this season. Norwich City-Tottenham Hotspur H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Norwich City 3 wins, Tottenham Hotspur 4 wins, 3 draws. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Tottenham HotspurH. Kane
H. Kane
10 goals
Norwich CityT. Pukki
T. Pukki
9 goals
Tottenham HotspurD. Alli
D. Alli
6 goals

Norwich City missing players

Tottenham Hotspur missing players

Norwich City Tottenham Hotspur
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 2 9 19
3 2 1 Won W 1 2 8
3 1 0 Drew D 0 3 5
13 6 2 Lost L 1 4 6
19 14 6 Scored S 3 13 34
38 22 7 Conceded C 5 17 27
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 95%
53% 89% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 89% 74%
37% 67% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 37%
21% 33% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 11% 16%
58% 89% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 89% 74%
11% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
37% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 11% 16%
 
4.9 5.7 2.3 Corners For (avg) C F 5.5 3.4 4.9
7.8 8.1 11.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.5 7.4 5.5
1.9 1.4 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.2 2.3
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 3
 
231 121 26 Total Shots T S 25 86 230
78 46 13 Shots on Target S O 11 44 87
24% 30% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 30% 39%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Norwich City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Tottenham Hotspur's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Norwich City has the most conceded goals in the first half (20)
  • Norwich City has the the worst goal difference (-19)
  • Norwich City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Norwich City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Norwich City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Norwich City is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Tottenham Hotspur have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Tottenham Hotspur have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Tottenham Hotspur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tottenham Hotspur have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Tottenham Hotspur haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 18 17 1 0 46 14 9 9 0 0 26 9 9 8 1 0 20 5 32 52
2 Leicester City 19 12 3 4 41 18 10 7 2 1 19 9 9 5 1 3 22 9 23 39
3 Manchester City 19 12 2 5 52 23 9 6 1 2 25 9 10 6 1 3 27 14 29 38
4 Chelsea 19 10 2 7 33 27 10 4 2 4 11 10 9 6 0 3 22 17 6 32
5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 19 7 9 3 29 24 10 4 4 2 16 14 9 3 5 1 13 10 5 30
6 Tottenham Hotspur 19 8 5 6 34 27 10 6 2 2 21 10 9 2 3 4 13 17 7 29
7 Sheffield United 19 7 8 4 23 17 10 4 2 4 12 10 9 3 6 0 11 7 6 29
8 Manchester United 19 7 7 5 30 23 10 5 4 1 20 10 9 2 3 4 10 13 7 28
9 Crystal Palace 20 7 6 7 18 22 10 4 3 3 9 9 10 3 3 4 9 13 -4 27
10 Everton 20 7 4 9 23 30 10 5 2 3 12 11 10 2 2 6 11 19 -7 25
11 Newcastle United 20 7 4 9 20 30 10 4 4 2 11 9 10 3 0 7 9 21 -10 25
12 Arsenal 19 5 9 5 25 28 9 3 4 2 14 15 10 2 5 3 11 13 -3 24
13 Burnley 19 7 3 9 23 30 9 5 0 4 13 13 10 2 3 5 10 17 -7 24
14 Brighton & Hove Albion 20 6 5 9 24 28 10 4 3 3 14 11 10 2 2 6 10 17 -4 23
15 Southampton 20 6 4 10 24 38 10 2 2 6 10 25 10 4 2 4 14 13 -14 22
16 AFC Bournemouth 20 5 5 10 20 28 10 2 4 4 10 14 10 3 1 6 10 14 -8 20
17 West Ham United 18 5 4 9 20 30 8 2 1 5 11 17 10 3 3 4 9 13 -10 19
18 Aston Villa 20 5 3 12 25 36 10 4 2 4 13 14 10 1 1 8 12 22 -11 18
19 Watford 20 3 7 10 15 33 10 2 4 4 9 13 10 1 3 6 6 20 -18 16
20 Norwich City 19 3 3 13 19 38 9 2 1 6 14 22 10 1 2 7 5 16 -19 12

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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.