Norwich – Cardiff (Pick, Prediction, Preview)

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Norwich vs Cardiff Prediction & Tips

Norwich and Cardiff City are leveling off Carrow Road in a match for the 43rd round of the Championship. In the last direct confrontation for this edition of the league, on 01-12-2017, Cardiff City won at home for (3-1). At this stage, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which has 2 wins and 1 draw in the last 3 games. In fact, the last time they met at this stadium was on 10-09-2016, in a match for the Championship, which ended the victory of Norwich by (3-2). The goals were scored by C. Jerome (16 ‘), R. Martin (59’) and Josh Murphy (90 ‘) for Norwich and A. Pilkington (86’ and 90 ‘) for Cardiff City.
Analysis of Norwich
After 14 wins, 14 draws and 14 losses, the home team is in 13th place, having won 56 points. In the last game, they drew with Sunderland away by (1-1), after having won (3-1) at home in a game against Aston Villa. In the last 10 home games for the league, Norwich have 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, so they have 15 points out of 30. The team conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, so it has not shown great defensive solidity, but its attack has regularly scored, as it managed to achieve in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home games for this competition there is a tendency towards few goals, since in 13 of the last 21 that disputed there were less than 3 goals. In 42 games in this event, he suffered the first goal 21 times and only got 2 turns.

The Norwich side leave for the game with a 1-1 draw against Sunderland, adding to their second straight game without losing in the championship. However, it should be noted that the homegrown players have an irregular record playing at home, having won only 7 wins in 21 games. In this game against Cardiff, one of the best teams in the league, Coach Daniel Farke should keep the team in 4-2-3-1 favoring the organization of their block and fast transitions. James Maddison is the highlight of Norwich with 14 goals and 8 assists. For this game the home coach can not count on Leitner, Thompson, Jarvis and Trybull, all from injury.
Analysis of Cardiff City
After 24 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses, the visiting team is in 3rd place, having won 80 points. In the last game, they lost with Aston Villa away (1-0), after having lost at home in a game against Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-1). For the championship, Cardiff City had 13 points out of 30, after 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses in their last 10 away games. In his league games as a visitor the most frequent result in the interval was 0-0 (10 out of 20 matches). Defensive solidity has not been his strong point as he has conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games but his attack has regularly scored as he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 games for this competition. In 41 games in this event, he conceded the first goal 15 times and only managed 3 rounds. There have been 2 periods in the last 20 games played as a visitor to this competition: they scored 9 of their 24 goals in the minutes (76’-90 ‘); suffered 7 of his 20 goals in the minutes (61’-75 ‘).

Cardiff come to this unmotivated game after having added their third straight game without winning the championship, this time losing to Aston Villa 1-0. It is important to point out that the outsiders have won 9 wins in 20 matches away from home. In this out-of-doors game, coach Neil Warnock must maintain his tactical scheme, that is, 4-3-3, with Zohore being the most offensive team reference. Right-back Callum Paterson is Cardiff’s best finisher with 9 goals conceded. Ralls, Richards and Ward are absent from this clash due to injury.

Norwich – Cardiff FREE TIPS

Norwich Win @ 3.25

Both teams to score / YES @ 1.80

Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.90