Norwich – Sheffield Wed PREDICTION & TIPS
Norwich City and Sheffield Wednesday play on Carrow Road in a Championship 21 st round. The record of direct confrontations of the last 3 years between the two teams could not be more balanced, since there were 2 draws and 1 victory for each team of the last 4 times that they met. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 04-03-2017, ended with Sheffield Wednesday’s (5-1) win.
Analysis of Norwich City
After 6 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses, the home team is in 16th place, having won 24 points. In the last match, they lost with Cardiff City away by (3-1), after in the previous game to have tied at home, in a game against Preston North End, by (1-1). For the championship, Norwich City had 11 points out of 30, after 2 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses in their last 10 games at their stadium.
In this competition, you have not won any of the last 7 games in your stadium. In the matches played in their championship stadium, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 ‘was 0-1, which occurred in 4 of their 10 matches. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 games, but his attack has regularly scored as he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches in this competition. In his home games there is a tendency to few goals, since 8 of his last 10 games in the competition finished with Less than 2.5 goals. In 20 games in this competition, suffered the first goal 9 times and never managed to turn the score. In the last 10 home games in this competition there are 1 highlights: he scored 3 of his 8 goals between minutes (76’-90 ‘).
Norwich City come to this unmotivated game after losing at the Cardiff field, 3-1, thus totaling the seventh consecutive game without winning in the league: the only goal of the team was scored by Stiepermann. Usually the home team favors possession of the ball and attacks through midfield, with Maddison being responsible for creating and organizing the offensive process. It is important to emphasize that the home team presents quality in the offensive organization and standing balls. For this game coach Daniel Farke can not count on the injured Tettey, Lewis, Thompson and Matthews.
Analysis of Sheffield Wednesday
After 6 wins, 9 draws and 5 losses, the visiting team is in 12th place, having won 27 points. In the last match, they drew with Hull City at home (2-2), after their previous match drew away in a game against Reading (0-0). In the last 10 away games, Sheffield Wednesday has 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses, having won 10 points out of 30. In his league games as a visitor, the most frequent result at half-time was 0-0 (5 out of 10 matches). Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games, but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In his away games for this competition there is a tendency towards few goals, since in 7 of the last 10 that disputed there were less than 3 goals. In 20 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 10 times and only got 1 turn on the scoreboard. There are 2 periods in the last 10 games played as a visitor for this competition: scored 3 of his 8 goals between minutes (61’-75 ‘); suffered 5 of his 11 goals in the minutes (76’-90 ‘).
The Sheffield Wednesday team comes to this round with a 2-2 draw against Hull City, thus totaling the seventh game without losing in the championship. In the home team, Carlos Carvalhal must have been seen in the 4-4-2 formation, especially in the sidelines. It is important to note that Englishman Gary Hooper is Sheffield Wednesday’s top scorer with 10 goals scored. It seems that the Portuguese coach does not have the injured Daniel Pudil.
Norwich – Sheffield Wed FREE TIPS
Sheffield Wed – Win @ 2.60
Both teams to score / YES @ 1.80
Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.90
