Norwich City vs Preston North End Prediction

This Tuesday’s Championship clash sees Preston North End make the trip to face Norwich City at Carrow Road. This is a crucial match for the home side in their efforts to get closer to the Playoff places.

Key Stats

• Norwich City have scored 7 goals in their last 5 games whereas Preston North End have scored 6 goals in their last 5 games
• Norwich City have averaged 1.6 goals per 90 minutes this season
• Norwich City’s Borja Sainz is the Championship Golden Boot leader with 15 goals

Team Previews, Form and Standout Players

Both teams come into this match with identical form, three wins, a loss and a draw. Fiorentina have gone unbeaten in four out of five of their last matches, including a three game consecutive winning streak which has seen them beating Inter Milan as recently as last Thursday. That loss put an end to their five match unbeaten streak so they will have to try and bounce back in this one. This Monday seems like it will be a back and forth affair with a fair amount of goals on the side.

Norwich City Preview

Formation: 3-5-2

Predicted Line-Up: Angus Gunn; Lucien Mahovo, Callum Doyle, Shane Duffy, Kellen Fisher; Emiliano Marcondes, Kenny McLean, Marcelino Núñez; Borja Sainz, Josh Sargent, Ante Crnac

Norwich City have had an average first half to the season, finding themselves just outside the Playoff places. After 31 games they sit in eighth place with 11 wins, 10 losses and 10 draws. Those matches have left them with 43 points, sharing that tally with ninth placed Bristol City but goal difference as to why they aren’t lower down the table. A win with results across the Championship standings going their way and Norwich could manage to climb up the table to as a high as sixth, occupying the final Playoff position. Stepping up this season for The Canaries has been winger Borja Sainz. Not only is he currently the club’s top scorer this season but his also holds the lead in the Championship Golden Boot race having found the back of the net 15 times. Alongside those goals and the Spaniard has provided three assists. He should be right back in the starting lineup after serving his suspension, ready to be the difference maker once more this Tuesday.

Preston North End Preview

Formation: 3-4-1-2

Predicted Line-Up: Freddie Woodman; Andrew Hughes, Lewis Gibson, Jordan Storey; Jayden Meghoma, Ryan Lesdon, Ali McCann, Kaine Kesler-Hayden; Sam Greenwood; Emil Riis, Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen

Preston North End have had a lacklustre first half of the season, finding themselves in the bottom half of the table, not in line for a either a promotion or relegation. After 30 games they sit in 15th place with eight wins, nine losses and 13 draws. Those matches have left them with 37 points, only six points behind opponents Norwich but seven places lower than them in the table. In the goals for The Lilywhites has been striker Emil Riis who has netted eight times and registered two assists this season in the 30 games that he has featured in. This Tuesday could be decided by which attacker is more on form so Riis will have to step up and be the player that Preston can look to in an effort to out do Sainz and his Norwich team.

Head To Head Stats: Norwich City vs Preston North End

The last five faceoffs have been split in the favour of Norwich City, winning two out of the five matches, drawing twice and leaving the remaining match ending with three points going the way of Preston North End. This fixture usually produces a lot of goals and that doesn’t look like it will stop this Tuesday.

22nd October 2024 – Preston North End 2-2 Norwich City – Championship

13th April 2024 – Preston North End 0-1 Norwich City – Championship

9th December 2023 – Norwich City 0-0 Preston North End – Championship

14th January 2023 – Preston North End 0-4 Norwich City – Championship

8th October 2022 – Norwich City 2-3 Preston North End – Championship

Betting Tips For Norwich City vs Preston North End

Norwich need a result in this match to keep in contention with the Playoff places, seemingly their only way to get back into the Premier League at the moment. Preston North End have sometimes got the better of them in the past but Norwich should be able to hold off their advances.

For that reason, our betting experts have gone with Norwich City To Win as our best value tip for this game.

Odds of 39/50 mean that a £10 bet has the potential to return up to £17.81 in this match.

(odds subject to change)

Final Prediction: Norwich City vs Preston North End

Norwich City 1-0 Preston North End