Bolton – Norwich Prediction & Preview and Betting Tips (04.11.2017)

Bolton Wanderers and Norwich City meet at Macron Stadium, in a match for the 16th round of the Championship. There is only record of 2 recent direct confrontations between these two teams: on 04-11-2015, which ended with the victory of Norwich City by (1-2), and on 31-10-2014, which ended with the victory of Norwich City for (2-1). In this match the home factor may be decisive, since Norwich City presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor.

Bolton :

The home team is currently in the 24 th position of the league, with 8 points won, after 1 win, 5 draws and 9 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied in an away match against Fulham, by (1-1). In the last match, they tied in an away match against Sunderland, by (3-3). This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 3 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses in away matches, with 11 goals scored and 22 conceded; against 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses at their stadium, with 17 goals scored and 21 conceded. In the last 7 home league matches Bolton Wanderers has a record of 1 win, 1 draw and 5 losses, so they have won 4 points out of 21 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-1 (3 out of 7 matches). The team has not been very strong defensively, since it has suffered goals in the last 10 games which it disputed in this competition. In 15 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 10 times and never got the comeback.

The Bolton comes to this game after a foreign tie, to three balls, in the visit to the Sunderland field. The home team usually acts in a tactical system in 4-3-3, privileging fast transitions, mainly through the lateral ones. In this tactical scheme, the three most advanced players are Armstrong, Madine and Ameobi. One of the weak points of the home team is the completion of the situations of danger that it manages to create. Coach Phil Parkinson will be without midfielder Josh Vela because he is injured.

Norwich :

The away team is currently in the 9 th position of the league, with 22 points won, after 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in a home match against Derby County, by (1-2). In the last match, they lost in a home match against Wolverhampton Wanderers, by (0-2). This is a team that, oddly enough, was better outside than at home, as in the last 30 matches they register 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses in away matches; against 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats in his stadium. In the last away game in this competition, they have won (0-1) against Ipswich Town. In the last 7 away league matches Norwich City has a record of 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, so they have won 13 points out of 21 possible.

For this competition, it records a sequence of 4 victories in the last games as a visitor. In the games he played as a visitor to the championship there is a score that is often repeated at the end of the 90 ‘, the 0-1, which happened in 3 of its 8 games. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 15 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 7 games in which he suffered the first goal.

Norwich arrive at this unmotivated game, after a home-made snub, by 0-2, at the Wolverhampton reception. Like the rival of this day, the visiting team opts to act in a traditional 4-3-3, in which the three most advanced players are Vrancic, Murphy and Watkins. By acting outside the home, you can guess that Norwich adopts a more defensive stance, always looking for the possibility of creating danger through counterattack. To emphasize that the visiting coach will not be able to count on Naismith, Jarvis, Pritchard, Thompson, Tettey and Lewis, all injured.