Norwich – Brentford Prediction & Preview and Betting Tips (22.12.2017)

Norwich City and Brentford meet at Carrow Road, in a match for the 23rd round of the Championship. The history of direct confrontations played in this stadium is favorable to the home team, which in the last 3 matches won 2 and lost 1. Indeed, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium, on 03-12- 2016, for the Championship, the Norwich City won by (5-0). Jacob Murphy (6 ‘), G. Dorrans (16’), R. Brady (59 ‘), Nélson Oliveira (79’) and A. Pritchard (88 ‘) scored the goals for Norwich City. The condition home / away deserves particular attention, because despite this being a match between th and 13th of the league table, it is actually a match between the 18th ranked in home games and the 14th as a visitor.

Norwich City:

After 7 wins, 6 draws and 9 losses, the home team is currently in the ª position, without having won any points. In the last match, they have lost in an away match against Leeds United by (1-0), after in the previous match they have won (3-1) at home, against Sheffield Wednesday. This is a team little affected by the house factor, since it conquered similar results at home and abroad. In the last 10 home league matches Norwich City has a record of 3 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses, so they have won 14 points out of 30 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-1 (5 out of 11 matches). The team has conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 matches, so it has not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches for this competition there is a tendency for few goals, since 8 of the last 11 matches have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 22 matches in the competition, they suffered the first goal 11 times and only managed 1 comeback. There are 2 periods that stand out in the last 11 home matches for this competition: they scored 4 of their 11 goals between minutes (76’-90 ‘); He suffered 4 of his 11 goals between the minutes (16’-30 ‘).

The Norwich comes to this day with a defeat in the field of Leeds, losing again, after a good win against Sheffield Wednesday. The Norwich season has been ups and downs and without major surprises appears at the bottom of the leaderboard. What has saved the team are the games in its stadium, since in 11 games it registers only 3 defeats.

The main headache of coach Daniel Farke is at the time of finalization, some fundamental for any team, but the defensive line has compensated for this inefficiency. The Portuguese Nélson Oliveira is the best gunner of the home team, with 6 goals scored. James Maddison is fundamental in the midfield of the local team, being responsible for creating and organizing the offensive process.

Brentford:

The away team is currently in the 13 th position of the league, with 28 points won, after 6 wins, 10 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Hull City, by (3-2). In the last match, they tied at home against Barnsley by (0-0). This is a team little affected by the house factor, since it conquered similar results at home and abroad. For the league, Brentford won 12 points out of 30 possible, after 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses in the last 10 home matches. In their away league matches the most frequent final result at halftime was 0-0 (4 out of 11 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 22 matches in this tournament, they have conceded the first goal 6 times and have only won 1 result.

Brentford is a quality team very similar to Norwich, the rival of this game, not only for the position it occupies in the qualifying table, but for presenting a similar style of play. However, the visitors go through a very positive phase of the season, as they have only 2 losses in the last 10 matches played. In the last match the team did not go beyond a goalless draw against Barnsley.

For this game, coach Dean Smith does not have any absence due to injury or suspension, that is, he is expected to make his team line up in the usual 4-2-3-1, with his best players. In great prominence this season continues to be the Englishman Ollie Watkins, a player who has already scored 7 goals so far. On the other hand, Daniel Bentley is the player most used by Brentford in the championship.