Norwich – Burnley PREDICTION (18.07.2020)

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Norwich – Burnley SOCCER PICKS

Norwich City and Burnley meet at Carrow Road, in a match for the 37th round of the Premier League. Burnley won at home by (2‑0) the last time they met in this edition of the league, on 09-21-2019. The history of recent direct confrontations between these two teams indicates total balance, since there was 1 victory for each team in the last 2 games.

Norwich City :

After 5 wins, 6 draws and 18 losses, the home team is currently in 20th place with 21 points won. In their last match, they lost to Sheffield United away by (1‑0), after having won by (1‑0) at home, in a match against Leicester City. In their last 10 home games for the championship, Norwich City have won 2, tied 3 and lost 5, winning 9 points in 30 possible. In their home league matches, the most frequent final result at half-time was 1‑0 (6 in 14 matches). Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 29 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 16 times and never got the comeback. In the last 14 home matches for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 7 of their 19 goals between minutes (16′ ‑ 30 ‘).

Norwich comes to this game after a 1×0 loss on the visit to Chelsea, thus recording their eighth consecutive loss in the league. It must be remembered that the home team is already relegated to the English second division. In this game against Burnley, the coach must maintain his tactical system, 4-3-3, favoring a more cautious style of play. Striker Teemu Pukki is the team’s top scorer with 11 goals. For this game the coach cannot count on Zimmermann, Hanley, Leitner and Byram, all injured.

Burnley :

After 11 wins, 6 draws and 12 losses, the visiting team is currently in 10th position, with 39 points won. In their last match, they tied with Tottenham Hotspur at home by (1‑1), after in the previous match they had tied in an away match against Newcastle United, by (0‑0). For the championship, Burnley conquered 13 points in 30 possible, after 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses in the last 10 games that he played as a visitor. In their home league matches the most frequent final result at half-time was 0‑0 (5 in 14 games). In 29 games in this competition, he only got 1 comeback in the 14 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 14 home matches for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 5 of their 14 goals between minutes (76’ ‑ 90 ‘).

Burnley comes into this game after a 1×1 draw at Wolverhampton home, thus adding to their second straight game without losing in this league: Chris Wood scored the game’s only goal. One of the main headaches of the visiting coach is in the most offensive sector, since he presents a lack of efficiency: he scored on average only 0.94 goals per game under these conditions. Even so, coach Sean Dyche must maintain the 4-4-2 of the last games, with Chris Wood and Rodríguez as the leader in the attack: the first player is the team’s top scorer, with 12 goals. Unavailable due to injury are Barnes, Mee and Cork.


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