Norwich City vs Cardiff City Prediction: Norwich are in better shape going into the game

Norwich is ready to welcome Cardiff on Saturday evening. Norwich has won 3 of their last 4 home league games against Cardiff. Would Cardiff be able to bounce back this time? 

Norwich City’s Form

Norwich at home looks in good touch this season as they managed (W8 D4 L6) to win on 8 occasions out of 18. They won in their previous two games against Birmingham (3-1) and Hull City (3-1). In their 18 home league games, they scored 26 goals against their visitors and conceded 22 in return.

Their away performance is average this season (W6 L6 D3) as they managed to win on 6 occasions out of 15. With 49 points in 33 games, Norwich is sitting in the 9th position. They have netted 46 goals so far this season and conceded 37 in return.

Joshua Sargent is the team’s top scorer with 11 goals and 2 assists followed by Teemu Pukki (10) and Kieran Dowell (5) respectively 2nd and 3rd positions. 

Norwich’s possible lineup

Gunn; Aarons, Gibson, Hanley, Giannoulis; Nunez, Sara, McLean; Dowell, Idah, Hernandez.

Cardiff City’s Form

At away, Cardiff City's performance is poor this season (W4 D3 L9) as they just managed to win 4 out of 16 league games. They won in their previous away game against Birmingham (2-0). In their 16 away league games, Cardiff scored 12 goals against their hosts and conceded 18 in return.

Cardiff at home looks in good touch this season as they managed to win (W5 D5 L7) on 5 occasions out of 17. With 35 points in 33 games, Cardiff is sitting in the 21st position. They have netted 25 goals this season and conceded 36 in return.

Callum Robinson is the team’s top scorer with 5 goals and 6 assists followed by Romaine Sawyers (3) and Callum O’Dowda (3) respectively 2nd and 3rd positions. 

Cardiff City’s possible lineup

Allsopp; Ng, Kipre, McGuiness, O’Dowda; Wintle, Sawyers, Philogene-Bidace, Robinson; Kaba, Etete.

Norwich vs Cardiff expert tips

Norwich faced defeat in their recent visit against Cardiff this season but their track record is decent while hosting Cardiff. Cardiff is struggling with their away performance this season which could go against them in the upcoming game against In-form Norwich. After analyzing all the facts, we anticipate Norwich to win the match. In this match, we can expect less than 2.5 goals as both teams have scored less than 3 goals in a face-to-face contest.