Week 26 brings us a match on Feb 19th where Norwich City will travel to Liverpool to battle Liverpool in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a windy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 3 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Liverpool sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Burnley. Fabinho scored the first goal for Liverpool in the 40th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Burnley couldn’t muster any offence and Liverpool ran away with the shutout win. Liverpool is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10, while norwich City sits at 18th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-4 loss against Manchester City. Raheem Sterling struck first for Manchester City in the 31st minute on a feed from Kyle Walker, then Phil Foden added another in the 48th minute In the end, Norwich City couldn’t muster any offence and Manchester City ran away with the shutout win. Norwich City looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches.
Liverpool and Norwich City last played eachother at the Carrow Road on the 14th of August. Liverpool took the match by a score of 3 to 0 in front of just over 27000 dissapointed spectators. Diogo Jota struck first for Liverpool in the 26th minute on a feed from Mohamed Salah, then Roberto Firmino added another in the 65th minute on a feed from Mohamed Salah In the end, Norwich City was frustrated by Liverpool’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Liverpool ended the match with the shutout victory.
Norwich City’s most prolific scorer has been Josh Sargent. The American attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. For Liverpool, their top scorers are Diogo Jota and Fabinho, each having 3 goals in their last 5 matches
Luis Díaz, Divock Origi, Sadio Mané, Jordan Henderson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Thiago Alcântara and Joe Gomez are unavailable to play for Liverpool, while Dean Smith’s Norwich City squad will be without Jacob Lungi Sorensen, Tim Krul and Lukas Rupp.