In a weekend match in week 25, on Sat Feb 12th, Norwich City will host Manchester City in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Norwich City sits at 18th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Kenny McLean scored the first goal for Norwich City in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Wolverhampton Wanderers couldn’t muster any offence and Norwich City ran away with the shutout win. Norwich City is looking for direction having 4 win and 6 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 1st placed Manchester City, recorded a 4-1 win against Fulham. Fabio Carvalho struck first for Fulham in the 4th minute, but İlkay Gündoğan got the equalizer for Manchester City in the 6th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 13th minute on a goal by John Stones. Manchester City is on a hot streak lately, having won 9 of their last 10.
Manchester City and Norwich City last played eachother at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday Aug 21st. Manchester City won by a score of 5 to 0. Tim Krul scored the first goal for Manchester City on an own goal in the 7th minute, then Jack Grealish added another in the 22nd minute on a feed from Gabriel Jesus In the end, Norwich City couldn’t muster any offence and Manchester City ran away with the shutout win.
Riyad Mahrez has been the most effective weapon for Manchester City lately. The midfielder has netted three goals in his last five matches. Norwich City’s top weapon lately has been Josh Sargent, who has 2 goals in the last five matches
Dean Smith’s squad will be without Mathias Normann, Billy Gilmour, Tim Krul, Lukas Rupp and Omobamidele, while Josep Guardiola i Sala’s squad will be without Benjamin Mendy and Oleksandr Zinchenko.