Manchester City - Norwich City: Sedulous Citizens constrain Canaries

Manchester City - Norwich City: Sedulous Citizens constrain Canaries

Published by Christoffer Segerhjelm, 23 July 2020

On Sunday, the Premier League season of 2019/2020 will finally come to an end. At the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City host Norwich City and I do think that the home team will win rather comfortably.

Manchester City

Pep Guardiola's men have been stuck in 2nd spot for some time but show no sign of slowing down, beating Newcastle at home 5-0, Brighton on the road 0-5, Bournemouth at home 2-1 and Watford on the road 0-4.

Statistics

No other teams have created more shots and shots on target than Manchester City so far this season, Manchester City creating on average 19.11 shots and 6.75 shots on target per game.
Looking at home games specifically, the numbers are even more impressive: Manchester City creating on average 20.17 shots and 6.94 shots on target per game at the Etihad.
Looking at the 4 most recent games, no other have created more shots on target than Manchester City, the Citizens creating on average 6.75 shots on target per game.

Only Liverpool and Chelsea have conceded marginally fewer shots on target than Manchester City so far this season, Manchester City conceding on average 3.08 shots on target per game.
Looking at home games specifically, only Chelsea have conceded slightly fewer shots on target than Manchester City so far this season, Manchester City conceding on average 2.28 shots on target per game.
Looking at the 4 most recent games, no other have conceded fewer shots on target than Manchester City, the Beswick and Clayton outfit conceding on average 2.00 shots on target per game.

Norwich City

The Canaries are relegated with only 21 points from 37 games this season, Daniel Farke's men have lost 9 league games in a row now scoring 1 (!) goal in the process.

Statistics

Only 5 teams have created fewer shots and shots on target than Norwich so far this season, Norwich creating on average 10.89 shots and 3.43 shots on target per game.
Looking at the 4 most recent games, no other team have created fewer shots on target than Norwich, the Norfolk club creating on average 1.50 shots on target per game.

No other team have a worse shoot percentage than Norwich this season, Teemu Pukki & Co. scoring a dismal 20% of the created shots on target.

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Conclusion & Betting Tips

Manchester City is one of the teams creating the most and conceding the fewest shots and shots on target this season. No other team have created more or conceded fewer shots on target per game than Manchester City the last 4 games.
Norwich is one of the teams creating the fewest shots and shots on target this season and no other team have created fewer shots on target per game than Norwich the last 4 games.
My Betting Tip is Manchester City To Win To Nil.
Stake at 7.5/10 units.

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