Manchester City will look to take another step towards retaining their Premier League title when they travel to Carrow Road to take on an in-form Norwich City on Saturday night with kickoff 20:30.
Norwich City are coming off a 1-1 draw against Crystal Palace in the English Premier League at home on Wednesday night. Teemu Pukki opened the scoring with only 38 second played in the match, but the Canaries could hold on to their lead as Wilfried Zaha equalized in the second half to end the game in a share of the spoils.
The draw has extended the unbeaten run to four matches now across all competitions while in has extended to three matches in the Premier League, claiming two victories against Watford and Wolves in the run. However, the draw had them overtaken by Newcastle and they slipped back in to the relegation zone where the sit in the 18th with one point adrift of safety.
Dean Smith’s men will now be looking to continue their unbeaten run as they aim at climbing back out of the drop zone but their chances are slim as they face a daunting task in Saturday against the champions.
Meanwhile Manchester City beat Brentford 2-0 in their midweek league fixture at Etihad with goals from Riyad Mahrez and Kevin De Bruyne sealing the deal for Pep Guardiola’s troops. The result saw hem bounce back from their 1-1 draw against Southampton in the Premier League while it saw the Citizens triumph in 13 of their last 14 top flight outings 9in the process.
City still lead the Premier League with nine points, however they must ensure that they do no rest in their laurels given that second-placed Liverpool have played a game less and seem to be ready to give their all in the title race.
Therefore, City will looking to bag another positive result in the Saturday’s fixture and will be confident as they have beaten Norwich a couple of 5-0s in their last two encounters.
Norwich vs Man City head to head
Both sides have met in 27 encounters since 1993 with Ma City claiming 14 victories while Norwich have claimed five victories and there have been eight draws.
- Man City 5-0 Norwich 21/08/21
- Man City 5-0 Norwich 26/07/20
- Norwich 3-2 Man City 14/09/19
- Norwich 0-0 Man City 12/03/16
- Norwich 0-3 Man City 09/01/16
Home
- Norwich 1-1 Palace
- Wolves 0-1 Norwich
- Watford 0-3 Norwich
- Norwich 2-1 Everton
- West Ham 2-0 Norwich
Away
- Man City 2-0 Brentford
- Man City 4-1 Fulham
- Southampton 1-1 Man City
- Man City 1-0 Chelsea
- Swindon 1-4 Man City
Norwich team news
Norwich will be without Lukas Rupp, Tim Krul, Jacob Sorensen and Andrew Omobamidele due to injuries while Joshua Sargent and Ozan kabak are doubts.
Man City team news
City only have Gabriel Jesus and Cole Palmer as the only fitness issues.
Prediction and odds
- Man City win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both sides to score
