Sheffield Wednesday vs Norwich City Match Analysis & Prediction
09/04/2024 9:45 pm
Sheffield Wednesday will play host to Norwich City at Hillsborough on Tuesday night for a game with major consequences at both ends of the Championship table in the final run-in.
The hosts moved within a point of safety with a crucial return to winning ways at the weekend, while the visitors maintained a lead over the chasing pack in the playoff race with a three-point haul of their own.
Quickly running out of games to bridge the three-point gap to safety, Sheffield Wednesday most recently travelled to face a resurgent 17th-placed Queens Park Rangers on Saturday, and they were able to bounce back to winning ways in the capital, eventually winning 2-0 as Djeidi Gassama broke the deadlock on the hour mark and Anthony Musaba added a second in injury time.
Now sitting just a point adrfit of safety with five matches left to play thanks to that result at the weekend, Danny Rohl’s side will certainly have a degree of optimism in their camp and will bid to finally escape the relegation zone with a second straight win on their return to South Yorkshire.
However, that will be no easy task as the visitors travel in fine form with the aim of strengthening their position in the top six in the final run-in.
Sitting four points ahead of seventh-placed Coventry City is heavily atrributed to their home form, though, with David Wagner’s side earning 47 of their 67 points at Carrow Road while only collecting 20 in 20 game on the road so far, winning just five times on their travels and falling to 10 defeats.
Norwich’s last away trip did end in defeat on Easter Monday, as Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Stephy Mavididi and Jamie Vardy fired Leicester City to a 3-1 victory at the King Power Stadium.
However, the Canaries were crucially able to bounce back on Saturday, hosting promotion-chasing Ipswich Town in an East Anglian Derby and winning 1-0 to stretch their 15-year unbeaten run over their rivals, as Marcelino Nunez scored the only goal of the game in the first half.
Now with renewed confidence from that derby win, but with little room for error in the playoff race given Coventry can narrow the gap to a single point should they win their game in hand, Norwich will visit Hillsborough with the aim of strengthening their spot in the top six with a second straight win and a fifth in a six-game span.
Sheffield Wednesday vs. Norwich City Head to head
In the 43 previous meetings between these two teams, Sheffield have claimed 15 victories while Norwich have won 16, and they have drawn in 12. Norwich have scored 59 goals and conceded 55 in the process.
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03/11/2018Sheffield Wednesday0Norwich City4Championship
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19/04/2019Norwich City2Sheffield Wednesday2Championship
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05/12/2020Norwich City2Sheffield Wednesday1Championship
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14/03/2021Sheffield Wednesday1Norwich City2Championship
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13/12/2023Norwich City3Sheffield Wednesday1Championship
Sheffield Wednesday Team News
Sheffield Wednesday have been boosted by several returns recently, with Josh Windass and Callum Paterson back in contention after injury layoffs.
However, Momo Diaby and Juan Delgado will remain sidelined while winger Ian Poveda was forced off in the first half of their trip to QPR and also faces a spell in the treatment room.
Sheffield Wednesday's Last 5 Matches
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08/03/2024Sheffield Wednesday0Leeds United2Championship
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16/03/2024Ipswich Town6Sheffield Wednesday0Championship
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29/03/2024Sheffield Wednesday1Swansea City1Championship
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01/04/2024Middlesbrough2Sheffield Wednesday0Championship
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06/04/2024Queens Park Rangers0Sheffield Wednesday2Championship
Norwich City Team News
Norwich may travel with an unchanged starting XI from their East Anglian Derby win on Saturday, with star winger Jonathan Rowe remaining sidelined by injury alongside Grant Hanley, Dimitrios Giannoulis, Jacob Sorensen and Onel Hernandez.
In a 4-2-3-1 formation, Joshua Sargent will continue to lead the line, having scored 14 goals in 21 Championship appearances so far this season.
Norwich City's Last 5 Matches
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09/03/2024Norwich City5Rotherham United0Championship
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16/03/2024Stoke City0Norwich City3Championship
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29/03/2024Norwich City2Plymouth Argyle1Championship
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01/04/2024Leicester City3Norwich City1Championship
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06/04/2024Norwich City1Ipswich Town0Championship
Sheffield Wednesday vs. Norwich City: Odds and Predictions
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