West Ham United vs Norwich City Match Analysis and Prediction

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Two teams will be returning to the Premier League action on Tuesday evening, when West Ham United will be hosting Norwich City.

Both teams booked their spots in round four of the FA Cup, with West Ham defeating Leeds United at the weekend, while Norwich took a 1-0 victory over Charlton Athletic.

Manuel Lanzini opened the scoring for David Moyes’ side in the first half, and a last-minute counter attack ended with Jarrod Bowen finishing to secure the result at the London Stadium.

That result marked West Ham’s third successive win in all competitions following successes over Watford and Crystal Palace.

West Ham will temporarily move above Arsenal into the Champions League spots with at least a point against Norwich, but according to the current standings, Tottenham Hotspur are only one point clear of the Hammers having two games in hand.

Moyes’ side have scored in all of their home games in the 2021-22 Premier League and will fancy their chances of keeping up that run.

Meanwhile, Norwich were not able to find their way against League One outfit Charlton Athletic in the FA Cup, until the introduction of Milot Rashica from the bench who scored the important winner in the 79th minute.

Norwich will hardly expect a shot at glory in the FA Cup, but that result should at least give them the much-needed confidence after a rough 2021 ended in the worst possible way for relegation candidates.

The Canaries suffered five successive Premier League defeats without scoring a single goal, and conceding 14, while their scheduled New Year’s Day fixture with Leicester City was postponed due to COVID-19.

Norwich are now one point behind Newcastle United at the bottom of the Premier League table and are three points adrift of safety having played an extra game than 17th-placed Burnley.

West Ham United vs Norwich City head to head

The pair have previously met on 41 occasions across all competitions, with West Ham taking 15 victories while Norwich have won 13, and they have drawn in 13. West ham have scored 54 goals and conceded 45. West Ham have won three and they have drawn in two of their last five enconters.

Norwich City 0-1 West Ham United 28/07/15

West Ham United 2-2 Norwich City 26/09/15

Norwich City 2-2 West Ham United 13/02/16

West Ham United 2-0 Norwich City 31/08/19

Norwich City 0-4 West Ham United 11/07/20

West Ham United latest home form

West Ham lost their last home league game 3-2 to Southampton, but they have been in good form at home, as that is the only loss in their last five league games. They won their last home game 2-0 against Leeds United in the FA Cup competition on January 9.

West Ham United 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion 01/12/21

West Ham United 3-2 Chelsea 04/12/21

West Ham United 0-1 Dinamo Zagreb 09/12/21

West Ham United 2-3 Southampton 26/12/21

West Ham United 2-0 Leeds United 09/01/22

West Ham United latest away form

Despite recently failing two get a victory in four successive away games, West Ham have recently shown some improvement in their results on the road. They won their last two away matches in the league. In their last five matches, they have won two, drawn one and lost two.

Burnley 0-0 West Ham United 12/12/21

Arsenal 2-0 West Ham United 15/12/21

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 West Ham United 22/12/21

Watford 1-4 West Ham United 28/12/21

Crystal Palace 2-3 West Ham United 01/01/22

Norwich City latest home form

Norwich have recently been on a poor run of form at home, as they failed to register any victory in their last four matches, drawing one and losing their last three. Their last home league victory came when they defeated Southampton 2-1. They lost 5-0 to Arsenal in their last.

Norwich City 2-1 Southampton 20/11/21

Norwich City 0-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 27/11/21

Norwich City 0-1 Manchester United 11/12/21

Norwich City 0-2 Aston Villa 14/12/21

Norwich City 0-5 Arsenal 26/12/21

Norwich City latest away form

Norwich won their last game on the road, defeating Charlton Athletic 1-0 in the FA Cup competition. However, they have not been on a good run of form in the league, having won just once in more than five league matches. They lost 3-0 to Crystal Palace in their last.

Brentford 1-2 Norwich City 06/11/21

Newcastle United 1-1 Norwich City 30/11/21

Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Norwich City 05/12/21

Crystal Palace 3-0 Norwich City 28/12/21

Charlton Athletic 0-1 Norwich City 09/01/22

West Ham United news

Angelo Ogbonna, Kurt Zouma and Aaron Creswell are all set to be absent, while attacker Said Benrahma is away with Algeria at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Arthur Masuaku and Ben Johnson should start in the full-back areas, while Nikola Vlasic prepares to make way for Pablo Fornals on the left.

Norwich City news

Norwich will be without Andrew Omobamidele, Lukas Rupp, Christoph Zimmermann and Mathias Normann who are injured, while Billy Gilmour will be sidelined with an ankle strain.

Max Aarons and Brandon Williams will be expected to return to the full-back areas, with Ozan Kabak likely to be benched by Ben Gibson.

Prediction and Odds

Norwich have been having difficulties at the front of the goal, failing to score in most of their fixture. Despite their struggle at times, West Ham have started the new year on positive, and could most probably have the confidence to keep that record of from running by winning again here.

Odds: 1 1.98 X 2.25 2 2.50