Norwich City and Arsenal are going to play on Sunday the 26th of December at 3:00 pm in the 19th week of the Premier League. The match will be played in Norwich at the Carrow Road. The referee will be Graham Scott.
Norwich City occupies the 20th position in the league with 10 points. It comes from a 0-1 loss against Manchester United in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won twice, draw 4 times, and lost 10 times.
Arsenal is in the 4th position in the league with 32 points. It comes from a 1-4 win against Leeds United in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 10 times, drawn twice, and lost 6 times.
Arsenal won the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 6th of December against Everton and the score was 2-1.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Norwich City
Norwich City has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 43.75%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (7 times), 5-3-2 (4 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 4-2-3-1 (once), 4-4-2 (once) and 3-5-2 (once).
Dean Smith is expected to play against Arsenal with the following players: T. Krul, B. Williams, B. Gibson, M. Aarons, K. McLean, B. Gilmour, P. Płacheta and T. Pukki.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Norwich City would be 25.75.
There are doubts about the presence of O. Kabak, P. Lees Melou and J. Sargent.
Dean Smith will probably not be able to employ L. Rupp and C. Tzolis because of injury.
G. Hanley, A. Omobamidele, C. Zimmermann, M. Antonsen Normann and M. Rashica will definitely miss the match.
Arsenal
Arsenal has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (8 times or 44.44%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (8 times), 4-4-1-1 (7 times), 4-4-2 (once), 4-1-4-1 (once) and 5-4-1 (once).
Mikel Arteta Amatriain is expected to play against Norwich City with the following players: A. Ramsdale, K. Tierney, G. dos Santos Magalhães, B. White, G. Martinelli Silva, G. Xhaka, T. Partey, B. Saka, M. Ødegaard and A. Lacazette.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Arsenal would be 24.50.
There are doubts about the presence of T. Tomiyasu.
Mikel Arteta Amatriain will probably not be able to employ A. Maitland-Niles and P. Aubameyang because of injury.
C. Chambers, S. Kolašinac, P. Marí Villar and A. Sambi Lokonga will definitely miss the match.