Norwich City and Newcastle United will clash on Saturday the 23rd of April at 3:00 pm in the 34th week of the Premier League. The match is going to take place in Norwich at the Carrow Road. The chosen referee is Chris Kavanagh.
Norwich City is in the 20th place in the league with 21 points. It comes from a 3-2 loss against Manchester United in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 5 times, draw 6 times, and lost 20 times.
Newcastle United sits in the 11th position in the league with 40 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against Crystal Palace in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 10 times, draw 10 times, and lost 13 times.
Newcastle United won the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 3rd of April against Tottenham Hotspur and the score was 5-1.
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 (10 times or 32.26%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (10 times), 4-2-3-1 (7 times), 5-3-2 (5 times), 4-4-2 (4 times), 4-1-4-1 (3 times), 4-3-1-2 (once) and 3-5-2 (once).
Dean Smith is expected to play against Newcastle United with the following players: T. Krul, D. Giannoulis, G. Hanley, B. Gibson, S. Byram, B. Gilmour, M. Antonsen Normann, P. Lees Melou, K. Dowell, M. Rashica and T. Pukki.
Granting that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Norwich City would be 28.09.
Dean Smith will probably not be able to employ K. McLean because of injury.
O. Kabak, A. Omobamidele, L. Rupp, A. Idah and J. Sargent will definitely miss the match.
Newcastle United
Newcastle United has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (13 times or 39.39%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (13 times), 5-4-1 (4 times), 4-4-2 (4 times), 5-3-2 (4 times), 4-5-1 (3 times), 4-1-4-1 (3 times), 3-4-3 (once) and 3-5-2 (once).
Eddie Howe is expected to play against Norwich City with the following players: M. Dúbravka, F. Woodman, F. Schär, E. Krafth, M. Ritchie, R. Fraser, J. Apolinário de Lira, J. Shelvey, B. Guimarães Rodriguez Moura, M. Almirón Rejala and A. Saint-Maximin.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Newcastle United would be 28.36.
C. Clark, J. Lewis, K. Trippier, I. Hayden and C. Wilson will definitely miss the match.
