Manchester City vs Norwich City Premier League Match Preview or Key Statistics
📊Manchester City have won three of their last four home league games against Norwich (L1), netting 16 goals in total across these matches.
📊Norwich won the reverse fixture against Man City 3-2 in September – they’ve not done the league double against them since 1964-65 in the second tier, while the only reigning top-flight champion they’ve achieved this against was Liverpool in 1982-83.
📊Of all the Premier League fixtures to have been played at least 10 times since the year 2000, Man City v Norwich has the highest goals-per-game ratio (4.27 – 47 in 11 games).
📊Man City have lost just one of their last 11 closing day Premier League games (W8 D2), with that defeat coming at home to Norwich in 2012-13 – a season they were the reigning champions but had lost their title.
📊Excluding play-offs, Norwich have alternated between victory and defeat in their last seven final league games of a season (W4 L3), winning 2-1 against Aston Villa in the Championship last season.
📊Norwich have lost all 26 Premier League games in which they’ve fallen behind this season – they could become the first team in Premier League history to fail to recover a single point from a losing position in a whole season.
📊Norwich have only scored seven away Premier League goals this season – no side has ever scored as few across an entire season in the competition. The last team to score as few goals away from home in a top-flight season were Stoke City in 1984-85 (6), who finished bottom.
📊Manchester City have scored 97 goals in the Premier League this season, and could net 100 in a season for the third time in the competition (also 2013-14 and 2017-18).
📊Raheem Sterling has scored 19 Premier League goals this season. He could become the first Englishman to net 20 in a top-flight campaign for Man City since Brian Kidd in 1976-77 (21).
📊Man City’s Kevin De Bruyne has 19 Premier League assists this season, and could become only the second player to reach 20 in a single campaign in the competition after Thierry Henry in 2002-03. Henry provided three assists for second placed Arsenal against bottom side Sunderland on the final day in that campaign.
🗓️ Sunday, 26 July 2020
⌚ 8:00 pm GMT+5
🏆 Premier League Round 38
👕 Craig Pawson
🏟️ Etihad Stadium, Manchester
📊Manchester City have won three of their last four home league games against Norwich (L1), netting 16 goals in total across these matches.
📊Norwich won the reverse fixture against Man City 3-2 in September – they’ve not done the league double against them since 1964-65 in the second tier, while the only reigning top-flight champion they’ve achieved this against was Liverpool in 1982-83.
📊Of all the Premier League fixtures to have been played at least 10 times since the year 2000, Man City v Norwich has the highest goals-per-game ratio (4.27 – 47 in 11 games).
📊Man City have lost just one of their last 11 closing day Premier League games (W8 D2), with that defeat coming at home to Norwich in 2012-13 – a season they were the reigning champions but had lost their title.
📊Excluding play-offs, Norwich have alternated between victory and defeat in their last seven final league games of a season (W4 L3), winning 2-1 against Aston Villa in the Championship last season.
📊Norwich have lost all 26 Premier League games in which they’ve fallen behind this season – they could become the first team in Premier League history to fail to recover a single point from a losing position in a whole season.
📊Norwich have only scored seven away Premier League goals this season – no side has ever scored as few across an entire season in the competition. The last team to score as few goals away from home in a top-flight season were Stoke City in 1984-85 (6), who finished bottom.
📊Manchester City have scored 97 goals in the Premier League this season, and could net 100 in a season for the third time in the competition (also 2013-14 and 2017-18).
📊Raheem Sterling has scored 19 Premier League goals this season. He could become the first Englishman to net 20 in a top-flight campaign for Man City since Brian Kidd in 1976-77 (21).
📊Man City’s Kevin De Bruyne has 19 Premier League assists this season, and could become only the second player to reach 20 in a single campaign in the competition after Thierry Henry in 2002-03. Henry provided three assists for second placed Arsenal against bottom side Sunderland on the final day in that campaign.
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