The English Premier League has already reached its 28th round. This time, at an unusual time on Friday, an interesting match awaits between two teams of different strengths. Norwich occupies the last place in the standings and has little chance of fighting for survival in the league. Meanwhile, Leicester is currently in 3rd place.
Norwich
This season, the team started quite positively. Norwich star Pukki was scoring goals one after another, and sometimes they managed to earn points. However, in the later stage of the season, the team's performance curve dropped significantly. No matter who they played against, it has been particularly difficult to earn points.
Currently, they have 18 points and are 7 points away from the safe 17th place. It might not be impossible to regain 7 points in 11 matches. However, it is worth remembering that the stronger teams ahead of Norwich, such as Watford, West Ham, Aston Villa, or Bournemouth, are also fighting for survival.
Norwich has lost 6 of their last 10 home games. In these matches, they will be without Byram, Klose, and probably Hernandez and Zimmermann. It is worth mentioning that in those last 10 matches, the team conceded 20 goals and scored only 10.
Leicester
This team is once again surprising the entire football world. Essentially without mega stars, Leicester competes on equal terms with all opponents. Currently, they hold 3rd place with 50 points. But this match could be crucial and determine how the rest of the season unfolds.
They are 7 points behind second place, while leading third place by 6 points. In case of a victory, they would still have a chance to fight for second place. Meanwhile, if they lose, they would likely have to get involved in the fight for 3rd-5th places.
The last few matches for Leicester have been quite unsuccessful. They drew with Chelsea and Wolves and lost 1-0 to Man City. However, even in those matches, the team we are discussing played well. Overall, Leicester scored more than 2 goals in 6 of their last 9 away matches. The teams' H2H is also in Leicester's favor, having won 3 of the last 4 matches. In this match, we will not see Amartey, Mendy, and Ndidi.
Choice
So, although points are especially needed for both teams, in this case, one team is superior to the other. Leicester's game this season is very good, while Norwich looks particularly poor. Knowing how poor Norwich's defense is and how well Leicester attacks, it would be strange if Leicester did not manage to score at least a few times. We predict that Leicester will prove their superiority over Norwich here, for whom relegation to a lower league is almost inevitable.
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