On Sunday, from 16:00, Manchester City and Norwich meet in the last stage of the English championship. There is a huge difference in value between the two teams, and the “canaries” come to the Etihad without a series of important starters. City will finish 2nd this season and are approaching the game relaxed, rather with the UCL duel with Real Madrid in mind.
The problem of the winner in this unbalanced match should not be raised. Manchester City have the whole team, except Aguero, while Norwich cannot count on Buendia, Byram, Drmic, Hanley and Leitner. The first is suspended, and the rest have medical problems. In the championship, Manchester City accumulated 25 victories in 37 stages, but it was not enough for the 1st place, given that Liverpool went flawlessly. Norwich is the last in the hierarchy.
The “Canaries” are on the 20th place with a goal difference of 26-70 and have had failures on the line for a long time now. Even so, Daniel Farke’s team comes to play their chances to the end and hopes for a prestigious result with Manchester City, even if all the statistics should be on the side of the “citizens”: possession, sutures, corners and goals. In the last 4 stages, City won easily each time, with Newcastle (5-0), Brighton (5-0), Bournemouth (2-1) and Watford (4-0).
Norwich comes after failures with Brighton (0-1), Watford (1-2), West Ham (0-4), Chelsea (0-1) and Burnley (0-2), thus having only one goal scored in the last 5 stages. Surprisingly, Norwich won the round, on Carrow Road, score 3-2, and City has only 3 victories in the last 7 direct duels. But there is no room for a new shock and we anticipate a comfortable success of Pep’s band.
Man. City: Ederson – Cancelo, Fernandinho, Laporte, Mendy – De Bruyne, Gundogan, B. Silva – Foden, Jesus, Sterling
Coach: Pep Guardiola
Norwich: Krul – Aarons, Famewo, Godfrey, Lewis – Vrancic, McLean – Cantwell, Stiepermann, Hernandez – Pukki
Coach: Daniel Farke
43 goals were scored in the last 10 direct duels of the two teams;
Norwich have lost their last 10 consecutive matches in all competitions;
22 games have passed since the last draw recorded by Manchester City;
Manchester City has 14 wins and only two home defeats this season;
Norwich is the team with the fewest away successes this season – just one;
PREDICTION: Over 3,5 goals @ 1,53
