In this week 14 match, on Sat Oct 8th, Norwich City plays host to Preston North End in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Championship teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, Norwich City recorded a 1-1 draw against Reading. Grant Hanley struck first for Norwich City in the 50th minute on a feed from Josh Sargent, but Jeff Hendrick got the equalizer for Reading in the 60th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Reading. Norwich City looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches, while preston North End sits at 15th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Sunderland. Neither Sunderland nor Preston North End could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 16 and 8 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Preston North End is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
On the 4th of January, Preston North End hosted Norwich City in their last match together. Norwich City won by a score of 4 to 2 in front of a crowd of almost eight thousand fans. Adam Idah scored the first goal for Norwich City in the 2nd minute, then Onel Hernández added another in the 28th minute.
Preston North End hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Emil Riis and Jordan Storey, and they each have 1 goal. Teemu Pukki has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored four goals for Norwich City.