In a weekend match in week 18, on Sat Oct 29th, Norwich City hosts Stoke City at Carrow Road in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Championship teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which is great football weather. Norwich City sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Burnley. Jay Rodriguez scored the first goal for Burnley in the 82nd minute on a penalty kick, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Norwich City couldn’t muster any offence and Burnley ran away with the shutout win. Norwich City is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while stoke City sits at 17th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Coventry City. Jamie Allen struck first for Coventry City in the 51st minute on a feed from Gustavo Hamer, then Gustavo Hamer added another in the 65th minute on a feed from Kasey Palmer In the end, Stoke City was frustrated by Coventry City’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Coventry City ended the match with the shutout victory. Stoke City is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Liam Delap has been the most effective weapon for Stoke City lately. The English midfielder has netted 2 goals in his last 5 matches. Both Josh Sargent and Teemu Pukki have been the hottest scorers for Norwich City in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals.