In this week 38 match on Mar 18th, Stoke City and Norwich City will play a match in Stoke in a meeting of these two mismatched Championship teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Stoke City recorded a 1-1 draw against Middlesbrough. Chuba Akpom struck first for Middlesbrough in the 23rd minute on a feed from Riley McGree, then Ki-Jana Hoever tied it up for Stoke City in the 45th minute earning Stoke City a comeback draw. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Stoke City should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Norwich City recorded a 1-1 draw against Huddersfield Town. Gabriel struck first for Norwich City in the 26th minute on a feed from Adam Idah, then Grant Hanley tied it up for Huddersfield Town on an own goal in the 65th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Huddersfield Town. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Norwich City should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Stoke City and Norwich City last played eachother at the Carrow Road on the 29th of October. Norwich City was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Aaron Ramsey struck first for Norwich City in the 38th minute, then Aaron Ramsey added another in the 71st minute on a feed from Teemu Pukki.
Gabriel has been the most prolific scorer on Norwich City in his last five matches with three goals. Both Tyrese Campbell and Ki-Jana Hoever have been the hottest scorers for Stoke City in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals.