Burnley to ignite relegation battle at Carrow Road
Norwich City’s last chance to build a survival bid in the Premier League takes place this Sunday.
The Canaries have been pitiful in their attempt to stay up in the top-flight again, and they welcome a Burnley side sitting in 18th place to Carrow Road.
The Clarets beat Everton 3-2 in midweek, dragging Frank Lampard’s men to within a point of the drop zone with Maxwel Cornet scoring a crucial late winner.
Sean Dyche’s men have been improving quietly for some months now and they could catch the Toffees in the coming weeks, acting as the chasers in a very exciting battle for survival.
Process
Norwich have scored just 18 goals from 30 games this season, horrible reading, and three of those goals came in a 3-0 win at Watford.
The Canaries have conceded 63 from 64.5 expected goals (xG) against at an average of 2.15 xGA per game.
Norwich have a significant advantage in terms of recovery time, after earning a goalless draw at Brighton and Hove Albion last weekend.
However, in my angle that does not matter too much, because I believe that Norwich are comfortably the worst team in the division, not a controversial statement at all.
Burnley will sense the opportunity to climb out of the bottom three and Dyche may even go slightly more attacking in this encounter.
Burnley have been much better performance data wise all season long, and will be riding the wave of their dramatic win over Everton when they arrive at Carrow Road.
Goals?
Norwich have been a little more dangerous in front of goal of late, but rarely notching multiple times, an outright play is more enticing in this fixture.
Norwich have scored in seven of ten.
Norwich have conceded in eight of ten.
Norwich have seen both teams score in six of ten.
Norwich have seen over 2.5 goals in six of ten.
Burnley have scored in five of ten.
Burnley have conceded in eight of ten.
Burnley have seen both teams score in three of ten.
Burnley have seen over 2.5 goals in three of ten.
This is an enormous opportunity for the Clarets to ignite the relegation battle.
Post bet chat Marcus's Tips:
A week to forget and a disappointing result in the relegation battle with Everton winning.