Manchester United vs Norwich Prediction & Betting Tips - Premier League

Prediction published on 13/04/2022, 22:50  by Daniel Ngulu in Premier League Predictions

Manchester United have another chance to put their shaky season in order when they host Norwich City in the Premier League. The home team is placed seventh in the league standings with 51 points and Norwich are bottom on 21 points. The two sides face off on the back of contrasting results in their last outings. Manchester United suffered a 1-0 loss at Everton, further denting their chances of playing in the Champions League next season. Generally, it has been a bad season for United, who have been forced to change managers, and here they come with just one win in their last seven matches. They’ve lost three times in the last five matches and have managed just two clean sheets in the last 10 matches. Poor as they’ve been, United will still be favorites here, having beaten Norwich in each of their last five meetings. The home team’s situation is not eased by a growing injury list; they have Scott McTominay, Raphael Varane, Luke Shaw and Edison Cavani all out injured.

Norwich are coming from a rare win; they beat Burnley 2-0 at home in their last game, and in the process also kept a second straight clean sheet after earlier drawing 0-0 with Brighton. Those are the only clean sheets they’ve managed in the last 10 games and ahead of this game, they have seven losses in 10 matches. The win over Burnley was their first in 10 games and they’ve also had defensive issues, just like Manchester United. Norwich have only done better than Leeds United defensively this season; they’ve conceded 63 goals in 31 games and only scored 20. In their last five matches, both teams have managed to score in three. They go into this game seven points below safety, and it is worsened by the fact that they have played a game more than Everton, the 17th placed team. Norwich aren’t on a very encouraging away run either; they have lost four of the five away games ahead of this, keeping just one clean sheet. In those five away matches, they’ve failed to score in two but have conceded two or more in four.