Preston North End vs Norwich City betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Championship match on October 22nd, 2024

A football match between Preston North End and Norwich City of the Championship will take place in England on Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024, at 18:45h (UTC), check the Preston North End vs Norwich City betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Preston North End vs Norwich City will occur

The game takes place in the small Deepdale stadium, in the city of Preston, with a capacity for 23408 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

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Introduction to the Preston North End vs Norwich City betting tip 2024/2025

The Championship has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.67 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.5 goals per match played.

Preston North End last match

Preston North End in its last official match drew (0-0) against Burnley, in a match valid for Championship. Coach P. Heckingbottom's lined up a 3-1-4-2 formation.

The draw (odd 3.50) turned out to be a good result, taking into account that the favoritism was on the other team's side.

Preston North End average performance has certainly not been brilliant. One of the few who made a difference is Emil Riis Jacobsen: well positioned on the field, with a well-tuned foot, he was instrumental to the team in saving the result.

Norwich City last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Championship, Norwich City, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Hull City team with a final score of 4-0.

Before the kick-off, the home win had odds of 2.00, which explains why it was considered to be a fairly close match.

Preston North End vs Norwich City h2h

When these teams last met at Championship, Preston North End was 8th place while Norwich City was in 6th place. Preston North End deployed in a 3-4-1-2 formation while Norwich City set up a 4-2-3-1 alignment.

The last time these two teams clashed was on 13-04-2024, in a match of the 2023/2024 season of the Championship, and the match ended with a 0-1 win for Norwich City.

The previous encounter between these teams saw them fighting hard to stay ahead.

The Norwich City team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 3 wins, compared to the Preston North End team, which won only 1 match.

Curiosity about previous games

The two teams had very different results in their previous games. While Norwich City thrashed in a game that was not expected to be so easy, against Hull City, Preston North End drew in a match against Burnley. Let's see how this previous result can interfere with the morale of the teams for this game.

The referee W. Finnie has been chosen to officiate the match while N. Lugg and B. Antrobus will support him from the sideline.

Preston North End

Championship leaderboard now

However, Preston North End enters this game with 9 points and ranking in 19th place in the Championship, the team has a negative balance of 4 lost games, won 2, and drawing in 3.

Millwall ranks just above, occupying 18th place in the 11th round, with the same number of points.

Preston North End analysis

Preston North End have a negative goal difference, having after 10 rounds conceded 12 goals to opponents and scored 7. An average to improve.

Recent performances have highlighted that Preston North End is having trouble generating goals, with a low number of goals for and a high number of failed to score matches. This suggests that the team is struggling to create quality chances and convert them into goals, indicating the need for improvement in their attacking play.

Preston North End has a ball possession percentage of 46.44% in the league. This indicates that it is not the kind of team that shows up on the field to create play. Fans hope that something will change for the next match against Norwich City and especially that the team will score more goals.

Best goalscorer from Preston North End

If we want to highlight a player from the team's attack at this stage, we have to name Milutin Osmajic. The Attacker scored 2 goals in the current season, helping Preston North End to achieve victory in several disputes.

Norwich City

Championship leaderboard now

Norwich City arrives in this game with 15 points, and in 7th place in the Championship, having won 4 games in total and lost twice, making a total of 3 draws.

Which means that Blackburn Rovers team, at position 8, is in close pursuit of the team, that has the same score number, in the 11th round.

Norwich City analysis

Currently, in the Championship, Norwich City sums 16 goals for and a total of 10 goals against, after 10 rounds played.

Norwich City average of shots on goal is certainly not the brightest, but that cannot be said about the accuracy of getting on goal. In fact, the team has shot 4 times on goal, but has a goal-scoring average of 1.78. Basically, for every 5 shots on goal, it scores 2 goals.

Norwich City is a more offensive team than Preston North End, having 778 attacks vs. 720 from Preston North End, having scored 16 times, in comparison, Preston North End converted into goal 7 times.

Best goalscorer from Norwich City

Borja Sainz has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 7 goals scored in the competition, the Attacker has been instrumental in leading Norwich City to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

Historical data: Norwich City

With 5 titles won in the tournament’s history the Norwich City team is one of the leading names in the competition. The team's record can influence the final result of the match and it would not be the first time that the team have managed to surprise their opponents with a victory at a time where they are in poor form.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

75-90 minutes into the game is a good time to bet with most goals being made in this period.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Preston North End 1 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Norwich City 1 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

At the bookmaker Bet365, the market of Total Goals Under 2.5 is with great odds.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One will find that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 4.28 corners per game, making this something to note in attempting to obtain good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Preston North End has an average of 2.9 yellow cards per game over the 10 rounds, while Norwich City has an average of 2.4. In other words, these teams together are averaging 5.8 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

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