Manchester City vs NorwichPrediction, probable lineups, recent form & season stats

Manchester City arrive at the Etihad Stadium on the back of five outings that read four wins and one defeat. The most recent is the 2-0 won at FC Porto; before that came the 1-0 at home to Coventry and the 4-1 at Crystal Palace, and further back the 2-1 home win over Bournemouth. The slip is the 0-3 lost at Arsenal, the oldest of the five. Norwich turn up with four wins in their last five: 2-1 at home to Birmingham in the latest round, 3-1 at Sheffield Utd before that and, further back, the 4-1 home win over Burnley and the 2-1 at Cardiff. In between sits the only defeat, 0-1 at Stoke City. The recent head-to-heads lean towards Manchester City: 4-0 at Norwich in February 2022 and, before that, two 5-0 wins at the Etihad, in August 2021 and July 2020. Further back Norwich had won 3-2 in front of their own crowd in September 2019, while in March 2016, again at Norwich, the game finished 0-0. The prediction may change in the hours before kick-off. Confirmed line-ups, late injuries, suspensions, rotation ahead of other fixtures and the state of the pitch and the weather can all alter the picture described above. In those cases the selection may be reviewed and updated within 12 to 24 hours of the match: this happens rarely, but when it does, the version published on this page is always the current one. The data and assessments here are provided for information and statistical purposes.