Norwich vs West BromPrediction, probable lineups, recent form & season stats

Championship opening day at Carrow Road, with two sides arriving from different seasons. Norwich cleared 1.5 in all ten of their home games, scoring 1.5 a match and conceding 0.9 while taking two points a game. West Bromwich built their season on solidity away from home: 1.1 goals conceded a trip, a clean sheet in 39% of them and only 36% of those games passing 2.5. Two different ways of staying in a game Norwich in front of their own crowd are a forward side, with the attack ticking over and 61% of home games seeing both teams score. West Brom rely on control: their last six trips finished 1-2 at Sheffield Wednesday, 2-0 at Preston, 0-0 at Blackburn, 1-0 at Bristol City, 1-1 at Sheffield United and 1-2 at Oxford. Four times in six they conceded at most one. What the recent record says The six previous meetings finished 3-1, 0-5, 0-1, 1-0, 2-2 and 2-0, with West Brom capable of winning heavily at Norwich. This fixture has rarely been settled by a wide margin, and opening day adds the usual early-season unpredictability. The verdict: the call lands if West Bromwich win or draw. The visitors carry the better away defence of the two and have lost only twice in their last six trips, both narrowly. Norwich's home record remains the strongest single number in the fixture. I read it around 56%. My take: an even game, with West Brom well able to stay in it away from home.