Norwich City FC vs Preston North End FC, Championship 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2023-24

Norwich City FC

0 – 0

Full Time

Preston North End FC

Sat 9 Dec 2023 · 15:00 UTC Carrow Road HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 76' Ched Evans

Y 80' Jordan Storey

Overview

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Norwich City FC vs Preston North End FC — Championship at Carrow Road.

Norwich City FC 8 games · 9 pts (2026/27)
Preston North End FC 8 games · 4 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Oliver Langford
Assistant 1 Hristo Karaivanov
Assistant 2 Abbas Khan

4 games this season 🟨 3.3/game ⚽ 6.5 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Swansea City AFC	8	17
2	West Ham United FC	8	15
3	Middlesbrough FC	8	15
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	7	14
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	8	14
6	Queens Park Rangers FC	8	13
7	Stoke City FC	8	13
8	Bristol City FC	8	13
9	Charlton Athletic FC	8	12
10	Birmingham City FC	8	11
11	Millwall FC	8	11
12	Lincoln City FC	8	11
13	Southampton FC	8	10
14	Wrexham AFC	8	10
15	Bolton Wanderers FC	8	10
16	Blackburn Rovers FC	8	9
17	Norwich City FC	8	9
18	Sheffield United FC	8	9
19	Portsmouth FC	7	8
20	Watford FC	8	8
21	Cardiff City FC	8	7
22	Derby County FC	8	5
23	Preston North End FC	8	4
24	Burnley FC	8	4

Head-to-Head

Norwich City FC 12 games · Avg 2.6 goals Preston North End FC

Last 5 meetings

2023-12-09 Norwich City FC 0–0 Preston North End FC 2023-01-14 Preston North End FC 0–4 Norwich City FC 2022-10-08 Norwich City FC 2–3 Preston North End FC 2021-04-02 Preston North End FC 1–1 Norwich City FC 2020-09-19 Norwich City FC 2–2 Preston North End FC

Recent Form

Norwich City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Dec	Preston North End FC	H	0–0	D
03 Dec	Bristol City FC	A	2–1	W
28 Nov	Watford FC	A	2–3	L
25 Nov	Queens Park Rangers FC	H	1–0	W
11 Nov	Cardiff City FC	A	3–2	W
05 Nov	Blackburn Rovers FC	H	1–3	L

Preston North End FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Dec	Norwich City FC	A	0–0	D
01 Dec	Queens Park Rangers FC	H	0–2	L
28 Nov	Middlesbrough FC	A	0–4	L
25 Nov	Cardiff City FC	H	1–2	L
10 Nov	Blackburn Rovers FC	A	2–1	W
04 Nov	Coventry City FC	H	3–2	W

Season Stats

Norwich City FC		Preston North End FC
#17	Position	#23
9	Points	4
8	Played	8
3 / 0 / 5	W / D / L	1 / 1 / 6
16	Scored	8
17	Conceded	15
-1	GD	-7
1.13	PPG	0.50
38%	Win %	13%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

42% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Norwich City FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Preston North End FC this season

Norwich City FC are 17th (9 pts). Preston North End FC are 23rd (4 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Norwich City FC

0-15

5/4

16-30

3/3

31-45

2/2

46-60

–/2

61-75

5/3

76+

1/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Preston North End FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

2/1

31-45

–/–

46-60

1/1

61-75

–/3

76+

2/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Norwich City FC

Mohamed Toure	5 G
Andre Brooks	2 G	2 A
Mathias Kvistgaarden	2 G	1 A

Preston North End FC

Callum Lang	3 G
Jordan Thompson	1 G
Jusef Erabi	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at Carrow Road. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Norwich City FC and Preston North End FC.
5' Alan Browne has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
10' It looks like no one’s ball. Preston North End FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
15' It’s high time David Wagner made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
20' Preston North End FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
25' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 25 minutes.
30' Norwich City FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Preston North End FC backline.
35' It is a cagey affair so far. Norwich City FC in their 4-2-3-1 trying to find a way past Preston North End FC's compact 4-2-3-1.
40' The travelling Preston North End FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
45' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Norwich City FC that had 372 games and scored 465 goals.
50' The 31-year-old Duane Holmes has been sensational this season — 1 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
55' Liam Gibbs gets the nod from Norwich City FC. He replaces Ashley Barnes and will look to change the dynamic.
60' Dimitris Giannoulis, a Greece defender, has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
63' The crowd applauds Liam Millar as he leaves the pitch. Duane Holmes steps in for Preston North End FC.
68' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Preston North End FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
72' Fresh legs for Norwich City FC! Borja Sainz comes on to replace Onel Hernandez.
76' The referee shows Preston North End FC player a Yellow card on 76.
80' Jordan Storey is having his name booked by the referee on 80.
81' Time for substitution for Norwich City FC. Dimitris Giannoulis is replaced by Przemyslaw Placheta.
86' Preston North End FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
88' Ryan Ledson has so much to prove this time. He replaces Alistair McCann on 88 minute.
celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Norwich City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

10
Ashley Barnes ↓ Liam Gibbs 55'
28
Angus Gunn
24
Shane Duffy
25
Onel Hernandez ↓ Borja Sainz 72'
23
Kenny McLean
3
Jack Stacey ↓ Kellen Fisher 72'
16
Christian Fassnacht ↓ Jonathan Rowe 55'
30
Dimitris Giannoulis ↓ Przemyslaw Placheta 81'
11
Adam Idah
17
Gabriel Sara
26
Marcelino Nunez

Bench

21
Danny Batth
12
George Long
29
Adam Forshaw
15
Sam McCallum
7
Borja Sainz ↑ 72'
20
Przemyslaw Placheta ↑ 81'
8
Liam Gibbs ↑ 55'
27
Jonathan Rowe ↑ 55'
35
Kellen Fisher ↑ 72'

Coach David Wagner

Preston North End FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ryan Lowe

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Teemu Pukki	5
Gabriel Sara	2
Emil Riis Jakobsen	2
Kieran Dowell	2
Emiliano Buendia	1
Milutin Osmajic	1
Alexander Tettey	1
Brad Potts	1

Head to Head

Norwich City FC Form

2023-12-09 Norwich City FC 0–0 Preston North End FC D 2023-12-03 Bristol City FC 1–2 Norwich City FC W 2023-11-28 Watford FC 3–2 Norwich City FC L 2023-11-25 Norwich City FC 1–0 Queens Park Rangers FC W 2023-11-11 Cardiff City FC 2–3 Norwich City FC W 2023-11-05 Norwich City FC 1–3 Blackburn Rovers FC L

Preston North End FC Form

2023-12-09 Norwich City FC 0–0 Preston North End FC D 2023-12-01 Preston North End FC 0–2 Queens Park Rangers FC L 2023-11-28 Middlesbrough FC 4–0 Preston North End FC L 2023-11-25 Preston North End FC 1–2 Cardiff City FC L 2023-11-10 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–2 Preston North End FC W 2023-11-04 Preston North End FC 3–2 Coventry City FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

0 / 4

2.17 Norwich City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.12 Preston North End FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 63% + Both teams to score 60%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Norwich City FC57% Draw23% Preston North End FC20%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.29

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	63%	37%
± 3.5	41%	59%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

Norwich City FC or Draw

80%

Draw or Preston North End FC

43%

Norwich City FC or Preston North End FC

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Norwich City FC44% Draw40% Preston North End FC16%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.9%

2 – 1

9.5%

2 – 0

8.7%

1 – 0

7.5%

3 – 1

6.8%

3 – 0

6.1%

2 – 2

5.3%

0 – 0

Actual

1 – 2

4.9%

3 – 2

3.9%

4 – 1

3.8%

0 – 1

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Norwich City FC

Handicap	Norwich City FC covers	Push	Preston North End FC covers
-2.5	20%	—	80%
-2	20%	18%	62%
-1.5	38%	—	62%
-1	38%	22%	40%
-0.5	60%	—	40%
+0.5	82%	—	18%
+1	82%	11%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Norwich City FC keeps clean sheet

33% ✗

Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet

12% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.