Swansea vs Norwich prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2023-10-03 18:45.
Swansea City’s 3-0 success at Millwall on Saturday secured their first away win of the season and consecutive victories with the same scoreline. Accumulating seven points from the three games since their 2-0 Welsh derby defeat to Cardiff has understandably led to coach Michael Duff praising his team’s “brilliant” reaction, although they remain just marginally above the bottom three ahead of this round.
Coincidentally, the Swans also won their last league game against Norwich City with that same 3-0 scoreline, which now gives them a chance to post consecutive H2H wins for the first time since April 2009. Playing in front of their home fans could hand the hosts a further advantage as they’ve lost just one of their last nine home league games (W5, D3).
That’ll concern Norwich who have been struggling recently but did at least end a run of three straight competitive defeats with a 2-0 win over Birmingham City on Saturday. Head coach David Wagner stated he “couldn’t be happier” with the way his team played in that game, and the result has helped them keep in touch with the play-off places, coming into the round outside of the top six by virtue of goal difference alone.
The boost in confidence they’ve had from Saturday’s win has come at the right time for Norwich who are at risk of losing a third successive Championship away game for the first time since December 2017. Manager Wagner will also have a personal score of his own to settle against the Swans given he has never masterminded a personal H2H win (D1, L2), with his side failing to even score in any of those games.
Players to watch: Having netted last weekend, Matt Grimes is now looking to score in consecutive Championship games for the first time in his Swansea career. A goal from Jonathan Rowe could be a sign of an exciting game as his last two away league goals have come in matches where Norwich netted four.
Hot stat: Four of Swansea’s last five Championship matches have seen the match opener arrive within the first half-hour.