Norwich vs Sheffield Wed prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2023-12-12 19:45.
Norwich missed the chance to further close the gap on the Championship play-off spots at the weekend as they were held to a 0-0 home draw by Preston. Another opportunity for a Carrow Road victory presents itself against Sheffield Wednesday, with Norwich gunning for a third successive Championship home clean sheet for the first time since March 2021.
The Canaries’ home games have actually gone from one extreme to the other lately, with their last two witnessing just one goal, while the three prior saw a whopping 12 netted. That’s perhaps something to do with the building pressure on boss David Wagner, who despite overseeing a run of just one defeat in five league games (W3, D1) is a man still being scrutinised by the Norwich fans.
One man who’s certainly finding his feet in the managerial world is Sheffield Wednesday's Danny Röhl, who is quite literally on a roll on the back of three Championship games unbeaten (W2, D1). The latest of those victories came at the weekend, as the Owls struck in injury time to leave Stoke with a 1-0 win – their first away triumph of the league season (W1, D1, L8).
Following that up with another win seems a tall order, not least because Wednesday haven’t won back-to-back Championship away games since September 2019. You’d have to go back another ten years to April 2009 to find the last time they won on Norwich soil (D2, L3 since), while a further psychological stumbling block comes in the form of their 13 match winless run in Wednesday-held Championship games (D4, L9).
Players to watch: Norwich’s Ashley Barnes awaits his first strike since his return from injury, and a goal from him may be a good omen as he hasn’t been on the losing side in a scoring appearance since August 2019 (W13, D4). Anthony Musaba was Sheffield Wednesday’s hero at Stoke, netting his third goal of the season, all of which opened the scoring.
Hot stat: There have only been three goals scored across the opening 40 minutes of Sheffield Wednesday’s away league games this term.