Norwich vs Leeds prediction: ENGLAND: Championship – Play Offs betting tips on match 2024-05-11 11:00.
[p]As the dust settles after a gruelling Championship season, Norwich are one of four sides dreaming of a return to the Premier League via the Championship play-offs. The Canaries ended up finishing in sixth after a final day defeat to Birmingham left them winless in three games (D2, L1), with boss David Wagner’s “who cares?” response to their despondent final day performance stirring intense debate around momentum ahead of the play-offs.[/p]
[p]Regaining that momentum against Leeds will be no easy task for Wagner’s men, who have failed to win in six of the last seven competitive home H2Hs (D2, L4). This is Norwich’s third appearance in the second-tier play-offs and despite losing their maiden try back in 2002, fans only need cast their mind back to 2015 when they defeated their now top-flight rivals Ipswich in a 4-2 aggregate victory before denying Middlesbrough’s dreams in the final. In a further positive omen, Wagner himself has also won the Championship play-offs, doing so in 2016/17 whilst in charge of Huddersfield.[/p]
[p]There are no such happy memories for Leeds fans after reaching the Football League play-offs on five previous occasions, yet never earning promotion through this route. Daniel Farke’s third-placed side have no one to blame but themselves for their spot here after a run of five winless games across the last six rounds (D1, L4) saw them sabotage what looked at one stage would be automatic promotion.[/p]
[p]Managing Norwich between 2017 and 2021, Farke maintained that his side are “full of potential” despite their recent woes, and they’ll hope to realise some of that potential as they eye what would be the first five-game winning run against Norwich in this fixture’s 89-year history. The Yorkshire outfit will likely need their attack in full flow then, as they travel here after conceding 11 goals across their last four away games at an average of 2.75 per match. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Gabriel Sara put Norwich two goals to the good in their home league H2H against Leeds this season, although more recently his last three goals have been team openers. That was in vain as Leeds’ Crysencio Summerville secured a 3-2 win here with his second-half brace that day and he has also found the decisive strike in three of his last four scoring appearances. [/p]
[p]Hot streak: None of Wagner’s five managerial H2Hs against Leeds ended level (W3, L2), whilst three saw both teams score. [/p]