Norwich vs Blackburn prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2022-12-16 17:30.
A hard-fought 1-0 win over Swansea last time out allowed Norwich to keep up the pressure on the Championship’s pacesetters. Manager Dean Smith will be hoping his side can continue their recent run of good form which has seen them lose only one of their last five games (W3, D1), a good response to the six-match winless streak prior (D2, L4).
The best of this upturn in form has primarily come away from home though, with the Carrow Road faithful actually only seeing their team win one of their last six home games (D2, L3). Perhaps this mouth-watering clash with Blackburn, who ahead of this round sit third and just a point ahead of the Canaries, will spark an improved performance, especially as Norwich boast a dominant recent H2H record which has seen them go unbeaten in the last eight meetings (W6, D2).
Blackburn will attempt to fend off the charge from the hosts while coming off successive and damaging league losses, the most recent of which was a humiliating 4-1 home defeat to Preston. Beyond the talk of their faltering form, Rovers have also been attracting a lot of attention because of their remarkable record of having not drawn any of their 22 league games so far this season (W12, L10); that’s the longest run without a draw to start a second-tier campaign in English Football since Bolton’s run of 26 in the 1934/35 season!
Manager Jon Dahl Tomasson might consider now a good time to end that run and settle for a point, especially as his side has suffered defeat in seven of their last ten away league matches (W3), even failing to score in each of those losses. Just one victory at Carrow Road across their last 14 visits (D7, L6) will also greatly concern their travelling contingent.
Players to watch: Norwich’s Teemu Pukki has punished teams early this Championship season, with all seven of his league goals coming in the first half. Subsequently, he has scored the match-opener in his five goalscoring outings. Fellow No.22 Ben Brereton DĂaz could be pivotal to his side’s success, with Blackburn winning 15 of the last 18 games he’s scored in (D1, L2).
Hot stat: Eight of Blackburn’s last ten Championship matches have seen the same half-time result repeated at full-time.