Norwich City vs Wolverhampton Wanderers

Relegation-threatened Norwich City and warm top-four candidates Wolverhampton Wanderers will exchange tackles at Carrow Road in an intriguing Premier League fixture.

New manager Dean Smith picked up where his predecessor Daniel Farke left off in his first Premier League match in charge, claiming a 2-1 win over Southampton to ensure Norwich win back-to-back top-flight games for the first time since April 2016. That’s a significant turnaround on the hosts’ previous Premier League showings, as they had recorded as many victories in their 35 outings in the competition beforehand. Indeed, the ‘Canaries’ have scored as many goals across their last two top-flight matches (4) as they had in their previous 20 combined. But their recent upturn in form will be on the line against a Wolves side they’ve failed to beat in their last four league H2Hs (D1, L3), conceding 2+ goals on each occasion in that run.

In the meantime, a lack of consistency has seen the last five of Wolverhampton’s matches fail to produce the identical outcome twice in a row (W3, D1, L1). Additionally, after picking up three consecutive Premier League away victories, Wolves have gone winless in the last two (D1, L1), failing to score beyond half-time on each occasion. A trip to Carrow Road, where they’ve won their last two league matches, looks like a prime opportunity for the ‘Wanderers’ to get back to winning ways on the road. Conceding first could hinder those hopes, with Bruno Lage’s side losing five of the six Premier League games when falling behind this season (W1). Connoisseurs of action-packed football may have to wait until the second half for the goals, as 84.62% of Wolves’ away Premier League goals scored/conceded this season have come after half-time (11/13).