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Tottenham Hotspur vs. Norwich City
Two of the league’s most offensively weak teams meet in the Premier League on Sunday. Somewhat surprisingly, Tottenham Hotspur around their talented attacking players Heung-min Son and Harry Kane are the hosts in this encounter. The away team is second-bottom of the table Norwich. Kick-off at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is at 15:00.
Despite similar lacklustre attacking performances, the two teams are separated by a few places in the Premier League table. Spurs (13 goals in 13 league games) are sixth with 22 points. Promoted Norwich City (8 goals in 14 games) are 19th with 10 points and are playing against direct relegation to the Championship. However, with four unbeaten games in a row, the Canaries have been able to regain some hope in recent weeks. Find out if we think they can continue this run against Tottenham and what other predictions we have for this game in our Tottenham vs Norwich betting tips.
Tottenham vs Norwich info
– Date & Time: 05.12.2021, at 15:00.
– Venue: London, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (up to 62,850 spectators).
– Competition: Premier League
– TV broadcast: SKY
Tottenham Form & Balance Check
Tottenham Hotspur are unbeaten in three games in the Premier League. However, with Everton FC (0-0), Leeds United (2-1) and Brentford FC (2-0), they also played three teams from the lower half of the table. Against the better English teams, however, Spurs have struggled this season. They lost against Chelsea FC (0:3), Arsenal London (1:3), West Ham United (0:1) and Manchester United (0:3). Only Manchester City beat them on the first matchday with a 1-0 win. The match against Liverpool FC is still to be played.
Shorely weak offensive
The once potent attack around Harry Kane and Heung-min Son has been among the weakest in the Premier League this season. Only 13 goals were scored by Spurs in the first 13 league games. Only Wolverhampton Wanderers (12 goals) and the upcoming opponents Norwich City (8 goals) scored less often. Harry Kane’s performance has been particularly disappointing, with just one goal and one assist in the Premier League so far.
Tottenham facts & analysis
– Won two Premier League games in a row.
– scored only 13 goals in 13 league games
– Goal difference of minus 4 in the Premiere League
Norwich form & balance check
The penultimate-placed team in the Premier League has been showing upward form of late: Norwich City are unbeaten in a staggering four league games. The Canaries have also scored five goals in that period, two more than in their first 10 league games combined. After wins at Brentford (2-1) and against Southampton (2-1), they have played to two draws recently. In the match against Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-0) the two worst offensive teams in the league faced each other and the match ended goalless as expected. On the last matchday, Norwich hosted bottom club Newcastle United. Although Newcastle’s Ciaran Clark saw red as early as the 9th minute of the game, Norwich City could not go beyond a 1-1 draw.
Tough remaining programme until the end of the year
The Canaries’ remaining programme in 2021 has it all. After the game against Spurs, they will play Manchester United (currently seventh), FC Arsenal London (5th) and West Ham United (4th) before the end of the year. In addition, there are two important duels in the direct fight against relegation. They play Aston Villa in mid-December. The final match of the calendar year is the encounter with Crystal Palace on 28 December.
Norwich Facts & Analysis
– unbeaten for four Premiere League games
– weakest offensive in the Premier League: only 8 goals scored in 14 league games.
– already conceded 28 goals in Premier League (second worst)
Predicted line-up – last update on 3 December 2021
As both teams have been successful in their last games, we don’t expect the coaches to make too many changes to the starting line-ups. Tottenham played in a 3-4-2-1 system last time. However, the two hanging top players, Lucas Moura and Heung-min Son, often switched to the wings in this formation. Dean Smith has his Canaries playing in a 4-1-4-1 system. With Teemo Pukki, Josh Sargent, Milot Rashica and Lukas Rupp, we expect several familiar faces from the Bundesliga in the starting eleven.
Tottenham – Norwich direct comparison & Statistics
Tottenham are unbeaten in four games against Norwich City in the Premier League. Spurs first played 2-2 at Norwich in the 2019/20 season before winning their home game 2-1 in the second leg. However, the two teams then met in the 5th round of the FA Cup. There the Canaries prevailed 3:2 after a penalty shootout.
– Tottenham Hotspur are unbeaten in 3 league games
– Tottenham Hotspur have won five of their seven home games.
– Norwich City are unbeaten in 4 league matches.
– Norwich City have won only one of their seven away games in the Premier League
