In this week 22 match on Jan 15th, Norwich City plays host to Everton in a meeting of these two closely matched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, Norwich City recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Charlton Athletic. Milot Rashica struck first for Norwich City in the 79th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Charlton Athletic couldn’t manage to score, and Norwich City took the shutout win. Norwich City is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while everton is fresh off their 3-2 win against Hull City. Tyler Smith struck first for Hull City in the 1st minute on a feed from George Honeyman, then in the 21st minute, Anthony Gordon sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Demarai Gray But luckily in the 99th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Andros Townsend. Everton looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
On Saturday Sep 25th, Everton hosted Norwich City at the Goodison Park in their last match together. Everton won by a score of 2 to 0 in front of almost 39000 fans. Andros Townsend scored the first goal for Everton in the 29th minute on a penalty kick, then Abdoulaye Doucouré added another in the 77th minute In the end, Norwich City was frustrated by Everton’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Everton ended the match with the shutout victory.
Both Anthony Gordon and Demarai Gray have been the hottest scorers for Everton in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each.
Norwich City will be without Mathias Normann, Grant Hanley, Christoph Zimmermann, Tim Krul, Lukas Rupp and Omobamidele, while Lucas Digne, Fabian Delph and Yerry Mina are unavailable to play for Rafael Benítez Maudes’s team.