In a weekend match on Sat Feb 12th, in week 25, Norwich City will host Manchester City at Carrow Road in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 18th placed Norwich City is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Kenny McLean struck first for Norwich City in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Billy Gilmour, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Wolverhampton Wanderers couldn’t manage to score, and Norwich City took the shutout win. Norwich City is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while 1st placed Manchester City is fresh off their 4-1 win against Fulham. Carvalho scored the first goal for Fulham in the 4th minute, then İlkay Gündoğan tied it up for Manchester City in the 6th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 13th minute on a goal by John Stones. Manchester City is on a hot streak lately, having won 9 of their last 10.
Manchester City and Norwich City last played eachother at the Etihad Stadium on Sat Aug 21st. Manchester City won by a score of 5 to 0. Tim Krul scored the first goal for Manchester City on an own goal in the 7th minute, then Jack Grealish added another in the 22nd minute on a feed from Gabriel Jesus In the end, Norwich City couldn’t muster any offence and Manchester City ran away with the shutout win.
Riyad Mahrez has been the most prolific scorer on Manchester City in the last 5 matches with 3 goals. Norwich City’s most prolific scorer has been Josh Sargent. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches
Norwich City will be without Mathias Normann, Billy Gilmour, Tim Krul, Lukas Rupp and Omobamidele, while Josep Guardiola i Sala’s Manchester City squad will be without Benjamin Mendy and Oleksandr Zinchenko.