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Tottenham vs Norwich Prediction & Betting tips
16 teams are still represented in the round of 16 of the oldest cup competition in the world, the English FA Cup. Compared to the previous rounds, there will be a significant change this week, because in the event of a tie after 90 minutes there will be no replay, but an extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shootout.
120 minutes on Wednesday evening in the new Spurs stadium can certainly not be completely ruled out, although before the duel Tottenham against Norwich the odds of the best bookmakers turn out quite clearly in favor of the home side. The clarity surprises us, however, especially since the Mourinho team has not been able to convince at all recently and is also still plagued by a plight of injuries.
The Londoners have all lost the last three competitive matches. As a result, the Lilywhites dropped to seventh in the Premier League and are currently even worried about participating in international business. Also in the Champions League, due to the 0-1 defeat at home against RB Leipzig threatens to leave. The FA Cup is the only way to bring the bottom line of the disappointing season to a conciliatory end.
But the undertaking is not going to be easy, because with the canaries, an opponent comes to the capital, who celebrated a respectable success at the weekend 1-0 against Leicester and fueled new confidence.
Nevertheless, the relegation battle is of course a top priority for the team of German coach Daniel Farke, which is why a forecast on the favorites seems more sustainable between Tottenham and Norwich. If you still want to bet on the underdog, we recommend taking a look at our guide article “Successful outsider betting”.
Tottenham:
Last year, Tottenham was still in the final for the UEFA Champions League. With Mauricio Pochettino at the top, the Spurs were among those European teams that offered the most attractive and at the same time most successful football.
Nothing of that can be seen at the moment. Pochettino was released from his duties at the end of November and replaced by Jose Mourinho, who has so far been unable to prove that he can lift the “Lilywhites” to a new or at least the old level.
After Tottenham was without defeat for seven consecutive games in a row (five wins, two draws), the form curve in the past three matches clearly pointed in the opposite direction. The English capital club lost in the Premier League at Chelsea FC (1: 2) and at home against Wolverhampton (2: 3) at the weekend and also had to admit defeat in the premier class RB Leipzig in front of their home crowd (0: 1).
The trend is dangerous in that the blue-and-white fell back to seventh place in the country’s top floor and now even have to worry about participating in the Europa League 2020/21. To make matters worse, Jose Mourinho still has to do without numerous top performers.
The failures of the two most dangerous attackers Harry Kane and Hyeung-Min Son can hardly be compensated. In addition, Ryan Sessegnon and Hugo Lloris, who like Moussa Sissoko will not be part of the squad on Wednesday evening, were injured recently.
Accordingly, it is forbidden to bet between Tottenham and Norwich that the host will win. Instead, we expect a tough match that may remain open until the end. In the end, the Mourinho team should still be of sufficient quality to make it into the quarter-finals, especially since the Spurs in front of their own fans, despite various slips, can still be assessed more strongly than abroad.
Norwich:
If you look at the planned starting line-up of Norwich City for the FA Cup round of 16 on Wednesday evening in London, you would probably never think of the “name dropping” that it is a first division club in the supposedly strongest league in Europe.
With Ralf Fährmann, Mario Vrancic, Tom Trybull, Lukas Rupp, Marco Stiepermann or Josip Drmic, we expect six former Bundesliga professionals from the start, who never made the big breakthrough in the top German league and were ultimately sorted out. At the Premier League promoted team in Norwich, however, the aforementioned players, under the direction of trainer Daniel Farke, play important roles.
Even so far they have not been able to prevent everything from pointing to an immediate relegation to the championship. After 28 game days, the canaries are only at 21 points and have so far only been able to win five matches. As the betting base table service shows, six counters and a few gates to the saving bank are currently missing.
Last weekend, they owe that the green-yellows can at least dream of staying in the league again. There the men from East England won 1-0 at home against Champions League contender Leicester and fueled new self-confidence for the upcoming tasks.
After three games in which the Farke-Elf failed to score, the spell was finally broken again. Nevertheless, the harmless offensive remains one of the big construction sites. No first division team scored fewer goals than the “Canaries” (25). However, because the defensive does not concede an average of two goals per game, numerous matches involving the green-yellow team ended with fewer than four goals.
As a result, on Wednesday evening it is in our eyes quite obvious to combine the odds for a maximum of three goals in the course of the game with the success of the Spurs between Tottenham and Norwich.
Sam Byram, Onel Hernandez and Timm Klose are injured. There is also a question mark behind the commitment of Christopher Zimmermann. In the previous cup competition, the canaries had to deal with Preston North End (4: 2) and Burnley (2: 1). Both times it was enough to achieve scarce successes and thus for the first participation in the FA Cup round of 16 since 2012. At least in the quarterfinals, the long-standing second division team last stood in 1992.
Tottenham vs Norwich head to head matches
22.01.20 PL Tottenham Norwich 2 : 1
28.12.19 PL Norwich Tottenham 2 : 2
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23.02.14 PL Norwich Tottenham 1 : 0