Chelsea are undefeated in the league since Guus Hiddink took over at the Stamford Bridge. This midweek, the Blues travel to Carrow Road, and will be hoping to continue their good form.
Currently, the blues are on an 11 match-undefeated streak in the league, and their last defeat was against title contenders Leicester City FC back in December, which saw Jose Mourinho getting sacked from the managerial position of Chelsea. But still, the Blues haven’t yet climbed up to the top half of the table and are sitting at 11th position. They will need to win this fixture to move to the top half of the table for the 1st time this season.
Norwich City are one of the teams in the relegation dogfight this season, currently toiling at 17th position. They are tied at 24 points with 18th placed Newcastle United, but above only on goal difference. This midweek, they host Chelsea, who have a pretty good record against them.
The Canaries are on a terrible run, without a win in their last 8 matches in all competitions, out of which they lost 7. To play in the top flight of English Football next season, they must grind out at least 1 point in their fixture.
Norwich vs Chelsea last meeting:
In their last encounter, at Stamford Bridge earlier this season, Norwich City gave the Blues a tough fight, but lost in a tight 1-0 match, with Diego Costa scoring the only goal of the match. However, Chelsea at that time were going through one of the worst patches in their history. Times have changed, and with Fabregas and Hazard finding their respective forms, Chelsea are the clear favourites this time around.
History is on Chelsea’s side, as they are undefeated against Norwich in their last 12 encounters, winning 9 of them . Norwich last defeated the Blues way back in 1994.
Predictions: Norwich City : 1 ; Chelsea: 3
Norwich vs Chelsea Team News:
Pedro, Zouma and John Terry are set to miss the game due to injuries. New signing Alexandre Pato could be involved for the 1st time. Here is the Chelsea Possible staring XI:
Courtois, Azpilicueta, Cahill, Ivanovic, Baba Rahman, Mikel, Fabregas, Willian, Oscar, Hazard, Costa.
On the other hand, for the home team, Bassong, Andre Wisdom and Wes Hoolahan are sidelined due to injury. They may start with the following eleven:
Ruddy, Pinto, Bennett, Martin, Klose, Brady, Redmond, Tettey, Howson, Naismith, Jerome.
Norwich vs Chelsea betting odds:
Chelsea are favourites to win with the odds of 4/6. Norwich’s win is priced at 4/1 and a draw is predicted for 29/10.
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