Newly promoted Norwich face a big challenge as they host Chelsea. Opta crunches the numbers so you don’t have to.
“Norwich’s Teemu Pukki could become the 10th player to score in each of his first three Premier League appearances. He’s netted four goals in his two games so far – only Pavel Pogrebnyak scored as many as five goals in his first three games in the competition.”
Norwich City are winless in their last 10 Premier League contests against Chelsea (D2 L8) since a 3-0 win at Carrow Road in December 1994 under John Deehan. A Chelsea win is [1.86].
In all competitions, Chelsea are unbeaten in 15 matches against Norwich City (W10 D5), including avoiding defeat in their last seven trips to Carrow Road (W4 D3). The draw is [4.1].
Chelsea have lost just two of their last 22 Premier League games versus newly promoted teams (W15 D5 L2). The draw half-time/Chelsea full-time double result is [5.2].
Norwich City have won just once in their last 15 Premier League home games against ‘big six’ opposition, picking up just seven points from a possible 45 in this run (W1 D4 L10). Chelsea are [3.0] to win half-time/full-time.
Norwich are looking to win three consecutive Premier League home games for the first time since December 2012 (a run of 5). The Canaries are [4.5] to claim victory.
Chelsea have gone four Premier League away matches without a win (W0 D2 L2), failing to score in three of those games. The Blues last endured a longer away winless streak during a seven-game run between September and December 2015 under Jose Mourinho (6 games) and Guus Hiddink (1 game). Norwich are [3.25] in the Draw No Bet market.
Chelsea haven’t failed to win their opening three games to a Premier League season since 1998-99 under Gianluca Vialli. Norwich are [2.12] Double Chance.
Norwich’s Teemu Pukki could become the 10th player to score in each of his first three Premier League appearances. He’s netted four goals in his two games so far – only Pavel Pogrebnyak scored as many as five goals in his first three games in the competition. Pukki is [2.7] to score.
Only Harry Wilson (24) has been directly involved in more goals in all competitions under Frank Lampard as a manager than Chelsea’s Mason Mount (17 – 12 goals, 5 assists). Mount is [3.8] to find the net.
Frank Lampard is looking to avoid becoming the first Chelsea manager since Bobby Campbell in 1988 to fail to win any of his first four games in charge of the club in all competitions. The half-time Chelsea/full-time draw double result is [17.0].
Source: Betfair Premier League
