Norwich City vs West Bromwich Albion: match statistics

West Bromwich Albion come into this match on an excellent run of five consecutive victories, while Norwich have won just 2 of their last five games, alongside 2 draws and a defeat. The visitors have scored as many as 17 goals during this period—an average of 3.4 per match—clearly outperforming Norwich’s tally of 7. Both teams have conceded 3 goals in their last five appearances, but West Brom’s attacking advantage gives them a significantly greater margin for error. Norwich sit higher in the table, in 12th place compared with 21st, but the visitors’ current points form is perfect: 15 points from 5 matches, compared with 8 points for the hosts. A West Bromwich Albion victory is the most likely outcome, although Norwich’s recently solid defensive performances somewhat limit the expected margin of superiority.

The BTTS signal is mixed, but it leans slightly more towards “No,” as Norwich recorded BTTS in only 40% of their last 5 matches, compared with 60% for West Bromwich. Both teams conceded just 3 goals over this period, averaging 0.6 per match, which limits the chances of both sides scoring. West Bromwich are in excellent form, having won their last 5 matches and scored 17 goals in them—an average of 3.4—so the most likely scenario is a goal for the visitors. Norwich do create chances worth 1.70 xG per match, but West Bromwich’s defence allows opponents only 0.67 xG, meaning the greater risk is the hosts failing to score rather than an open game with goals from both teams.

West Bromwich Albion are on an excellent run of five consecutive wins and have scored as many as 17 goals in their last five matches, averaging 3.4 per game. Norwich have scored 7 goals over the same period, while both teams have conceded just 3, which limits the case for a very high-scoring game. However, their creative potential remains evident: average xG stands at 1.70 for Norwich and 1.77 for West Bromwich, supporting a projection of around 2.65 total goals. Over 2.5 goals has landed in 40% of Norwich's recent matches and 80% of West Bromwich's games, but the safer and strongest signal is Over 1.5 goals, as two goals should be scored given the attacking output of both teams.

West Bromwich Albion have won all of their last five matches, averaging 3.4 goals per game, while Norwich have scored 1.4 goals per match and won only 40% of their games. The visitors start matches very strongly: they average 1.75 goals before half-time and held the lead at the break in 75% of matches in the available sample, compared with 40% for Norwich. Norwich have not conceded in the first halves of their last five matches, but they went into half-time level in as many as 60% of them, which still supports the half-time draw and away win scenario. After the break, West Brom average 1.75 goals, won the second half in 100% of their last matches and conceded only 0.25 goals during that period. Therefore, the most likely scenario remains an away lead at half-time followed by an away win: HT/FT X/2.