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Norwich City will host Blackburn Rovers at Carrow Road on Saturday in the second round of the 2024-25 EFL Championship campaign. The home side struggled for results during the off-season and perhaps unsurprisingly kicked off their league campaign with a 2-0 defeat to newly-promoted Oxford United.
However, they bounced back during the week with a 4-3 win over League One side Stevenage in the Carabao Cup and will be looking to kickstart their Championship campaign this weekend.
Blackburn Rovers, meanwhile, beat newly-promoted Derby County 4-2 in their league opener last weekend, with four different players getting on the scoresheet for the Riversiders including new signing Yuki Ohashi who came off the bench to score on his club debut.
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The visitors then built on their opening day result with a 6-1 thrashing of Stockport County in the opening round of the Carabao Cup on Tuesday, with goals from five different players including wantaway star Sammie Szmodics who netted a first-half brace.
Norwich City vs Blackburn Rovers Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- There have been 52 meetings between Norwich and Blackburn. The home side have won 16 of those games while the visitors have won 22 times.
- There have been 14 draws between the two teams including their most recent matchup which ended 1-1.
- The hosts have won just one of their last six games in this fixture.
- The visitors are without a clean sheet in their last three games in this fixture.
- The Riversiders are the joint-highest-scoring side in the English second-tier so far this season with a goal tally of four.
- Only four of the Canaries' 15 league defeats last season came on home turf.
Norwich City vs Blackburn Rovers Prediction
Norwich's latest result marked their first competitive win since mid-April and they will now be looking to kick on from that this weekend. They are undefeated at Carrow Road since last November and will head into the weekend clash with confidence.
Blackburn have won their last three competitive games after winning just one of their previous five. They have won four of their last five games on the road and should avoid defeat this weekend.
Prediction: Norwich City 1-1 Blackburn Rovers
Norwich City vs Blackburn Rovers Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Result: Draw
Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Five of the last six matches between the two teams have produced fewer than 2.5 goals)
Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES (Both sides have found the back of the net in five of their last seven league matchups)
