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Norwich City vs Sheffield United Predictions: Blades to Avoid Defeat at Carrow Road

15:00 Saturday 20 January 2018
Simon Winter
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Match Preview

The teams placed 13th and 6th in the Championship go head-to-head in this week’s expert Norwich City vs Sheffield United preview and while it’s shaping up to be a season of mid-table mediocrity for the Canaries, the visiting Blades have designs on finishing in the play-off positions and dreams of playing in the Premier League next season.

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The Canaries are flying high ahead of today’s Norwich City vs Sheffield United betting tips and manager Daniel Farke has masterminded a run of five games without a loss for his team. The most impressive result during that period was their 0-0 FA Cup draw at home to Chelsea. Interestingly, the replay for that tie comes just three days before they welcome Sheffield United to Carrow Road, so tiredness could definitely be a factor this weekend.

The Blades are doing the utmost to stay in contention for a top six finish this year and though competition is tough, they have just as good a chance as the other teams around them. Chris Wilder’s men have lost just one of their last six matches, though they have endured plenty of frustration during that set of games, finishing level in three of them. Their latest point would have caused them the most angst after they were held at home by city rivals Wednesday last Friday.

Norwich City vs Sheffield United Prediction and Betting Advice

This week’s FA Cup replay between Norwich City and Chelsea has had a massive influence on the direction our Norwich City vs Sheffield United bets have taken. The Canaries average league form has suddenly thrust more importance on their Cup game. With their chances of making the play-offs slim and with little threat of being embroiled in a relegation battle, Daniel Farke knows his players will be putting everything they have into their match against the Blues.

Their exertions in that contest could lead to exhaustion come the weekend, which opens the door a little further for the Blades to take something positive from a difficult fixture. Furthermore, City have only won four times at Carrow Road in the Championship in 2017/18.

Both of these clubs have already lost ten times each this season in the league, though with the distraction of the Cup a major factor, we are backing the Blades to avoid defeat on Saturday by using the fantastic double chance Championship match odds available at Betfair. Their lucrative prices cover you for two eventualities, which gives you great bang for your buck.

Both teams under the microscope in this week’s Norwich City vs Sheffield United predictions have developed a reputation for being functional rather than expressive. That means, that when they win games it’s usually achieved by a narrow margin and even though they lose plenty, they very rarely get hammered.

Evidence to support that deduction can be found in each of the club’s recent fixtures. In four of the Canaries’ last five contests, under 2.5 goals were scored. Similarly, in 100% of the Blades last four matches, under 2.5 goals were struck home. When you combine the team’s last four games each, there was a total of just eight goals plundered.

That works out at a very low average of just one goal per ninety minutes. When the sides’ last played in September at Bramall Lane, a first-half Yannick Wildchut goal was enough to secure maximum points for the visitors in a duel that also ended under our predicted goal total number. The concluding entry in this week’s English football betting tips can be backed at Dafabet, whose tremendously lucrative odds shouldn’t be missed.

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