Norwich City vs Wolverhampton Wanderers. Premier League.
Carrow RoadAttendance26,911.
Kieran Dowell in contention for Norwich; Wolves without Willy Boly; follow Norwich vs Wolves in our dedicated live match blog; watch free match highlights on Sky Sports digital platforms and YouTube channel from 5.15pm
Saturday 27 November 2021 13:04, UK
Team news, stats and prediction ahead of Norwich vs Wolves in the Premier League on Saturday; kick-off 3pm.
Norwich midfielder Kieran Dowell could be back in contention for the Premier League match against Wolves at Carrow Road.
Dowell missed last weekend's win over Southampton in Dean Smith's first game as head coach through illness but has resumed training.
Centre-half Ozan Kabak has stepped up his own rehabilitation following glandular fever, while full-back Sam Byram (hamstring) is set to play for the under-23s again to get more match fitness and defender Christoph Zimmermann continues his recovery from ankle surgery.
Norwich provisional squad: Krul, Aarons, Gibson, Hanley, Williams, Gilmour, Sargent, Normann, Rashica, McLean, Pukki, Gunn, Giannoulis, Omobamidele, Kaback, Dowell, Rupp, Placheta, Lees-Melou, Tzolis, Cantwell, Idah
Wolves will be without defender Willy Boly for the trip to Carrow Road. The centre-back is sidelined after sustaining what boss Bruno Lage described as a muscular problem.
Bruno Jordao, Pedro Neto, Jonny and Yerson Mosquera all continue their own recoveries.
Wolves provisional squad: Sa, Ait-Nouri, Coady, Semedo, Kilman, Neves, Podence, Saiss, Moutinho, Jimenez, Hwang, Ruddy, Hoever, Marcal, Dendoncker, Cundle, Trincao, Fabio Silva, Traore
Follow Norwich vs Wolves in our dedicated live match blog. Highlights will also be published on the Sky Sports digital platforms and the Sky Sports Football YouTube channel from 5.15pm on Saturday.
I'm having trouble with Wolves this season.
No side in the Premier League have picked up more points (16) in their last seven games than Bruno Lage's team yet there does seem to be consistency issues. They were playing well and losing in the early stages of the season but have now gone the other way with slightly more pragmatic performances bringing home the points. That said, David Moyes had no complaints at West Ham's 1-0 defeat at Molineux last weekend. Wolves were superior all over the pitch.
A repeat of those levels will be too hot for Norwich to handle. Back-to-back wins have pumped some life into their survival chances but Southampton goalkeeper Alex McCarthy was in very helpful mood for the Canaries' 2-1 win last weekend. Dean Smith's side only created an expected goals total of 0.79 which usually isn't enough to win Premier League matches against top-10 opposition.
Lage's style is a progressive one but it's not likely to bring buckets of goals. One-goal margin wins do just fine with five of their six wins coming via that winning score.
SCORE PREDICTION: 0-1
Peter Smith is joined by Sky Sports pundit Alan Smith, and football journalist Simeon Gholam to look ahead to the Premier League weekend.
PART 1 | Alan Smith discusses Ralf Rangnick's appointment as Man Utd interim boss, what he will bring to the club, and how he could help their young players kick on. Is he paving the way for Mauricio Pochettino? Alan assesses Rangnick's consultancy role, which is planned to start next summer, too.
PART 2 | Simeon Gholam breaks down Brighton's mixed start to the campaign and what they need to do to get back to winning ways against Leeds.
PART 3 | Simeon - our EFL Editor - also looks at newly-promoted Brentford, who have also had a good start followed by a frustrating period, ahead of their Super Sunday clash with Everton.
