Saturday 9th November
15:00
Carrow Road
Norwich City vs West Ham United
Analysis
So after our fourth goalless draw of the season, we travel to a side that have conceded 20 and scored just 6 goals so far in this Premier League season.
Our away form this season has been much improved after last years, whilst Norwich City have won just one home game this season, back in August against Southampton.
Part of the reason for Norwich's poor start to the season is down to defensive errors.
Nobody has made more errors leading to attempts on goal this season than the Canaries England goalkeeper John Ruddy (4, with two leading directly to goals).
But on top of the goalkeeper's errors, Norwich's Martin Olsson, Sebastien Bassong and Alexander Tettey have made a further five errors leading to shots on goal between them, with three of those resulting in goals conceded.
This means 25% of the goals conceded by Norwich this season have come directly from errors made by their own players.
But it is not just at the back that Norwich have been struggling.
Despite brining in more than £10million pounds worth of striking talent (van Wolfwinkel - £8.3m, Hooper - £5m, Elmander - loan) Norwich have currently scored the joint fewest goals in the division, alongside Crystal Palace.
And between them, their three new forwards have managed just one Premier League goal - van Wolfswinkel's debut goal back in August.
van Wolswinkel has been ruled out of Saturday evenings game, meaning either Elmander or Hooper will lead the line against James Tomkins and James Collins.
So far this season, in a combined 567 minutes Hooper and Elmander have managed just four shots on target. Displaying just how much trouble the Canaries are having with not only scoring goals, but even getting shots away.
The following images show, firstly, Hooper's attempts on goal, and then Elmander's.
http://www.squawka.com/players/johan-elmander
But Norwich do possess some dangermen.
Young winger Nathan Redmond is in line to return to the side tomorrow, and he will pose a real threat to our fullbacks.
In 8 appearances this season, the England Under 21 winger has created 6 chances, completed 18 successful take ons, and has attempted 14 shots on goal - with 50% of those hitting the target.
Arguably his best performance this season came against Southampton.
Redmond completed 3 out of 5 attempted take ons, created two chances, had a pass success rate of 82%, and bagged his first Premier League goal.
The image below shows the wingers heat map from that game against Southampton. What is clear is that Redmond is a true winger. He rarely drifted from the left wing, and you can see the vast majority of his involvement in the game came in the attacking third.
http://epl.squawka.com/norwich-city-vs-southampton
With the absence of Winston Reid, West Ham's back line will be changed for the first time in five games. How we cope with the New Zealand captain's absence will go a long way in determining the result to this game.
In Norwich we face a side low on confidence following a 7 goal thrashing last weekend.
Let's hope we can take advantage of that to record just our third win of the season...
Our away form this season has been much improved after last years, whilst Norwich City have won just one home game this season, back in August against Southampton.
Part of the reason for Norwich's poor start to the season is down to defensive errors.
Nobody has made more errors leading to attempts on goal this season than the Canaries England goalkeeper John Ruddy (4, with two leading directly to goals).
But on top of the goalkeeper's errors, Norwich's Martin Olsson, Sebastien Bassong and Alexander Tettey have made a further five errors leading to shots on goal between them, with three of those resulting in goals conceded.
This means 25% of the goals conceded by Norwich this season have come directly from errors made by their own players.
But it is not just at the back that Norwich have been struggling.
Despite brining in more than £10million pounds worth of striking talent (van Wolfwinkel - £8.3m, Hooper - £5m, Elmander - loan) Norwich have currently scored the joint fewest goals in the division, alongside Crystal Palace.
And between them, their three new forwards have managed just one Premier League goal - van Wolfswinkel's debut goal back in August.
van Wolswinkel has been ruled out of Saturday evenings game, meaning either Elmander or Hooper will lead the line against James Tomkins and James Collins.
So far this season, in a combined 567 minutes Hooper and Elmander have managed just four shots on target. Displaying just how much trouble the Canaries are having with not only scoring goals, but even getting shots away.
The following images show, firstly, Hooper's attempts on goal, and then Elmander's.
But Norwich do possess some dangermen.
Young winger Nathan Redmond is in line to return to the side tomorrow, and he will pose a real threat to our fullbacks.
In 8 appearances this season, the England Under 21 winger has created 6 chances, completed 18 successful take ons, and has attempted 14 shots on goal - with 50% of those hitting the target.
Arguably his best performance this season came against Southampton.
Redmond completed 3 out of 5 attempted take ons, created two chances, had a pass success rate of 82%, and bagged his first Premier League goal.
The image below shows the wingers heat map from that game against Southampton. What is clear is that Redmond is a true winger. He rarely drifted from the left wing, and you can see the vast majority of his involvement in the game came in the attacking third.
With the absence of Winston Reid, West Ham's back line will be changed for the first time in five games. How we cope with the New Zealand captain's absence will go a long way in determining the result to this game.
In Norwich we face a side low on confidence following a 7 goal thrashing last weekend.
Let's hope we can take advantage of that to record just our third win of the season...
Head to Head
32% Head to Head Win % 40%
23 Won 29
20 Drawn 20
29 Lost 23
97 Goals Scored 125
125 Goals Conceded 97
Recent Form
W L L D L L Last 6 L W L D W D
3 Goals Scored 6
19 Goals Conceded 4
D W W L L D Home/Away Form L D L W D W
10 Goals Scored 5
9 Goals Conceded 3
Form Player (Last 6 League)
Jonny Howson - Stewart Downing
6 Appearances 5
537 Minutes Played 379
153 Sum Squawka Performance Score 155
26 Average Squawka Performance Rating 31
339 Passes Attempted 185
280 Completed 133
83% Success Rate 72%
4 Chances Created 14
0 Assists 0
6 Attempts on Goal 5
5 On Target 3
2 Goals 0
6 Take Ons Attempted 9
3 Successful Take Ons 3
50% Success Rate 33%
6 Take Ons Attempted 9
3 Successful Take Ons 3
50% Success Rate 33%
7 Tackles Made 2
4 Successful Tackles 1
57% Success Rate 50%
8 Interceptions 3
7 Clearances 4
1 Blocks 2
3 Defensive Actions Per Game 2
6 Aerial Duels 6
1 Won 3
17% Success Rate 50%
0 Defensive Errors 0
0 Leading to a Goal 0
Last Meeting
01 January 2013
1-0 Mark Noble 3'
2-0 Joey O'Brien 26'
2-1 Russell Martin 90'
4-2-3-1 Starting Formation 4-2-3-1
Mark Bunn - Jussi Jääskeläinen
Ryan Bennett - Guy Demel
Michael Turner - James Tomkins
Sebastien Bassong - Winston Reid
Russell Martin - (71') Joey O'Brien
Jonny Howson (83') - Jack Collison
Alexander Tettey - Mark Noble
Robert Snodgrass - (82') Ricardo Vâz Te
Wes Hoolahan (70') - Matthew Taylor
Anthony Pilkington - (85') Matt Jarvis
Harry Kane (70') - Carlton Cole
Subs
Declan Rudd - Raphael Spiegel
Tyrone Barnett - (85') Jordan Spence
Marc Tierney - Alou Diarra
Elliott Bennett (70') - Sebastien Lletget
David Fox (83') - (71') Gary O'Neil
Korey Smith - Elliot Lee
Simeon Jackson (70') - (82') Modibo Maïga
Absentees
Injured/Doubtful
Norwich City: George McCartney, James Collins, Winston Reid, Alou Diarra, Matthew Taylor, Ricardo Vâz Te, Andy Carroll
West Ham United: Elliott Bennett, Alexander Tettey, Nathan Redmond, Robert Snodgrass, Ricky van Wolsfwinkel
Suspensions
Norwich City: n/a
West Ham United: n/a
Opposition Last Time Out
vs Manchester City
Goals Scored: 0
Goals Conceded: 7
Starting Formation: 4-1-4-1
John Ruddy
Russell Martin Michael Turner Sebastien Bassong Martin Olsson
Bradley Johnson
Steven Whittaker (45') Jonny Howson Leroy Fer Anthony Pilkington
Gary Hooper (45')
subs:
Mark Bunn
Javier Garrido
Ryan Bennett
Wes Hoolahan
Josh Murphy (45')
Luciano Becchio
Johan Elmander (45')
Best Player: Johan Elmander
Squawka Rating: 18
Worst Player: John Ruddy
Squawka Rating: -116
Top 5's (Min 5 Apps)
Goals Scored
Jonny Howson 2 - 2 Ricardo Vâz Te
Steven Whittaker 1 - 2 Ravel Morrison
Anthony Pilkington 1 - 1 Joe Cole
Nathan Redmond 1 - 1 Mark Noble
Ricky van Wolfswinkel 1 - 1 Winston Reid
Assists
Steven Whittaker 1 - 2 Matt Jarvis
Anthony Pilkington 1 - 1 Ravel Morrison
Ricky van Wolfswinkel 1 - 1 Mohamed Diamé
Leroy Fer 1 - 1 Mark Noble
n/a - - 1 Kevin Nolan
Passing Accuracy
Alexander Tettey 90% - 86% Ravel Morrison
Sebastien Bassong 87% - 83% Mark Noble
Leroy Fer 86% - 83% Stewart Downing
Gary Hooper 85% - 81% Kevin Nolan
Jonny Howson 84% - 79% Joey O'Brien
Chances Created per game
Robert Snodgrass 2.4 - 2.4 Stewart Downing
Leroy Fer 1.2 - 2.2 Mark Noble
Alexander Tetey 1.1 - 1.4 Matt Jarvis
Jonny Howson 0.9 - 0.9 Rǎzvan Raţ
Javier Garrido 0.8 - 0.8 Modibo Maïga
Successful Dribbles per game
Nathan Redmond 2.3 - 2.1 Mohamed Diamé
Leroy Fer 2.1 - 1.8 Mark Noble
Anthony Pilkington 1.6 - 1.2 Ravel Morrison
Robert Snodgrass 0.9 - 0.8 Joe Cole
Steven Whittaker 0.7 - 0.8 Guy Demel
Tackles per game
Leroy Fer 3 - 2.6 Mohamed Diamé
Steven Whittaker 2.5 - 2.3 Mark Noble
Martin Olsson 2.1 - 2.3 James Collins
Alexander Tettey 2 - 2 Kevin Nolan
Bradley Johnson 2 - 2 Winston Reid
Aerial Duels Won per game
Michael Turner 2.8 - 6.2 Modibo Maïga
Robert Snodgrass 2.4 - 3.3 James Collins
Steven Whittaker 2 - 3.2 Winston Reid
Alexander Tettey 1.7 - 3.2 James Tomkins
Martin Olsson 1.7 - 1.5 Guy Demel
Manager
Chris Hughton - Sam Allardyce
31.5% Current Club Win % 41.9%
18 Won 44
16 Drawn 29
23 Lost 32
42.2% Managerial Career Win % 40%
87 Won 338
58 Drawn 228
61 Lost 279
1 League Titles 2
0 Cup Wins 0
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