Premier League: Blue Moon to Rise in Norwich

Norwich City vs Manchester City

If ever there was a David versus Goliath clash in the Premier League, this is it. New boys Norwich City take on Manchester City, the most valuable club on the planet!

Canaries head coach Daniel Farke has done an amazing job at Carrow Road, taking the Championship by storm with a free-flowing attacking style; and he has said he won’t compromise now the club is back at the top table.

Whether he will succeed only time will tell, but trying to out-football a team like Manchester City would be extremely brave, or naïve!

Pep Guardiola’s side has the ability to blow teams away. They don’t stop at two, three or four — and having already dropped two points to Spurs — the Sky Blues will be at their relentless best.

The Norwich City vs Manchester City betting odds are quite stunning when you think about it. For the away team to be at 1.16 to win — against a side in the same division –speaks volumes, while Norwich City is at 15.50 to win and the draw is 7.00.

Talking Points

City’s billionaires

Manchester City has become the first ever club to have a squad valued in excess of 1 billion Euros, ahead of big spenders Paris St Germain. SBOBET Premier League fans have watched Pep Guardiola steadily improve his squad, buying stellar talents methodically and carefully, while those around him have paid big bucks for hit or miss targets.

Players like Sergio Aguero, David Silva and Kevin De Bruyne arrived at the Etihad without much fanfare and now they are club legends. Pep recruits every year, and Raheem Sterling, Bernardo Silva, and Rodri have joined the ranks with the first two have already terrified defences up and down the land.

Meanwhile, De Bruyne was in scintillating form for Belgium on Monday night. He dismantled Scotland with ruthless intent, making three assists and scoring a sublime goal.

The Sky Blues were in cruise control as they beat Brighton 4-0 before the international break, and the Seagulls did well to keep the score down!

Teamu Puuki has already scored five goals this Premier League season — Norwich City’s Teamu Puuki celebrates scoring an equaliser against Chelsea

Pukki Punches above his Weight

A little known Fin has been making the Premier League news down in East Anglia and he cost around a billion Euros less than the value of Norwich’s opponents! Teemu Pukki was signed on a free transfer at the start of the 2018/19 season and ended up winning the EFL Player of the Year as he fired the Canaries to promotion.

He’s already scored five goals in the Premier League, with deadly accuracy at 85 per cent. 11 of his 13 shots have either tested the keeper or hit the net.

However, Pukki’s early season achievements come into sharp context when you discover he is sandwiched at the top by two Manchester City players with Sergio Aguero on six and Raheem Sterling on five.

This clash is also a good chance for Norwich’s main playmaker to make a name for himself. There was always a feeling that Moritz Leitner was ready-made for the Premier League.

The 26-year-old German midfielder made 105 passes in the Canaries’ 3-1 victory over Newcastle United, more than any other player in the first two weeks of the competition. He made another 88 passes last time out against West Ham and he is the focal point of all Norwich’s possession play.

History

The head-to-head results aren’t as one-sided as you may think, with 12 wins for Manchester City, eight draws and four wins for the Canaries since the first Premier League season in 1993.

The last two meetings, early in 2016, resulted in a 0-0 draw in the league and a 3-0 win for the Sky Blues in the FA Cup – both at Carrow Road.

Manchester City is unbeaten in seven and has a seven-game winning streak away from home, so the odds of 1.16 make a lot of sense.

Betting Tip

	Norwich City vs Manchester City	Manchester City -2.50 @ 2.09
	September 15, 00:30 (GMT+8)

This is going to be a fascinating clash because if Farke is true to his word then the Canaries are prepared to take the game to their illustrious opponents.

And to be fair, there isn’t a team in the land which could defend against the Sky Blues, with any confidence, for 90 minutes.

So attacking may well be Norwich’s best line of defence and that could well spark a goal fest. Four to six goals is as low as odds of 1.91, which tells a story.

A repeat of the 3-0 FA Cup score line is the most likely outcome at odds of 8.50, and that would be no disgrace for the hosts.