Manchester City opened the season unsuccessfully. The team lost the match for the FA Super Cup to Leicester, after which they unexpectedly left the English League Cup competition early. The team successfully passed the group stage in the Champions League, where the “citizens” managed to take first place, being ahead of Brugge, PSG and RB Leipzig. The first stage of the playoffs brought an easy victory over Sporting (5:0 on aggregate). In the quarter-finals of this championship, Pep Guardiola’s wards minimally beat Atletico at home, after which they parted ways with the Spanish world champion in Madrid, which brought a ticket to the next stage of the main European club tournament. After the 31st round of the current Premier League championship, the heavenly chalked up 23 victories and drew five times, which corresponds to 74 points and the first line. After Sunday’s draw with today’s opponents, the lead over Liverpool is only one point. Walker, Palmer, De Bruyne and Mendy will not be able to play today.
Norwich have never been able to find their game since returning from the second most important division in England, where the team played brilliantly. The performance of the team in the FA Cup ended unsuccessfully, where the Yellow-Greens pleased with success in the matches with Charlton (1:0) and Wolves (1:0), after which they could not do anything with Liverpool (1:2). In the Premier League tournament the Canaries have five victories and six peaceful outcomes, which brought 21 points and 20th place in the standings. The line of attack looks terrible, which differed 21 times, while Dean Smith’s wards conceded a little more than two goals on average. After a draw with Brighton (0:0), today’s guests beat Burnley (2:0) at home. Sargent, Plakheta, Obamidele, Kabak and Ayda, who has a knee injury, will not be able to enter the field today. More todays football predictions can be obtained from the link provided.