The 2:0 win over Villarreal last week brought the Mancunians an early ticket to the Champions League playoffs. In total, Manchester United won three victories and once drew at the group stage, which corresponds to 10 points and the first position. The team played unsuccessfully only in the League Cup, where they could not cope with West Ham. The start in the Premier League championship went well, but the loss of concentration and control over the team drove the Red Devils out of the European competition zone. After 14 rounds Manchester United have six wins and three peaceful outcomes, which brought 21 points and a seventh position. After the defeat at Watford (1:4), the management dismissed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. After that, the hosts drew 1:1 against Chelsea and beat Arsenal on 2nd December (3:2). On November 29th, Ralph Rangnick was appointed to the post of head coach of the team, who will make his debut in today’s match as a mentor. Varane, Pogba, Cavani, Wan-Bissaka, Matic and Shaw, who has a head injury, will not be able to take part in the game.
Norwich played brilliantly in the past championship and made it to the elite division. Unfortunately, the team left all the forces in the Championship tournament and today it does not look the best. After 14 rounds of the current championship, the Canaries have two successful matches and four peaceful outcomes, which brought 10 points and 19th place in the standings. After defeating Southampton (2:1), the yellow-greens drew twice with Wolverhampton (0:0) and Newcastle (1:1). Norman, Zimmermann and Rashitsa, who has a groin injury, will not be able to play today.
