Norwich vs Crystal Palace prediction: How will Premier League fixture play out?

Daniel Farke's side are desperately in need of an uplifting win to start the new year

Tom Kershaw
Wednesday 01 January 2020 13:45 GMT
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Ayew celebrates his stunning goal against West Ham
Ayew celebrates his stunning goal against West Ham (Getty)

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Daniel Farke’s Norwich City are in desperate need of a win when Crystal Palace visit Carrow Road on New Year’s Day.

The Canaries manager to gather some momentum with a 2-2 draw against Tottenham last time out.

However, they remain firmly rooted firmly to the bottom of the table with just three wins all season.

Roy Hodgson’s side are sitting comfortably in ninth but the manager has publicly called for a number of signings in the January window as speculation over the transfer of Wilfried Zaha continues to simmer in the background.

Here is everything you need to know about the game:

When is it?

The match kicks off at 5:30pm on 1 January at St Mary’s.

How can I watch it?

The match will be broadcast live on BT Sport ESPN, with coverage beginning at 5:15pm.

Predicted line-ups

Norwich: Krul; Aarons, Zimmermann, Hanley, Lewis; Tettey, Trybull; Buendia, McLean, Cantwell; Pukki​

Crystal Palace: Guaita; Kelly, Tomkins, Sakho, Riedewald; McArthur, Milivojevic, Kouyate; Meyer, Ayew, Zaha

Team news

Norwich will be without Timm Klose, Ben Godfrey, Josip Durmic and Ralf Fahrmann, while Todd Cantwell, Kenny McLean and Tom Trybull are all in line to return after starting on the bench against Tottenham.

Palace are faced with injury problems of their own with Andros Townsend, Jeffrey Schlupp, Gary Cahill, Joel Ward, Scott Dann, Christian Benteke and Patrick van Aanholt all ruled out.

Odds

Norwich- 7/5

Draw – 12/5

Tottenham – 19/10

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