Norwich City know they must turn promising performances into points as they kick off 2020 by welcoming Crystal Palace but rooted to the bottom of the table.
Tottenham were lucky to escape Carrow Road with a point last time out with the Canaries winless at home since beating Manchester City in September.
Crystal Palace have lost just one of their last seven to sit in ninth as the new year begins.
Date: Wednesday, January 1, 2020
Venue: Carrow Road
Kick-off time: 5.30pm GMT
Prediction: Norwich City 1-1 Crystal Palace
The Eagles have struggling with mounting injuries but still turning in impressive performances. Norwich have been woeful of late but were very unlucky not to beat Tottenham last time out.
Tickets
All tickets are sold out.
TV channel and live stream
The match will be televised live on BT Sport ESPN, with coverage starting from 5.15pm.
BT Sport subscribers will be able to stream the match online via the video player and the BT Sport app.
Head to head (H2H) history and results
- 11 Premier League games
- Norwich: 4 wins
- Crystal Palace: 3 wins
- Draws: 4 draws
- This season: Crystal Palace 2-0 Norwich (30/09/2019)
Betting Odds
- Norwich to win: 6/3
- Crystal Palace to win: 19/10
- Draw: 12/5
- Crystal Palace to win 2-1: 9/1
Odds provided by Betfair Exchange. Click here for more odds.
Team news
Norwich City could recall Todd Cantwell, Tom Trybull and Kenny McLean after the trio were named on the bench against Tottenham. Emilian Buendia should retain his place.
Injury list: Timm Klose (knee), Ben Godfrey (knee), Josip Drmic (thigh), Ralf Fahrmann (knock)
Crystal Palace were without seven first-team players in Saturday's draw at Southampton, while Martin Kelly, who is covering for Joel Ward at right-prback, was also playing through a strain and Cheikhou Kouyate could only make the bench given a groin problem.
Injury list: Andros Townsend (groin), Jeffrey Schlupp (groin), Gary Cahill (knee), Joel Ward (knee), Martin Kelly (knock), Scott Dann (calf), Christian Benteke (knock), Patrick van Aanholt (thigh)
Predicted lineups
Norwich City: Krul, Aarons, Zimmermann, Hanley, Lewis, Tettey, Vrancic, Buendia, Stiepermann, Hernandez, Pukki
Crystal Palace: Guaita; Kelly, Tomkins, Sakho, Riedewald; Milivojevic, McArthur, McCarthy; Meyer, Zaha, Ayew
Premier League table: As it stands for Norwich City and Crystal Palace
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Liverpool | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 55 |
| 2 | Leicester City | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 42 |
| 3 | Man City | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 41 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
| 5 | Man Utd | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 31 |
| 6 | Tottenham | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| 7 | Wolves | 20 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 30 |
| 8 | Sheffield Utd | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 29 |
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 27 |
| 10 | Everton | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Newcastle | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | -10 | 25 |
| 12 | Arsenal | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | -4 | 24 |
| 13 | Burnley | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | -9 | 24 |
| 14 | Brighton | 20 | 9 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 23 |
| 15 | Southampton | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -14 | 22 |
| 16 | Bournemouth | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 20 |
| 17 | West Ham | 18 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 19 |
| 18 | Aston Villa | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -11 | 18 |
| 19 | Watford | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -24 | 16 |
| 20 | Norwich | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -19 | 13 |
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