Norwich City vs Manchester United Prediction, 12/11/2021 EPL Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 12/6/2021

Game: Norwich City vs Manchester United

Date: Saturday, December 11, 2021

Location: Carrow Road in Norfolk, England

TV: NBC

Odds/Point Spread: Norwich City (+443) Manchester United (-183)

Bruno Fernandes and Manchester United (7-3-5, 6th in the EPL) are headed to Carrow Road on Saturday where they'll meet Norwich City (2-4-9, 20th in the EPL). The goalkeepers protecting the net will be Tim Krul for Norwich City and David de Gea for Manchester United. The Canaries are at +443 while the Red Devils are at -183. The total is set at 2.75.

Norwich city stepped onto the pitch against Tottenham in their most recent match and took a loss by a final of 3-0. Norwich city tried 11 dribbles in this contest and completed 7 of the attempts for a percentage of 63.6%. In sharing the ball, they had a 90.6% passes received rate by converting 599 out of their 661 pass attempts in their last game.

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In regard to shooting accuracy, Norwich city wrapped this game up at a 9.1% rate by putting 1 shot on target out of 11 total shots. Norwich city averages 0.53 goals per 90 (8 total goals) and have accumulated 5 assists In all contests for this campaign.

Teemu Pukki is a player who can be a difference maker for Norwich City. He has totaled 41 assists while earning 22 yellow card cautions in his career. Pukki has had a starting assignment in 307 contests in his career and accounts for 0.52 goals per 90 minutes. The forward from Finland has recorded 160 goals scored in 27,702 mins.

One more guy who should impact this match is Kenny McLean, the midfielder born in Scotland. McLean has accumulated 29,362 mins in 326 career starts and has been given 39 yellow card warnings. He has helped a teammate on a goal 29 times so far in his pro soccer career while scoring 45 total goals. He has an average of 0.14 goals per 90 for his career.

The man who is expected to defend the goal for Norwich City is Tim Krul. Krul has seen the pitch for a total of 30,751 minutes and is sitting with 1,052 stops thus far in his career. His GA/90 is 1.4 (493 total goals conceded) and he holds a save percentage of 68.7. The keeper hailing from Netherlands has faced 1,533 shots tried against him in 341 career starts. Krul (135-76-129 mark in his professional soccer career) has 96 shutouts, which has him sitting with a 28.2% clean sheet rate.

In their last outing, Manchester United got the victory with a final of 1-0 against Crystal Palace. Manchester United had a 35.7% successful dribble rate by completing 5 out of the 14 dribbles they attempted. They finished the match by completing 480 out of their 539 passes they attempted for a rate of 89.1%. Manchester United landed 3 shots attempted out of the team's 17 shots attempted giving them a 17.6% clip in their last outing. With 25 goals and 21 assists in all their contests, Manchester United averages 1.67 goals and 1.40 assists per 90 minutes.

Bruno Fernandes will need to provide a lift for Manchester United. He scores 0.38 G/90 and has been in the starting lineup in 240 outings so far in his pro soccer career. The midfielder hailing from Portugal has been on the field for 21,143 mins and he has scored 89 goals. He has 53 yellow card warnings during his career and has helped a teammate on a goal 64 times. Be sure to keep an eye out for Cristiano Ronaldo, the forward who represents Portugal. He has scored 485 goals so far in his career while assisting a teammate on a goal 139 times. Ronaldo has been given a total of 79 yellow card cautions in 50,078 mins played (556 starting assignments). His goals per 90 min average in his career is 0.87.

David de Gea is expected to look after the net for Manchester United. de Gea has 140 clean sheets while he has seen 1,595 shots against him in 36,928 career minutes. He sports a save percentage of 72.9 and his clean sheet rate is currently at 34.1%. He has given up 1.10 goals per 90 mins while earning a record of 218-96-97. During his career, de Gea has conceded 451 goals and has racked up 1,164 stops in 411 starts.

Who will win tonight's EPL game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Manchester United (-183)

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