English Premier League Odds: Chelsea vs. Norwich City Prediction

Sports Interaction Staff
July 14, 2020

The only Premier League match, on Tuesday, sees last place Norwich City head to Stamford Bridge to battle Chelsea at 3:15 p.m. ET. With Norwich officially relegated for next season, it is no surprise that Chelsea comes in as the overwhelming favourite at -777 on the soccer odds, with a draw at +644 and a Norwich upset win at a whopping +1500.

Chelsea Odds and News

Chelsea is in a more precarious situation than it appears on the Premier League table, if they want to secure a Champions League berth for next season. Sitting third in the Premier League with 60 points, Chelsea only leads Leicester City by a single point and Manchester United by two points, with both teams having a match in hand over Chelsea. With Manchester City’s appeal on their two-year Champions League ban successful, Chelsea is going to need a big win against Norwich.

The highly skilled offense Chelsea has been relying on all season failed them in their 3-0 loss to Sheffield United on Saturday. The story of Chelsea’s season has been both scoring and conceding lots of goals, so this matchup against a weak Norwich side, could be just what Chelsea needs to jumpstart their offense again, while locking down defensively. Olivier Giroud, Christian Pulisic and Willian have carried the offense since the restart, but if Chelsea wants to separate themselves in the Champions League race, leading team scorer, Tammy Abraham, will need to add to his 14 goals on the season.

Norwich City Odds and News

The relegation everyone saw coming was finally made official when Norwich dropped a 4-0 decision to West Ham on Saturday. Look away if you are a Norwich fan because Michail Antonio’s four goal performance for West Ham means he has now scored more goals at Carrow Road in 2020, than the entire Norwich team.

Chelsea FC -833
Draw +720
Norwich City +1700

This season has been historically abysmal for Norwich. They have the most scoreless matches of any Premier League team this season (17), they have given up the most goals in the league (67), they have scored the fewest goals in the league (26), they have the least amount of wins (five), they have lost every match since the season restart and they are six points back of 19^th- placed Aston Villa. With Norwich’s relegation in their first season back in the top flight, they now have the embarrassing record of most times relegated out of the Premier League (five).