Bristol Rovers vs Norwich Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 17th January 2024

The FA Cup tie at Memorial Stadium this coming Wednesday sees home team Bristol Rovers up against Norwich.

We are bound to see an exciting game this coming Wednesday as both Bristol Rovers and Norwich are looking to add some much-needed points to their respective accounts.

Bristol Rovers scored 2.4 goals on average in their past ten matches, hitting the target 24 times. They conceded 18 goals, an average of 1.8 and pulled off one clean sheets.

Norwich average one goals a game in their last ten outing, scoring a total of ten goals. They conceded an average of 0.9 per game, for a total of nine goals, whilst keeping their opponents from scoring three times.

Bristol Rovers and Norwich settled for a point in a 1-1 draw, when last faced with each other. The best betting odds on a another draw at full-time with the bookies are at 11/4.

Bristol Rovers vs Norwich Prediction

Bristol Rovers Form

A draw is the best Bristol Rovers can show from their last three games, where they came up short in a 3-2 defeat against Wycombe. A1-1 draw with Norwich followed before they were defeated 2-1 by Barnsley. In their last six FA Cup home matches, Bristol Rovers have four wins, no draws and two defeats. They scored 16 and conceded 11 goals.

Norwich Form

In their last three matches, Norwich drew 1-1 with Southampton, 1-1 with Bristol Rovers and beat Hull by 1-2. Norwich recorded a very decent outcome of four wins from six away matches in the FA Cup, in which they banged in nine goals, whilst conceding seven. They recorded no draws but in stead suffered defeat twice.

Does Norwich have enough about them to take out Bristol Rovers on Wednesday? We are not as sure as odds suggest, but considering aspects like form, strength in squad and match history, we believe they'll come through in the end.

Bristol Rovers vs Norwich Squads

Bristol Rovers Squad

The 41-year-old coach of the home team, Matt Taylor, will select the lineup against Norwich from this squad:

Matt Hall, Matthew Cox, George Friend, Grant Ward, Jack Hunt, James Wilson, Joshua Grant, Kofi Shaw, Lewis Gordon, Antony Evans, Connor Taylor, Harvey Vale, James Gibbons, Jerry Lawrence, Jordan Rossiter, Lamare Bogarde, Luca Hoole, Luke McCormick, Ollie Dewsbury, Ryan Jones, Ryan Woods, Sam Finley, Scott Sinclair, Tristan Crama, Aaron Collins, Chris Martin, Harvey Greenslade, Jevani Brown, John Marquis, Luke Thomas.

Norwich Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Norwich head coach Wagner will select from for his starting XI:

Angus Gunn, Daniel Barden, George Long, Jon McCracken, Vicente Reyes, Ben Gibson, Danny Batth, Grant Hanley, Jack Stacey, Sam McCallum, Shane Duffy, Adam Forshaw, Borja Sainz, Dimitrios Giannoulis, Gabriel Sara, Jacob Lungi Soerensen, Jonathan Rowe, Kellen Fisher, Kenny McLean, Liam Gibbs, Marcelino Nunez, Onel Hernandez, Pedro Lima, Przemyslaw Placheta, Tony Springett, Adam Idah, Ashley Barnes, Christian Fassnacht, Joshua Sargent, Ui-Jo Hwang.

Bristol Rovers vs Norwich Team News

Apparently, Norwich have just two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match this coming Wednesday.

Norwich need to do without Jacob Lungi Soerensen and Borja Sainz, who are not fit enough to travel to Memorial Stadium.

Bristol Rovers vs Norwich Lineups

Bristol Rovers vs Norwich H2H

It finished all square on when Bristol Rovers last faced Norwich. With both denying to back down, the scoreboard said 1-1 in the end. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 11/4. Bristol Rovers go into their upcoming match against Norwich with a 0% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 0-1-0 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Bristol Rovers vs Norwich Results

In the last one match between Bristol Rovers and Norwich, both teams to score came up one time.

Bristol Rovers vs Norwich Betting Tips

John Marquis is showing good form for Bristol Rovers, scoring zero goals in their last six matches. Ashley Barnes scored once in his previous half dozen outings.

Memorial Stadium saw Bristol Rovers winning six, drawing three and losing one of their 10 most recent games here across all tournaments. Norwich won three of their 10 most recent away games, drew two and lost five. Both sides have been rather generous in recent weeks, with Bristol Rovers only managing a clean sheet in one of their last 10 games on home soil. Norwich arrive at Memorial Stadium having kept their opponent from scoring in zero of their last 10 away games.

There were over 2.5 goals scored in eight of Bristol Rovers’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They scored an average of 1.7 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Norwich, who managed to score 1.3 times in those matches.