Though Chelsea has successfully navigated away from the threat of relegation once and for all, Norwich City isn't so lucky. The Canaries sit level with Newcastle, just one goal up in differential of the dreaded red line. They're going to need to be at their best to get anything out of their match at home against the perennial contenders on Tuesday.
Soccer Odds at BookMaker.eu
Norwich City +470
Chelsea -163
Draw +307
Over/Under 2.5 (over -120)
ODDS ANALYSIS
Norwich is understandably the huge dog in this game, though there's obviously that overlay in place due to the fact that Chelsea is still arguably the most overrated team in the world for betting purposes.
The Canaries are almost 5 to 1 underdogs in this match even though it has had some really good fixtures here at Carrow Road.
Chelsea though, is still the -163 favorite and will be expected to get all three points.
The total is set at 2.5 with -120 vig on the over, just a tad bit higher than the average mark in the Premier League this year.
KEY INJURIES
John Terry is really the only man who Chelsea is worried about from an injury standpoint. He's still battling a muscle injury which has cost him the last couple weeks, and we're not sure if he will or will not be on the pitch on Tuesday.
Alex Neil has classified all three of his injured players, Sebastien Bassong, Wes Hoolahan and Andre Wisdom as "touch and go" for this week. Both Hoolahan and Bassong were injured in training, which really hurts even more for a team which is going to be hard-pressed to avoid relegation.
QUOTE TO NOTE
"I don't like to personalize it, but we have in the recent past also had problems in the defensive execution in that part of our team. I could wait and wait, but sometimes you have to take decisions that can be very harsh." – Chelsea interim manager Guus Hiddink on the fact that he's really tinkered with his lineup a ton in recent weeks
RECENT FORM
Chelsea is starting to look like Chelsea once again. The Blues knocked off Southampton 2-1 on the road on Saturday, and that came on the heels of blowing out Manchester City 5-1 at home. For a team which has struggled at times to score, the fact that Chelsea has put at least one in the back of the net in five straight is encouraging.
Norwich hasn't won a match since January 2, and that's why it has gone from the middle of the table to a position where it's in a lot of trouble. There have been some good performances in the mix, but the bottom line is that the team has just one point in its last seven fixtures.
ANALYSIS AND ODDS PREDICTION
The Canaries have deserved better results than they've gotten of late. They deserved three points against West Ham and only got one, and they probably deserved all three at Leicester City and unluckily gave up a goal in the 88th minute completely against the run on play on Saturday.
At times, a team deserves a bit of luck, and this might be the shot for Norwich to get a little fortunate. The Canaries still have to play against all of the big boys in England down the stretch, and if they don't start getting some good luck here soon, they'll be right back in the Championship where they were last year.
The forward-thinking of Norwich has been encouraging, and we do think it's going to get at least one in the back of the net in this game. Will it be enough to beat the Blues? We're willing to take a stab at the hosts at 5 to 1 to find out.
Norwich 1, Chelsea 0
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