Norwich City will travel to London to take on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge as part of an FA Cup third-round replay on Wednesday night. The Canaries played out a goalless draw with the Blues at Carrow Road and both sides will now clash heads once again in what promises to be an entertaining contest in West London. The winner of the third round matchup will earn a home tie against Newcastle United in the next round of the competition.
The Blues of London has not scored in their last three matches and are in dire need to find their goalscoring touch soon. Antonio Conte’s men will get an opportunity to do just that versus Daniel Farke’s side as both teams look to progress into the next stage of England’s premier cup competition.
The recent history of the fixture doesn’t make a good reading for Norwich fans with the Canaries not tasting victory in any of their last 14 encounters against Chelsea. It is expected that the Norwich boss will opt for a 3-4-3 formation and may choose to hand Tom Trybull another start at the heart of the Canaries midfield.
3-4-3 Norwich City Predicted Lineup To Face Chelsea
Defence
Angus Gunn will once again start in goal for Norwich and will be protected by a back three comprised of Grant Hanley, Christoph Zimmermann and Timm Klose. The Canaries defence has kept four clean sheets in their last five matches in all competitions. Daniel Farke will be hoping that his defenders can put on another strong showing at Stamford Bridge and keep the Chelsea attackers at bay.
Midfield
Alexander Tettey and Tom Trybull are expected to be deployed as the holding midfielders with Jamal Lewis operating on the left flank while Ivo Pinto starts on the right side of the midfield. All four members will have to put in a strong and tireless performance if Norwich are to cause an upset on Wednesday night.
Attack
The Canaries front line is likely to feature the trio of Alex Pritchard, James Maddison and Josh Murphy at Stamford Bridge. Maddison scored the winner in their last outing away at Bristol City and will look to continue his good form versus Chelsea. He has been sensational this season and has scored 8 goals while making 8 assists in 29 appearances for the Norfolk club.
Josh Murphy will also be a threat on the left side of the front line with 8 goals already to his name in this campaign.
