With both clubs likely needing a bit of a relief from challenging form elsewhere, the FA Cup offers some respite. This midweek, Jose Mourinho could do with a win – but so could much beleaguered Norwich coach Daniel Farke. The Portuguese and German coaches have struggled this season to ignite the kind of performances they would have hoped for – Mourinho especially. Could a deep cup run help to allay some of the talk around either manager not being the long-term solution after all?
Spurs News
Spurs are doing OK at the moment – though nothing more than OK. A win of three runs on the spin was broken up by a pair of losses against Chelsea and RB Leipzig respectively. The club are suffering with injuries, too, primarily up-front but also elsewhere.
The squad somehow looks imbalanced and thin at the same time, with a lot of uncertainty in key positions. They lack firepower up front at the moment too due to injuries. Perhaps we could see a young player given a shot, such as Troy Parrott. Otherwise, expect an attacking midfielder to play up-front.
Norwich News
The Canaries are in decent enough shape in terms of injuries for once, at least in terms of injuries. Having spent most of the season it feels in an injury crisis, they have just the four players out for the game. They’ll be short of important players, though, with Sam Byram and Christoph Zimmermann missing out for sure, and Timm Klose still out for the long-term.
The club isn’t in great shape in terms of performances, though. Recent form has seen them pick up a mere one win in their last six, and the club has lost four of those. They aren’t in a great place, in truth.
Verdict
Spurs win. Don’t expect many goals in this, though; Norwich are nowhere near as prolific as some might have hoped given earlier performances. Spurs lack any kind of real firepower for now, too, so it’s hard to see this being more than a 2-goal game. Expect Spurs to see it through, though both managers probably want out of the competition sometime soon to focus on league consolidation. For Norwich, though, this might be their last chance eat some joy out of a fairytale gone sour.