Pick of the stats: Norwich City v West Bromwich Albion
Norwich City are looking to end a four-match winless streak when they host West Bromwich Albion on Saturday (15:00 GMT)The Baggies are going for a first away league win since 10 November.Norwich City have won just one of their past seven league games against West Brom (D3 L3), though that sole victory did come in this exact fixture last season (2-0).West Brom have won three of their past five away league games against Norwich City (D1 L1), with each of those victories coming via a one goal margin.Norwich have lost two of their past four home league games (W1 D1), as many defeats as across their prior 30 matches at Carrow Road combined (W18 D10).West Brom have failed to win any of their past 11 away league games (D7 L4), last enduring a longer winless run on their travels between September 2017 and March 2018 in the Premier League (15 games).West Brom's Adam Armstrong has struck four goals across seven prior Championship meetings with Norwich, with three of those coming across his two matches against the Canaries last season with Southampton.
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