Given that this will be Norwich’s first game in the Premier League since gaining automatic Promotion from the Championship, many onlookers may be expecting a relatively comfortable victory for Roberto Martinez’s men. However, a promoted side’s opening fixture can often be a difficult one to predict. Wigan can certainly expect a tough test from a determined Norwich side.
Paul Lambert carefully moulded a 4-4-2 diamond during Norwich’s promotion campaign. In this formation, Wesley Hoolahan was given licence to attack from the tip of the midfield four and support a front line usually consisting of Grant Holt and one other. It remains to be seen whether or not Worthington will persist with such an attacking formation in the Premier League. Several Norwich fans had expected Holt to perhaps be given a lead role in the Canaries attack. However, the signing of Millwall top-scorer Steve Morrison would appear to suggest otherwise.
Roberto Martinez will be desperately hoping to avoid a repeat of last year’s similar opening fixture, in which a lacklustre Wigan side lost 0-4 at Home to newly-promoted Blackpool. The recent 1-0 victory over Spanish team Villarreal would indicate that the Latics are better prepared this time round, with the return of several key players delayed by the World Cup last season.
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