Norwich City meet Leicester City at Carrow Road in a huge Championship encounter.
Victory would see Norwich leapfrog Leicester into third, whilst the Foxes can reclaim second with a win.
Team News
Jacob Sorensen could return for Norwich after resuming first-team training, following his recovery from a pelvis injury which he suffered during pre-season.
Borja Sainz (ankle) and Grant Hanley (Achilles) remain absent despite having returned to first-team training, with manager – David Wagner not prepared to risk either player until match fit.
Leicester have no fresh injury concerns to report after their win at Southampton as Tom Cannon and Dennis Praet remain sidelined with back injuries.
When is Kick-Off?
Norwich host Leicester at Carrow Road in a 8pm BST kick-off on Wednesday 20 September, live on Sky Sports in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Norwich have won just one of their last six league meetings against Leicester (W1, D1, L4).
- Leicester are unbeaten in three of their last five visits to Norwich (W2, D1, L2).
- Leicester’s Jamie Vardy has scored three goals in his last two appearances against Norwich (W2).
- Norwich are yet to keep a disciplinary clean sheet this season.
- Kasey McAteer has scored three goals in Leicester’s last two away matches (W2).
Prediction
Having edged past Stoke with a clinical performance in a tightly-fought contest, Norwich now need to build upon their free-flowing first half display of that game and maintain that across the whole match if they want to make an impact here.
Leicester meanwhile were absolutely on fire at Southampton with an exciting high-intensity pressing performance, which tore the Saints’ defence to shreds from the get-go so I do expect them to try and play more aggressive again here.
Either way, this match does promise to be entertaining because Norwich could well be tough to break down but Leicester’s firepower and attacking play will be difficult to quieten, so a draw might well be a fair outcome.
Prediction: Norwich 1-1 Leicester
Result: Norwich 0-2 Leicester
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