Play-off chasing Norwich host Oxford United in a Championship clash at Carrow Road.
Victory will lift Norwich up to ninth in the table, whilst Oxford Utd can climb to 17th with a win.
Team News
Lewis Dobbin is ruled out for Norwich for the rest of this season after he suffered a calf injury in their 1-1 draw at Blackburn last weekend.
Callum Doyle is back from his two-match suspension and available for selection but Ben Chrisene is ruled out for rest of season with an ankle injury.
Gabriel Forsyth (knee), Liam Gibbs (hamstring), Forson Amankwah (knee), Matej Jurasek (thigh), Kenny McLean (muscle), and Archie Mair (finger) remain sidelined.
Oxford Utd could welcome Ben Nelson back from a quad injury which had sidelined the youngster since November.
Greg Leigh (muscle), Joe Bennett (quad), Tom Bradshaw (knee) and Max Woltman (leg)
When is Kick-Off?
Norwich host Oxford Utd at Carrow Road on Friday 7 March at 8pm GMT, live on Sky Sports in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Norwich have won two of their last three meetings against Oxford Utd (W2, L3).
- Oxford Utd have won one of their previous 10 league visits to Norwich (W1, D3, L6).
- Victory would see Oxford Utd achieve their first league double over Norwich in a single season.
- Josh Sargent has scored five goals across three of his last four home appearances for Norwich, only failing to score in a 1-0 loss to Preston.
- Oxford Utd have failed to score in their last four away matches (D2, L2).
Prediction
Currently four points adrift of the play-off spots and with two crunch games to come against close rivals in the table in the next week, Norwich know that this is must-win if want to give themselves a bit of room to drop some points in those games and stay in the play-off mix come the run-in.
Oxford Utd meanwhile sit seven points above the relegation zone but that gap can easily disappear if they continue their poor run of one point in their last five games, but they showed grit and desire in their eventual defeat to Coventry with two goals from behind which has to now be a launchpad to improve more.
I however do think that Norwich will have too much for them if the Canaries turn up and play as well as they’re currently doing.
Prediction: Norwich 2-0 Oxford Utd
Result: Norwich 1-1 Oxford Utd
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