Blackburn Rovers are placed third with 36 points from 22 games, while Norwich City are sitting a place and point lesser than their opponents.
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Norwich City take on Blackburn Rovers in a mouth-watering EFL Championship contest on Saturday. In arguably the contest of the weekend, the two teams go head-to-head with the eventual aim of securing a Premier League promotion. Be it with points or positions, there is very little to separate the two clubs in the table. With both teams doing well to sit at the top end of the standings, three points for the winning team will go a long way in giving them the advantage in promotion.
Blackburn Rovers are placed third with 36 points from 22 games, while Norwich City are sitting a place and point lesser than their opponents, having played the same number of matches. The hosts headed into the World Cup break on the back of suffering a 2-1 home defeat to Middlesbrough. However, they bounced back from that setback to beat Swansea 1-0 last weekend. On the other hand, Blackburn were condemned to a shock 4-1 home defeat to Preston North End in their last match.
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There are a few injury concerns both sides have to deal with ahead of this contest. Jakob Sorensen, Jon Rowe and Sam Byram will miss the upcoming clash for Norwich City. However, they were boosted by the return of Adam Idah and Andrew Omobamidele. Meanwhile, Blackburn Rovers had a major setback last week when Callum Brittain suffered a big injury, which will likely leave him sidelined for a number of weeks. Besides, they will miss Sam Barnes and Jack Vale for this match.
Norwich City possible line-up: Gunn, Aarons, Hanley, Gibson, McCallum, Sinani, Hayden, McLean, Sara, Sargent, Pukki
Blackburn Rovers possible line-up: Kaminski, Carter, Hyam, Wharton, Buckley, Travis, Morton, Hedges, Szmodics, Dack, Brereton
Norwich City
| Opponents | Score |
| Swansea | 0-1 (W) |
| Middlesbrough | 1-2 (L) |
| Rotherham | 1-2 (W) |
| QPR | 0-0 |
| Stoke | 3-1 (W) |
Blackburn Rovers
| Opponents | Score |
| Preston | 1-4 (L) |
| Ajax | 0-2 (W) |
| Hearts | 4-0 (W) |
| Burnley | 3-0 (L) |
| West Ham | 2-3 (W) |
| Last 5 matches (All competitions) | Results |
| Norwich City draw Blackburn Rovers | 1-1 |
| Blackburn Rovers lose to Norwich City | 1-2 |
| Norwich City beat Blackburn Rovers | 2-1 |
| Blackburn Rovers lose to Norwich City | 0-1 |
| Norwich City draw Blackburn Rovers | 2-2 |
The EFL Championship match between Norwich City and Blackburn Rovers will take place at Carrow Road on Saturday at 11 pm IST.
The EFL Championship match between Norwich City and Blackburn Rovers can be seen on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Ultra HD, SKY GO Extra, Sky Sports Football in the United Kingdom.
