The hosts suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to Watford last Monday, while Blackburn got the better of Cardiff City with a 1-0 scoreline, a day earlier.
Two Championship sides Norwich City and Blackburn Rovers will go head-to-head in a FA cup third round fixture at Carrow Road on Sunday afternoon. The two clubs are heading into the match on the back of contrasting results in their respective second tier games. The hosts suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to Watford last Monday, while Blackburn got the better of Cardiff City with a 1-0 scoreline, a day earlier. The victory helped the visitors to move to 42 points from 26 games, at the third position in the English second tier standings. Norwich, meanwhile, are sitting at the 11th spot, with 36 points to their name.
⚽️ Up for the cup… it’s 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗗𝗔𝗬!
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🏟️ Carrow Road
🕑 2pm#NORvROV | #Rovers 🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/VFfgU1HuZA— Blackburn Rovers (@Rovers) January 8, 2023
Norwich City possible line-up: Krul, Aarons, Hanley, Gibson, McCallum, Nunez, Gibbs, Sara, Cantwell, Hugill, Sargent
Blackburn Rovers possible line-up: Pears, Rankin-Costello, Ayala, Hyam, Pickering, Morton, Travis, Markanday, Dack, Brereton Diaz, Gallagher
Norwich City
Opponents | Score |
Watford | 0-1 (L) |
Reading | 1-1 (D) |
Luton | 2-1 (L) |
Blackburn | 0-2 (L) |
Swansea | 0-1 (W) |
Blackburn Rovers
Opponents | Score |
Cardiff | 1-0 (W) |
Middlesbrough | 1-2 (L) |
Sunderland | 2-1 (L) |
Nottingham | 1-4 (L) |
Norwich | 0-2 (W) |
Last 5 match-results | Score |
Blackburn beat Norwich | 0-2 |
Norwich draw Blackburn | 1-1 |
Norwich beat Blackburn | 1-2 |
Norwich beat Blackburn | 2-1 |
Norwich beat Blackburn | 0-1 |
The FA Cup match between Norwich City and Blackburn Rovers will take place at Carrow Road on Sunday at 7:30 pm IST.
Norwich City vs Blackburn Rovers | Key Details |
Date | January 8 |
Venue | Carrow Road |
kickoff time in UK | 2:00 pm |
Kickoff time in India | 7:30 pm |
The live telecast of the FA Cup match between Norwich City and Blackburn Rovers can be seen on SuperSport Maximo, Super Sport Variety, , ESPN Play Caribbean and Sportklub among others.