Norwich City vs Man City
Premier League 2019-20
Venue: Carrow Road
Date: Saturday, 14th September, 2019
Kick-off time: 5:30pm BST
Manchester City will be looking to keep the heat on Liverpool as Pep Guardiola's champions travel to Carrow Road to face Norwich.
Guardiola's men trail Liverpool by two points following the Reds' perfect start to the Premier League season, though Man City are in sensational form in front of goal with 14 in four games so far.
Saturday's late kick-off should be an end-to-end affair, with Daniel Farke's Canaries impressing back in the top fligt despite picking up just three points so far.
Team news and predicted line-ups
John Stones is expected to recover from a thigh injury to start in central defence with Aymeric Laporte (knee) out.
Ilkay Gundogan (illness) and Gabriel Jesus (thigh) should be available, though Benjamin Mendy (knee) is unlikely to be back - and Leroy Sane is out with a long-term ACL injury.
As for Norwich, Tom Trybull (ankle), Onel Hernandez and Timm Klose (both knee) are out.
Christoph Zimmerman (ankle) is unlikely to be back, Max Aarons is a better bet, while Grant Hanley (groin) should be available.
Norwich XI: Krul; Byram, Zimmerman, Godfrey, Lewis; Trybull, Leitner; Buendia, Stiepermann, Cantwell; Pukki
Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Otamendi, Zinchenko; De Bruyne, Fernandinho, David Silva; Bernardo, Aguero, Sterling
Score prediction: Norwich 1-3 Man City
Teemu Pukkihas scored five goals already this season, and will be a threat to a City defence weakened without Laporte.
However, City have scored 14 in just four games, and with Raheem Sterling in arguably the form of his life, all signs point to an away win.
Tickets
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Match odds
- Norwich to win: 14/1
- Draw: 8/1
- Man City to win: 1/6
First goalscorer odds
- Sergio Aguero: 12/5
- Raheem Sterling: 16/5
- Kevin De Bruyne: 11/2
- Teemu Pukki: 10/1
TV channel and live stream, and online coverage
The match will be televised live on Sky Sports Premier League, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Ultra HD, and is available via NOW TV with a 10-month season ticket on offer for £199.
Sky Sports subscribers can stream the match online via SkyGo and the SkyGo app.
You can also follow all the action on Standard Sport's LIVE blog.
Head to Head history and results (h2h)
Man City have beaten Norwich 36 times, losing nine games and drawing another 23.
The last time the two sides met back in March 2016 ended up in a Premier League stalemate at Carrow Road.
