Stoke City news from StokeonTrentLive as the Potters take on the Canaries at the bet365 Stadium in the Championship.
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Norwich City will need to source solutions to searching problems if they are to overcome the challenge posed by in-form Stoke on Saturday.
We will be there and try to do our best." "The only problem is that I don't know how many players I will have to train. "We found a hotel that has everything that we will need. What we don't have there we were able to carry up north. Neil will be looking to copy the Tony Mowbray handbook of high-pressing given City's struggles against that strategy in recent weeks. "The group is together.
Christos Tzolis starts for the first time since returning to Norwich City from FC Twente as the Canaries face Stoke City this afternoon.
Subs: Krul (GK), Omobamidele, Marquinhos, McCallum, Nunez, Gibbs, Kamara. Subs: Fielding (GK), Jagielka, Baker, Tymon, Thompson, Taylor, Holland-Wilkinson. [here](http://app.pinkun.com) to view our NCFC live blog, bringing you minute-by-minute updates from Carrow Road, or access it via the Pink Un+ app on your mobile device.
Goalkeeper Angus Gunn is instrumental in helping Norwich close the gap to the play-off places to three points with a goalless draw at Stoke.
- Home8 - Shots - Possession - 22,102 - Attendance: - Referee: - 47Kamara - 46Gibbs "I'm very pleased with the performance, especially the fighting spirit and togetherness. " On another day we should score and win the game. "I thought we were excellent, we limited them to very little.
Norwich City drew 0-0 with Stoke City at the bet365 Stadium in Saturday afternoon's Sky Bet Championship clash.
A head-turning 5-1 drubbing of Sunderland was followed last weekend by a 2nd victory on the spin, on this occasion at the expense of high-flying Blackburn ...
forced to settle for a solitary point. Safe to say, then, that upcoming opponents Norwich City will have their work firmly cut out for them on Saturday afternoon. After looking as though they had finally gotten things back on track courtesy of four wins from five, last weekend, David Wagner’s men welcomed struggling Sunderland to Carrow Road. Then, in midweek, Alex Neil’s troops solidified their status as newly-established odds-defiers, in holding rampant Middlesbrough to a share of the spoils at the Riverside Stadium. Making this achievement all the more impressive, though, is the fact that such results have come at the expense of a trio of clubs battling it out for respective promotion playoff berths. Stoke, all of a sudden, find themselves as one of the in-form clubs in England’s 2nd tier.
The Potters had eight shots on target to their visitors' one, with Josh Sargent missing the Canaries' clearest opening of the game in the sixth minute. Norwich ...
The regression, especially in quality chance creation, a huge concern though.— Adam Brandon (@AdamBrandon84) The end of the season can’t come soon enough.— Matt Johnson (@mattjohnson333) This two week break has come at the right time. 2 games this week and both have been a tough watch. Pukki has lost his sharpness, Sara contributes moments of brilliance but keeps getting caught in possession, and too few players weigh in with goals [#ncfc] [March 18, 2023] Bar Sara getting consistent minutes and looking good.— Ben (@BenHuntley2000)