Norwich City vs Bolton Wanderers - prediction, team news, lineups

Norwich City play big to Bolton Wanderers connected Sunday day looking to catapult themselves backmost into the apical fractional of the Championship table.

Meanwhile, Bolton marque the travel to Carrow Road knowing that triumph could determination them distant from the relegation zone.

Match preview

After specified a beardown extremity to 2025-26, Philippe Clement would not person anticipated Norwich losing 4 of their opening 7 Championship matches this season.

That said, it should not beryllium each doom and gloom astatine Carrow Road, with Norwich having recorded back-to-back victories earlier the 4-3 decision astatine Middlesbrough past weekend.

The Canaries had fought backmost from 3-1 down to level astatine 3-3, lone to concede a 91st-minute victor to their North-East hosts.

Prior to that fixture, however, Norwich had flooded Sheffield United and Birmingham City, portion their caller Championship grounds reads 3 wins successful 5 games courtesy of a 4-1 triumph implicit Burnley connected August 29.

On Thursday night, a much-changed Norwich broadside succumbed to a 5-0 decision astatine Manchester City successful the EFL Cup 3rd round.

Bolton person endured somewhat of a mixed commencement to beingness backmost successful the Championship, collecting 4 points from their opening 2 games earlier putting unneurotic a four-match losing streak.

Steven Schumacher's squad mislaid to Lincoln City, Sheffield United, Millwall and West Ham United respectively, albeit 3 of those defeats coming by one-goal margins.

Nevertheless, Bolton returned to winning ways past clip retired with a precocious 1-0 occurrence implicit Cardiff City, a imaginable relegation rival.

Keeping a cleanable expanse for conscionable the 2nd clip successful 8 games crossed each competitions, Schumacher volition beryllium encouraged, contempt the imaginable of facing opponents who person the joint-fifth champion attacking grounds successful the part with 13 goals.

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Team News

Only Kellen Fisher and Anis Ben Slimane retained their places successful the Norwich XI for the dense decision astatine Man City.

Therefore, the players who dropped retired should return, though Jovon Makama is pushing for an accidental aft his extremity arsenic a substitute against Middlesbrough and being rested for the Etihad Stadium visit.

Gabriel Forsyth and Ali Ahmed are among 4 players who are expected to stay sidelined for this contest.

Thierry Gale is successful enactment to regenerate either Samuel Iling-Junior oregon Kyliane Dong aft his winning extremity against Cardiff.

Theo Bair provided the assistance and is successful contention to get the motion implicit Sam Dalby, but Schumacher whitethorn opt against making alterations to his defence oregon midfield.

Even if Chris Forino recovers from a groin issue, Ben Davies could clasp his spot successful the centre of the backline.

Norwich City imaginable starting lineup:

Kovacevic; Fisher, McConville, Cordoba, Chrisene; McLean, Mattsson; Brooks, Ben Slimane, Musaba; Toure

Bolton Wanderers imaginable starting lineup:

Bazunu; Larrazabal, Toal, Davies, Conway; Erhahon, Sheehan; Gale, Rodrigues, Dong; Dalby

We say: Norwich City 3-1 Bolton Wanderers

With Clement having lone retained 2 players successful his squad for the Man City game, fatigue should not beryllium an contented for Norwich. Taking that into consideration, we expect the Canaries to grounds a convincing triumph implicit opponents who whitethorn go overly-reliant connected their location signifier successful 2026-27.

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