{"id":1191897,"date":"2026-09-07T19:15:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T19:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1191897\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T19:15:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T19:15:30","slug":"preview-norwich-city-vs-birmingham-city-prediction-team-news-lineups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1191897\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Norwich City vs Birmingham City – prediction, team news, lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Striving for back-to-back Championship victories, Norwich City<\/a> welcome unbeaten Birmingham City<\/a> to Carrow Road for a second-tier battle under the lights on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

The Canaries picked up an impressive away success at Sheffield United<\/a><\/strong> over the weekend, whilst Blues played out a pulsating 2-2 draw<\/a><\/strong> with West Midlands rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers.<\/p>\n

Match preview<\/p>\n

After a disappointing away loss at Stoke City on September 1, Norwich City returned to winning ways on Saturday afternoon, when goals from Anthony Musaba, Mohamed Toure and Mathias Kvistgaarden secured a 3-1 triumph over Sheffield United.<\/p>\n

Following his well-taken strike at Bramall Lane, Australian marksman Toure has now provided a staggering 18 goal contributions in his opening 17 matches for the Canaries since joining from Danish side Randers in February.<\/p>\n

Consecutive defeats at the beginning of the second-tier term have been followed up by two wins in the past three, meaning that Philippe Clement<\/a>‘s men sit 12th in the Championship table<\/a><\/strong> on six points from five contests.<\/p>\n

Norwich are currently in the midst of a run of seven away trips in nine matches and return to Carrow Road on Wednesday for the first time since demolishing Burnley 4-1 at the venue on August 29, when Toure and Andre Brooks both bagged braces.<\/p>\n

The Canaries possess an excellent recent record against Birmingham at Carrow Road, winning six of the past eight matches, suffering just the single East Anglian defeat to Blues since 2002.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Iconsport \/ SPI<\/p>\n

After an eight-year absence, the lesser-discussed West Midlands derby between Birmingham City and Wolves returned to the Championship, and Sunday afternoon’s Second City clash did not disappoint in the slightest.<\/p>\n

From the thrilling 2-2 draw, memories of Jay Stansfield<\/a>‘s incredible strike and Jackson Tchatchoua’s comical own goal will live long in the memory of Bluenoses, who also welcomed a modern club legend back to the Second City.<\/p>\n

Nine months after suffering a stroke, Birmingham chairman Tom Wagner was back in his signature royal blue blazer at St Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park, supporting the team that he hopes to guide to the summit of English football.<\/p>\n

Alongside current pacesetters Swansea City, Chris Davies<\/a>‘s troops are one of two sides yet to taste defeat in the Championship this season, however, Blues have won just one of their opening five contests.<\/p>\n

Turning the tide on the head-to-head record since the beginning of the 21st century, Birmingham have recently enjoyed three consecutive Championship victories over Norwich by an aggregate scoreline of 7-2.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Norwich City Championship form:<\/p>\n

L L W L W<\/strong><\/p>\n

Norwich City form (all competitions):<\/p>\n

L L W W L W<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birmingham City Championship form:<\/p>\n

D D W D D<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birmingham City form (all competitions):<\/p>\n

D D L W D D<\/strong><\/p>\n

Team News<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Imago \/ Pro Sports Images<\/p>\n

A breakout star in the Championship last season, Norwich’s Jovon Makama is yet to feature in 2026-27 because of a muscle injury.<\/p>\n

One of Clement’s winter arrivals, former Vancouver Whitecaps attacker Ali Ahmed is nursing an injury.<\/p>\n

Birmingham are in the midst of a full-blown midfield fitness crisis, with Jhon Solis sidelined for up to 10 days.<\/p>\n

That leaves Blues with only Paik Seung-Ho and Tomoki Iwata as senior options in the double pivot for away trips to Norwich and Derby County this week.<\/p>\n

Liam Millar should keep his spot on the left flank after a promising debut on the weekend, whilst Patrick Roberts is currently ahead of Carlos Vicente in the pecking order on the right wing.<\/p>\n

Norwich City possible starting lineup:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kovacevic; Fisher, McConville, Cordoba, Chrisene; McLean, Mattson, Brooks, Ben Slimane, Musaba; Toure<\/p>\n

Birmingham City possible starting lineup:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beadle; Osayi-Samuel, Neumann, Klarer, Cochrane; Iwata, Paik, Roberts, Stansfield, Millar; Priske<\/p>\n

We say: Norwich City 2-1 Birmingham City<\/p>\n


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After putting Sheffield United to the sword on the weekend, Norwich will be confident of recording Carrow Road success on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Birmingham expended a lot of physical and emotional energy during the derby clash with Wolves and could struggle without Solis in midfield on the road.<\/p>\n

For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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