World News – GB – MATCHDAY LIVE: Injury-stricken Canaries travel to the pottery in hopes of extending the unbeaten run

Connor Southwell

Norwich head coach Daniel Farke and Christoph Zimmermann from Norwich at the end of the Sky Bet championship game at Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough
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21/11/2020

Table-Toping City recorded an impressive 1-0 win against Neil Warnock’s streetwise Middlesbrough side on Saturday but was hit by yet another injury crisis that left numerous first-team stars out for a long period of time.

In addition to Bali Mumba and Adam Idah, who were both injured in the last international games, Kenny McLean and Jordan Hugill were injured due to knee and. Shoulder injuries excluded.

Todd Cantwell will also miss up to three weeks of action and left-back Xavi Quintilla has still not come back from a hip injury sustained while warming up City’s 1-1 draw with Brentford.

That means the young duo Reece McAlear and Tom Dickson-Peters could be among the substitutes after Farke announced that he may be struggling to reach the full squad quota.

Michael O’Neill’s Stoke side are in seventh place in the championship after their thrilling 4-3 win against Huddersfield Town on Saturday. The former Northern Irish boss turned his luck after saving the Potters from relegation last season.

The hosts will have to do without former city borrower Angus Gunn, who sustained an ankle injury. The lively Tyrese Campbell is someone the town must thwart if it is to leave Staffordshire on all three points.

If they win tonight, Stoke would be level on points with the Canaries, and O’Neill is hoping to take three home wins in a row by capturing Farke’s men.

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