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Norwich vs Ipswich LIVE commentary: Rivals meet for crucial East Anglian derby – kick-off time, team news and talkSPORT coverage
Norwich meet bitter rivals Ipswich this Saturday afternoon in a crucial East Anglian derby, exclusively live on talkSPORT 2.
The Canaries will be aiming to scupper the Tractor Boys’ promotion hopes while also boosting their own chances of reaching the play-offs.
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Kieran McKenna’s side are top of the Championship and they have won their last three games, scoring deep in stoppage time to beat Southampton last time out.
They’re six matches away from back-to-back promotions, however, it’s their biggest enemy that can play a major part in preventing that.
Norwich vs Ipswich: Spoiling the party?
Norwich will fancy their chances of damaging Ipswich’s title hopes.
They are unbeaten in their last 11 league games against their rivals, not losing an East Anglian derby since 2009.
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To make things even better, the Canaries haven’t lost a home derby since the 2005/06 season.
In home meetings, they have won four and drawn four of their last eight, with history likely to motivate David Wagner’s side ahead of this clash.
It will be music to the ears of Leeds and Leicester fans too, as they hope for McKenna’s men to finally slip up.
If the Tractor Boys do come out on top though, it will prove they have the resilience to go all the way and secure promotion to the Premier League.
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Norwich vs Ipswich: Team news
Norwich: Gunn, Stacey, Duffy, Gibson, McCallum, Nunez, McLean, Gabriel Sara, Barnes, Sainz, Sargent.
Subs: Montoia, Aboh, Gibbs, Long, van Hooijdonk, Fassnacht, Batth, Fisher, Welch.
Ipswich: Hladky, Tuanzebe, Woolfenden, Burgess, Davis, Morsy, Luongo, Broadhead, Chaplin, Giraud-Hutchinson, Moore.
Subs: Walton, Clarke, Harness, Ball, Taylor, Al Hamadi, Jackson,
Sarmiento, Travis.
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- Norwich have won each of their last seven league games at Carrow Road; their longest run in the top two tiers of English football since a run of nine such victories in the second tier in November 2003.
- Ipswich’s 31 points won from losing positions is more than any other side in the top four tiers this season, and the most by a Football League side since Manchester United in 2020-21 (also 31).
Norwich vs Ipswich: What has been said?
Ipswich boss McKenna has been speaking about the importance of winning this derby.
He said: “You can’t shy away from the fact that some games get built up more. This is a derby.
“Pretty much all of the boys live local, while some have come through the academy. There’s no getting away from it – they know that a game like this has extra significance.
“But I think they’ve shown, when there’s been that external pressure in the past, that they can step up really, really well time and again.
“It’s special for the supporters and what’s special for the supporters is special for the players because that connection is so strong. We’ll be full of determination to make our supporters proud.
“These are occasions to relish. This a rivalry to relish. We know how important it is to both clubs.
“Some of the best experiences I’ve been part of have been going away to your rivals and picking up a result in their home stadium. There’s no better feeling than that.
“We’ll really endeavour to make Saturday one of those."
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- Ipswich’s 26 league wins this season is already the joint-most most by a newly promoted side in a single second tier season in England along with Manchester City in 1999-00 and Southampton in 2011-12. Indeed, the Tractor Boys have won nine of their last 10 league matches (L1).
Norwich vs Ipswich: talkSPORT coverage
This Championship clash will take place on Saturday, April 6.
Kick-off at Carrow Road is scheduled for 12:30pm.
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talkSPORT 2 will have EXCLUSIVE live coverage of the game presented by Faye Carruthers.
Commentary will come from Nigel Adderley and former England striker Dean Ashton.
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