Norwich City

Phil Daley
Sports Editor, BBC Norfolk

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Norwich City head coach Philippe Clement has spoken to the media before the Canaries' Championship match against Swansea City on Saturday (15:00 BST).

Here are some of the key points:

• On the chances of Norwich making the play-offs: "I read somewhere there is 0.7% chance or something that we make the play-offs. The same computer gave the club 37% chance to go down when I took over... all we can do is go full for the three points and we will see."

• Kellen Fisher (pictured) made his 100th appearance for Norwich last time out. Clement says his initial impression of the full-back was that he might struggle against some of the "beasts" in the Championship, and that he has been proven wrong. He is one of the surprises from the squad he inherited.

• Winger Ali Ahmed should return to the squad providing he does not have any setbacks from Friday's training.

• Defender Ruari McConville is back in the squad after pulling out of the starting line-up against Derby County on Tuesday with sickness.

• On the topic of VAR not being brought in for the Championship, Clement says he respects the opinions of others, but he believes it would be beneficial for a number of reasons, including player safety and getting decisions right.

• Clement says he thinks the match with Swansea will be a good watch for any neutrals as both teams try and play good football.

You can listen to full live commentary of Norwich City v Swansea City with BBC Radio Norfolk on FM and DAB and online from 15:00 BST.

Norwich will hope to keep their play-off dream alive as they host Swansea on Saturday (15:00 BST).

Only a victory - and some luck with results elsewhere - will keep the Canaries in the running for a spot in May's play-offs.

Though should Hull gain any points from their trip to Charlton in the lunchtime kick-off, Norwich's season will be done and dusted before they can even touch the ball at Carrow Road.

• Norwich have only lost one of their last 10 home league games against Swansea (W6 D3), a 0-3 reverse in April 2023.

• After winning 2-1 in October, Swansea are looking for their first league double over Norwich City since the 2008-09 season.

• Norwich have won their last home game of the season in six of their last eight Championship campaigns (D1 L1), although one of the exceptions was a 2-2 draw with Swansea in 2023-24.

• Swansea have only won their last away league game in one of the last eight seasons (D3 L4), beating Reading 4-1 in 2019-20.

• In 2026, Norwich have won more Championship matches (14) than any other side. It's two more than they won in the entirety of 2025 (12).

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Norwich City manager Philippe Clement hailed his side's new maturity after they beat Derby County 2-1 at Carrow Road.

Clement liked the way the Canaries did not panic when Mohamed Toure missed an early penalty and then Derby equalised in the second half after the home side had dominated.

Toure opened the scoring with his ninth goal in 10 Norwich appearances before Liam Gibbs bagged the winner with his first goal in three years.

A delighted Clement told BBC Radio Norfolk: "I'm happy with the result, I'm happy with the first half. We should have scored more goals there. We missed the penalty also and we had total control of the game.

"We had really, really big chances to kill off the game, but we didn't do that and they came back. But our reaction was good and that's been one of the key things from the last few months that the team is not panicking anymore when things go against us. We keep doing the job and keep on going.

"With Toure, he missed the penalty, but he has the right mindset to look for the next action and we've been working hard on that since the beginning of our story together.

"I'm really happy that the players are getting their rewards for that."

Rob Butler
BBC Radio Norfolk Canary Call, presenter

Norwich City play their penultimate Championship home game of the season when Derby County visit Carrow Road on Tuesday (19:45 GMT).

Head coach Philippe Clement spoke to the media before the game and here are some of the key points:

• Clement said he was not happy with the team's first-half performance during Saturday's win at Bristol City

• The head coach added that being banned from the touchline made it even more frustrating, but the players' second-half reaction was "really good"

• On defender Harry Darling's good performance at Ashton Gate and the games leading up to it, Clement said: "He has been much more consistent and has stepped up"

• Darling has been deputising for Ruairi McConville and Clement confirmed he is being careful with rushing the Northern Ireland international back into the team following a short injury lay-off

• "We have a few issues", Clement refused to be drawn on any new injury worries

• On Derby: "It's a big challenge, the belief (that they will make the play-offs) is really big there"

You can listen to full live commentary of Norwich v Derby with BBC Radio Norfolk on FM and DAB. Coverage begins at 19:00 BST on Tuesday.

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Norwich welcome Derby to Carrow Road on Tuesday night (19:45 BST) for a game with huge play-off implications.

The Canaries remain in contention for a top-six finish, just, after Saturday's thumping 4-2 win at Bristol City.

Philippe Clement's men are ninth, eight points behind Hull City in the final play-off spot, with three games to play.

Derby are far better placed, sat eighth, only three points behind the Tigers, with a superior goal difference, after beating Oxford United 1-0 at Pride Park on Saturday.

• Norwich have lost three of their past four home league games against Derby (D1) since a 3-0 win in January 2017.

• Following their 1-0 win in October, Derby are looking to complete the league double over Norwich for the first time since 2008-09.

• Only Sheffield Wednesday have lost more home league games in the Championship this season than Norwich City (W8 D2 L11); only in 1946-47 in Division 3 South have they lost more at home in a league campaign outside the top-flight (12).

• Derby have lost five of their previous six away league games (W1), as many as in their previous 20 matches in the Championship (W11 D4).

• Derby manager John Eustace has only won one of his seven previous league meetings with Norwich (D2 L4), though that victory did come in the reverse fixture in October.

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Norwich first-team coach Ryan Garry said Mohamed Toure showed "another side of himself" after the forward scored his second hat trick for the club, to beat Bristol City.

The Canaries conceded a goal within two minutes of kick-off, and it took a 25-minute treble from Toure to inspire the comeback.

"We played a great game in the second half with and without the ball," he told BBC Radio Norfolk.

Head coach Phillipe Clement was serving a touchline ban, but was able to speak to his side during the break.

"The manager's message at half-time was certainly around raising levels of intensity and you have to give credit to the players because everyone did that.

"I saw the correct behaviours," he said.

Toure joined Norwich in February, and has scored seven goals in eight matches, including another hat-trick against Oxford on his debut.

"As much as it was a team performances, Mo (Toure) is obviously going to get the plaudits," said Garry.

"He could have done more in the first half, but he showed another side of himself in the second, and so it's great when one of your players gets a hat-trick."

Phil Daley
Sports Editor, BBC Norfolk

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Norwich City head coach Philippe Clement has spoken to the media before the Canaries' Championship match at Bristol City.

Here are some of the key points:

• Clement says he's seen a good reaction from his players following the derby defeat to Ipswich last weekend. "It's about taking lessons from it and moving on," he said.

• The club met with representatives of the officials from last weekend's game for some clarity over some decisions.

• Despite having a large number of corners last weekend, they failed to take advantage of them. Clement says it's an area they must improve on.

• Defender Ben Chrisene has been struggling with a shoulder injury for a period of time. He will see a specialist next week and could miss the remainder of the season.

• Jeff Schlupp will be back in the squad after returning from injury.

• Jovon Makama and Papa Amadou Diallo are both back "out on the grass" but a return to action is not yet imminent.

• Clement will be serving a touchline ban after picking up another yellow card in the defeat to Ipswich. He says he will watch the game with his analyst.

You can listen to full live commentary of Bristol City v Norwich City with BBC Radio Norfolk on FM and DAB and online from 15:00 BST.

Both these sides are now 10 points off the play-offs with only goal difference separating them ahead of their meeting on Saturday (15:00 BST).

Bristol City, in 10th place, missed their chance to leapfrog ninth-placed Norwich after their stalemate at QPR last time out, but will get the chance to do so again with a win.

Norwich will be licking their wounds after suffering a 2-0 home defeat by their East Anglian rivals Ipswich last Saturday which saw a chance of a play-off finish move further away.

• Bristol City have won their last three league games against Norwich, having won just one of their previous 14 against the Canaries (D4 L9).

• Norwich have alternated between victory (2) and defeat (2) in their last four away league games against Bristol City, losing 2-1 in this fixture last season.

• Bristol City are unbeaten in their three Championship games under Roy Hodgson (W2 D1), keeping a clean sheet in the last two. They last had a longer run of league clean sheets in March/April 2024 (4).

• Norwich were beaten by Ipswich last time out, and they are yet to lose consecutive Championship matches across their 27 played under Philippe Clement.

• Scott Twine has been directly involved in 17 goals in the Championship this season (11 goals, 6 assists) – no player has had more for Bristol City in a single league campaign since 2021-22 (Andreas Weimann 32, Antoine Semenyo 20 and Chris Martin 18).

"It's one of those moments where you have to think to yourself: We've had 16 years of pure enjoyment and not a single trip up. It's been three decades since Norwich lost at home to Ipswich."

"It's painful but we have to remember we've enjoyed it for so long. Let them have their moment, but the pendulum always swings the other way and Norwich City will come back to haunt them once more..."

Join Rob Butler and Chris Reeve on The Scrimmage podcast as they discuss the once-in-a-generation home defeat to East Anglian rivals Ipswich, whether the visitors should have gone down to 10 men and how everyone can bounce back from such a disheartening defeat, before hearing fans opinions on Norwich City's season under Philippe Clement.

Listen to more episodes of The Scrimmage on BBC Sounds.

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Norwich City boss Philippe Clement says he misses VAR after watching his side lose 2-0 at home to East Anglian rivals Ipswich.

The visitors took an early lead through a penalty which Clement feels would not have been awarded had video technology been available to the officials.

"It hurts because you lose and secondly because you start the game well and you get a penalty against you which isn't a penalty," Clement told BBC Radio Norfolk.

"Anis (Ben Slimane) clears the ball, the second player comes from behind him and he's diving already before maybe a small, small contact is made.

"Those are the moments where I miss VAR to get the right decisions in the game because they are game-deciding moments and the same goes with (Marcelino) Nunez staying on the pitch when he should have had a second yellow card and then you have a different situation."

Jaden Philogene converted the penalty before George Hirst added a second goal just before half-time and the Norwich head coach admits they also did not help themselves during the game.

"We were the better team on the ball, getting into the opponents' box more but we missed the ruthlessness and otherwise it might have been a win or at least a draw but we have to learn from that and become better," he added.

Norwich are next in Championship action at Bristol City on Saturday, 18 April (15:00 BST).

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