Norwich City vs Sunderland: Live stream, team news, recent form, referee
Sunderland make the long trip down to Norfolk to face an inform Norwich City side who are unbeaten in their last five matches.
Over 1,800 Sunderland fans are making the journey down to Carrow Road which comes as no surprise.
Last time out, Sunderland suffered a rare 5-1 defeat at home, while Norwich City won 3-2 away at Millwall which saw them leapfrog their opponents into sixth spot.
How to watch
When: Sunday 12th March 2023 - Kick off: 12:00pm
Where: Carrow Road
How to watch: Sky Sports
Radio: BBC Radio Newcastle
The game is being broadcasted live on Sky Sports, while BBC Radio Newcastle are also providing full commentary of the match too.
For viewers in the US, the game is being broadcast live on ESPN+.
Team News
Josh Sargeant and Gabriel Sara are both in contention for Norwich City this weekend as they returned to full training, but the game comes too soon for Jonathan Rowe and Sam Byram, with no time frame put on their returns.
Aji Alese joins Elliot Embleton, Ross Stewart and Corry Evans for Sunderland on the long-term injury list after suffering a thigh strain at the weekend that rules him out for the rest of the season.
An unnamed player also picked up a knock in training this week, with Tony Mowbray describing him as an important player.
Dennis Cirkin remains unavailable after the concussion suffered against Millwall last month.
Last Meeting
The two sides played each other at the Stadium of Light on Saturday 27th August 2022, where the Canaries went back to Norfolk with all three points after a Josh Sargeant winner in the 76th minute.
Sunderland Team: Patterson, O'Nien, Batth, Cirkin, Gooch, Neil, Evans, Clarke, Pritchard, Simms, Stewart
Recent Form
Norwich City: WDWWW
Sunderland: WDLLL
Head-to-head (last 10 matches)
Norwich City wins: 4
Draws: 3
Sunderland wins: 3
Who is the referee for Norwich vs Sunderland?
Tim Robinson will take charge of this match and has refereed 40 games over the last 12 months, issuing 63 yellow cards.
He will be assisted by Craig Taylor and Daniel Leach, with Gavin Ward acting as the fourth official.
What the Managers have said:
David Wagner is preparing his team to face a Sunderland side who will pose a threat despite their recent form and won't be taking them lightly.
Wagner said: "A very good footballing team, like to dominate the ball, they play good technical football. They have a young squad, a lot of energy. Before the last three games, they were challenging and in the top six.
"We won't look at their recent results, we know they've a good team.
"We need to make a special atmosphere, everybody needs to know and feel that we have a chance to make it four wins in a row".
Tony Mowbray knows that Norwich City will provide another tough test for his side and will be hoping to come back to Wearside with a positive result.
Mowbray said: "It's obviously a tough game.
"They're in the top six now, and they're a team that have been in the Premier League.
"In recent times they've come down and bounced straight back. Now they've pushed themselves into play-off positions, and so we know away from home it's a tough game.
"But we've faced these sort of games in the past, and we'll hopefully go and give a good account of ourselves and make life difficult for them.
"Where we are, we need to test ourselves really. Norwich away, it'll be a good football match for sure. They're a good football team, they want to play with the ball. It'll be a good test for us to see if we can compete at the level they play at. I'm sure we can.
"We shouldn't really fear anybody. We will look forward to the challenge of that game".
Predicted line Sunderland line-up vs Norwich
Sunderlaand have some real injury woes again and they will be forced into at least one change for this one.
That might persuade Tony Mowbray to go to a back three in a system set up for counter-attacking.
Predicted Sunderland line-up vs Norwich (3-4-3): Patterson; Ballard, O'Nien, Batth; Hume, Neil, Michut, Clarke; Roberts, Amad, Pritchard.
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