David Wagner’s future at Norwich could be in doubt if Norwich fail to snap a five-game winless run at home to mid-table Blackburn on Sunday afternoon
The Carrow Road crowd are beginning to turn on Wagner amid a desperate sequence of results, but it may not take much to spark a turnaround with the majority of Norwich’s issues being at the top of the pitch.
Blackburn’s three-match winning run was ended by Swansea last weekend and they again failed to get on the scoresheet against Chelsea on Wednesday.
Tomasson will welcome the extra day’s rest his team have been afforded by the switch to Sunday, although they are without several key players through injury.
The short price on a home win remains unattractive given Norwich’s form, but Wagner has enough talent at his disposal to deny inconsistent opponents victory in a game that could peter out into an uneventful stalemate.
The Canaries have won just one of their last nine Championship games with questions now being asked about the German coach’s prospects of surviving in the post for much longer.
Jon Dahl Tomasson’s Rovers travel east on the back of a Carabao Cup last-16 loss at Chelsea, but the Lancashire side have won on their last two league road trips.
Norwich centre-back Ben Gibson has been ruled out until Christmas after sustaining a stress fracture of his metatarsal in training this week.
That could mean a call-up for either Danny Batth or Jaden Warner alongside Shane Duffy in central defence with club captain Grant Hanley not yet ready to return from a long-term Achilles injury.
Wagner declared an otherwise clean bill of health from the players on duty at Sunderland, although changes will be expected in the wake of the 3-1 defeat on Wearside.
As for Blackburn, Hayden Carter is suspended after collecting his fifth yellow card in the Championship against Swansea last weekend.
Therefore, James Hill and Scott Wharton are likely to be the centre-back pairing at Carrow Road.
Sammy Szmodics missed the midweek clash at Stamford Bridge with a minor injury and Tomasson hopes he will be available to play at the weekend.
But striker Sam Gallagher and defender Dom Hyam will not be available until after this month’s international break while Ryan Hedges, Aynsley Pears and Sam Barnes are long-term casualties.
Rovers have earned a point on five of their last nine visits to Carrow Road, losing only twice during that run.
The Canaries have fallen at home to in-form Leicester, Leeds andh Middlesbroug recently, having previously beaten Hull, Millwall, Stoke and Birmingham in front of their own fans.
But the away team has won in seven of the last 10 meetings between these two clubs.
The Carrow Road crowd are beginning to turn on Wagner amid a desperate sequence of results, but it may not take much to spark a turnaround with the majority of Norwich’s issues being at the top of the pitch.
Blackburn’s three-match winning run was ended by Swansea last weekend and they again failed to get on the scoresheet against Chelsea on Wednesday.
Tomasson will welcome the extra day’s rest his team have been afforded by the switch to Sunday, although they are without several key players through injury.
The short price on a home win remains unattractive given Norwich’s form, but Wagner has enough talent at his disposal to deny inconsistent opponents victory in a game that could peter out into an uneventful stalemate.
