Pick of the stats: Bristol City v Norwich City

TL;DR

Bristol City and Norwich City are both 10 points off the play-offs ahead of their match on Saturday. Bristol City aims to leapfrog Norwich in the standings after their recent stalemate, while Norwich looks to recover from a home defeat to Ipswich.

Key points

Bristol City and Norwich City are both 10 points off the play-offs
Bristol City is in 10th place, Norwich City in 9th
Bristol City missed a chance to leapfrog Norwich in their last match
Norwich lost 2-0 to Ipswich in their last game

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Side-by-side of Bristol City and Norwich City badges

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Both these sides are now 10 points off the play-offs with only goal difference separating them ahead of their meeting on Saturday (12:30 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).