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Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Norwich City and Leicester City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Fighting to escape their early-season nightmare, Norwich City welcome Leicester City to Carrow Road for a Championship clash on Saturday afternoon.

The Canaries could only manage a point at the home of Sheffield Wednesday last time out, while the Foxes shared the spoils with Middlesbrough in the East Midlands.

Match preview

Competing within the riches of the Premier League as recently as 2022, Norwich City have suffered a severe fall from grace over recent times, with Saturday afternoon's hosts staring a Championship relegation battle in the face after a troubling start to the 2025-26 term.

The Canaries extended their winless streak in the second tier to a sobering 10 matches earlier in the week, when a second strike of the campaign from summer arrival Matias Kvistgaarden cancelled out Barry Bannan's opener to force a share of the points at Sheffield Wednesday.

Ending a worrying rot of six consecutive defeats with the stalemate at Hillsborough on Wednesday night, Norwich moved up to nine points from their opening 14 matches but remain a lowly 22nd in the Championship rankings, four...