Match Preview – Carlisle United v Norwich City
November 27, 2009 in Match Preview, Norwich City FC by Nelson's Revenge
City travel to Brunton Park this Saturday to take on Carlisle United in the Third Round of The FA Cup, with the match being streamed live on The FA website.
The League One rivals enter the tie on the back of excellent midweek results as Norwich beat Brighton 4-1 at Carrow Road and Carlisle battled to a 4-3 victory away to MK Dons.
The two teams have already met once this season and it was Paul Lambert’s side who came out on top, when a first half goal from Wes Hoolahan was enough to give the Canaries all three points at Greg Abbot’s Carlisle.
The City boss seems intent on seeing his side through to the next round in the hope of being drawn against one of the bigger sides, when teams from The Premiership and Championship join the competition, and also picking up the £67500 for the progression.
Lambert is likely to name an unchanged side for the match, which will see defender Gary Doherty make his 200th appearance for Norwich, having joined the Canaries from Tottenham Hotspur in August 2004.
Only one of the two new loan signings is eligible to figure in the game, so whilst Russell Martin could be named on the subs bench, supporters will have to wait a little while longer before they get to run their eye over Anthony McNamee.
Whilst the Canaries have no new injury problems, Greg Abbot’s side are without defender David Raven who remains absent with a hip injury, whilst Captain Paul Thirlwell is out with an achilles injury.
The duo are joined by Marc Bridge-Wilkinson, who has a knee injury, and striker Richard Offiong, who jarred his knee in training during the week, whilst Andy Cook will miss the rest of the season with a broken foot.
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