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Norwich City

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Norwich City, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 3-1 FA Cup victory versus West Bromwich Albion.

In that match, Norwich City managed 54% possession and 21 attempts on goal with 7 on target. For Norwich City, the scorers were Paris Maghoma (31'), Ben Chrisene (82') and Mohamed Touré (93'). West Bromwich Albion got 7 shots at goal with 5 on target. Josh Maja (68') scored for West Bromwich Albion.

Their latest results really do illustrate the point that there has been much resilience in the Norwich City backline. Norwich City have given the opposition little, seeing the total number of goals that have flown into the back of their net over the course of their previous six outings standing at 3. In any event, it remains to be seen if that pattern shall persist in this match.

Their prior results show that Norwich City:

• are winless against Birmingham City in their last 2 league games.
• are undefeated in their last 2 home league matches.

Birmingham City

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In the game prior to this, Birmingham City drew 1-1 in the FA Cup tie with Leeds United.

In that game, Birmingham City managed 55% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The scorer for Birmingham City was Patrick Roberts (89'). Leeds United had 16 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Lukas Nmecha (49') scored for Leeds United. Leeds United won the match 2-4 in a dramatic penalty shootout.

A sequence of reliable showings by the Birmingham City defensive unit has seen their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 3 from their last 6 outings overall. In that period, their own forwards have managed to score 8.

A look at their previous results shows us that Birmingham City:

• haven't beaten Norwich City in games played away from home for the previous 10 league matches. An awful away record.
• are unbeaten in their last 3 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 09/08/2022 shows that Norwich City have won 3 of these games & Birmingham City 2, with the number of drawn results being 1.

An aggregate of 19 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 10 for The Canaries and 9 for The Blues. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.17.

The last league match featuring these clubs was Championship match day 16 on 22/11/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Birmingham City 4-1 Norwich City.

In that game, Birmingham City managed 51% possession and 16 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The goals were scored by Marvin Ducksch (3', 44') and Jay Stansfield (21', 54').

Norwich City had 14 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Mathias Kvistgaarden (33') was the scorer.

The referee was Anthony Backhouse.

📰 Team News: Norwich City

In all likelihood, The Canaries will possibly kick off with a 4-3-3 formation in the match, utilising Vladan Kovacevic, Kellen Fisher, Ruairi McConville, Jose Cordoba, Benjamin Chrisene, Sam Field, Liam Gibbs, Kenny McLean, Anis Ben Slimane, Mohamed Toure and Ali Ahmed.

🗞️ Team News: Birmingham City

There’s a good chance that The Blues seem likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 lineup with a starting lineup of James Beadle, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Christoph Klarer, Jonathan Panzo, Kai Wagner, Tomoki Iwata, Jhon Solis, Carlos Vicente, August Priske, Demarai Gray and Marvin Ducksch.

✨ Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Birmingham City and Norwich City could find scoring goals difficult here.

A draw is a real possibility, as a clear-cut winner doesn’t appear to be obvious. That’s why we have predicted a hard-fought 0-0 scoreline at the end of the 90 minutes.

Lucas Pereira, 14:06 21/02/2026