After being forced to a 1-1 draw by Bristol Rovers in the original third-round clash at Carrow Road on January 6, Norwich City sealed a trip to Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool in the FA Cup later this month thanks to a 3-1 replay win at
the Memorial Stadium last time out, with Gabriel Sara, Adam Idah and Kenny McLean finding the net in the West Country.The Canaries have now won back-to-back matches across all competitions for the first time since
November, as David Wagner’s men travelled to the MKM Stadium last Friday in the Championship and collected maximum points from Hull City, with Jon Rowe and Christian Fassnacht scoring either side of the half-time
break.Four points from the last two second-tier contests since the turn of the calendar year have allowed Norwich to climb into 11th place in the league standings, meaning the East Anglians are just two points behind sixth-placed Coventry City after 27 games of an enthralling
Championship term.Staking a claim for best youngster in the division this season, Norwich academy graduate Rowe has bagged 11 goals and provided two assists during his breakthrough campaign at this level, including a brilliant brace in the Old Farm derby against Kieran McKenna’s Ipswich Town on December
16.The reverse fixture between Norwich and West Brom on Boxing Day produced a one-goal success at The Hawthorns for the hosts, with Borja Sainz’s naivety reducing the Canaries to 10 men in the Black Country after just 33 minutes, leaving Wagner’s side with a massive mountain to climb.
Baggies have made fifth place their own over the past few months, currently sitting five points above Mark Robins’s Sky Blues in sixth and the same number ahead of Michael Beale’s Sunderland in seventh, although the 13-point
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gap to Ipswich in second means that automatic promotions seems unlikely for the Albion.With Josh Maja and Daryl Dike suffering their respective injury woes so far this term, former Salford City man Thomas-Asante has stepped
up to the mark in attack, netting nine goals and providing two assists in 25 second-tier appearances for Saturday’s visitors, with the 25-year-old scoring the winner during the reverse fixture on Boxing Day.Following a trip to East
Anglia this weekend, all attention will turn towards a Black Country derby with Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers in the fourth round of the FA Cup, with the Albion unbeaten at The Hawthorns against their arch rivals this century.
