Norwich welcome Premier League champions Manchester City to Carrow Road this weekend hoping to end a run of defeats.Canaries fans will have been looking forward to this game for several months but it comes on the back of successive defeats.
Chelsea and West Ham United got the better of Norwich before the international break and Daniel Farkes men face a tough afternoon on home soil.
Despite beating Newcastle United 3-1, Norwich remain second from bottom and could soon be 20th if Watford get a win this weekend.
Todd Cantwell and Teemu Pukki have enjoyed solid starts to the season but Farke has a number of injury problems to deal with.
Christoph Zimmermann and Tim Klose are definitely missing, while fellow centre-back Grant Hanley faces a late fitness test.
Summer signing Ibrahim Amadou may have to drop into defence, with Tom Trybull also struggling with an ankle injury.
City coach Pep Guardiola has confirmed Aymeric Laporte will miss the next six months of action due to a knee injury.
John Stones and Nicolas Otamendi are set to start at the back although Fernandinho could also drop from midfield into defence.
Midfielder Ilkay Gundogan is a doubt due to illness, while left-back Benjamin Mendy could be named on the bench after recovering from a knee injury.
Norwich have only won one of the last 14 Premier League meetings between the two clubs and that came on the final day of the 2012-13 season.