TEAM NEWS
Manchester City will be without David Silva again as he has not recovered from the ankle injury he sustained on international duty with Spain.
Pablo Zabaleta suffered knee ligament damage in midweek and is out, along with Samir Nasri, Gael Clichy, Sergio Aguero and Fabian Delph.
Norwich will be without defender Andre Wisdom, who has a knee problem.
Dieumerci Mbokani is a doubt because of illness, while Youssouf Mulumbu may be involved after pre-season foot surgery.
MOTD COMMENTATOR'S NOTES
Jonathan Pearce: "Manchester City are like a dog with a bone at the moment. That's the way they should be. Poor at Borussia Monchengladbach and against Sevilla, they won both games.
"Defensively disciplined at Manchester United, they deserved the point. Imperious in the way they brushed aside Palace, they showed up fallen rivals in the competition.
"This is not a good time for Norwich to go visiting.
"The Canaries were squashed there 7-0 last season. It's four defeats in a row in all competitions this term and the longest winless run in the managerial career of Alex Neil.
"He 'wouldn't say it is worrying times'. With Swansea, Chelsea and Arsenal to come after this, it could well be soon."
Twitter: @jpearcefootball
WHAT THE MANAGERS SAY
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini: "I think that the performance [against Palace] was very good. Now we must repeat it.
"I never complain about the amount of injuries but to keep playing this way with so many missing and scoring goals is important for the trust of the team."
Norwich manager Alex Neil: "West Ham went there and managed to get something, so there's no reason why we can't go and be competitive.
"Hopefully we can cause them some problems but also make sure that we're defensively sound.
"We struck that balance well when we went to Liverpool. That was the game from this season that will be most like this one."
LAWRO'S PREDICTION
Norwich have lost their last three league games and are struggling at the back, so this is not the best time for them to be going to the Etihad Stadium.
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MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head- Norwich's only win in the last 10 league and cup meetings came at the Etihad Stadium on the final day of the 2012-13 season. Jonny Howson scored the decisive goal in a 3-2 victory. It is Norwich's only triumph in 20 top-flight matches at Manchester City.
- Manchester City have scored 27 goals in their last seven Premier League games against Norwich, including a 7-0 victory in November 2013 which equalled the Canaries' club record defeat.
- Norwich have scored a total of three own goals in the last four Premier League encounters.
Manchester City- City could win eight of their first 11 matches of a top-flight season for only the third time, after 2011-12 and 1903-04.
- They failed to score for the first time in 19 league games when held to a goalless draw in the Manchester derby last Sunday.
- Manuel Pellegrini's side have only conceded eight goals this season, the joint-best record in the division.
- They have not conceded a goal in any of the six league matches that Vincent Kompany has started.
- Kevin De Bruyne has scored 11 goals and provided 14 assists in his last 27 league appearances in England and Germany.
Norwich City- Norwich have suffered three successive league defeats and are without a win in their last five league matches.
- The Canaries have only earned two points from their last four away games, conceding 12 goals in the process.
- They are the only side yet to keep a clean sheet in the Premier League this season.
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