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Norwich City welcome relegation-threatened Portsmouth to Carrow Road this afternoon for their penultimate home game of the Championship campaign. Johannes Hoff Thorup's men can still be mathematically promoted or relegated with four games to play, but are likely looking at a mid-table finish but will be hoping to conclude their campaign with a flourish. FAO: ANDROID USERS If you are consuming today's live blog on an Android device via the Pink Un app, please use two-finger scrolling to navigate through it or by clicking here Callum Doyle returns to City's matchday squad this afternoon after a calf injury that ruled him out of Matej Jurasek looks set to be absent again after missing City's last two Championship matches.
Despite Johannes Hoff Thorup confirming no injury, the Czech international is struggling to adapt to life in England. Attacker Ante Crnac is still sidelined after suffering an ankle injury in their 2-1 defeat to Plymouth. He is expected to return for City's final away game of the campaign at Middlesbrough.
Duo Lewis Dobbin and Ben Chrisene are likely to miss the remainder of the Championship campaign after injuries sustained in the 1-1 draw to Blackburn earlier this month. Lucien Mahovo's quad injury has also ended his campaign, with Norwich weighing up whether surgery is the next step. Gabe Forsyth is expected to miss the remainder of the Championship campaign after undergoing knee surgery.
Pompey are without winger Paddy Lane, Conor Shaughnessy, Callum Lang, Alexander Milosevic and Hayden Matthews, whilst young striker Thomas Widdrington a doubt. John Mousinho’s men have a four point cushion to the bottom three and one more win may secure their Championship safety. Ex-City duo Josh Murphy and Isaac Hayden are set for Carrow Road returns, whilst Kaide Gordon, who spent the first half of the season at Norwich, could make the match day squad for the visitors.
Norwich are unbeaten in their last four league games on Good Friday - winning each of their last two against Plymouth and Blackburn. Portsmouth’s unbeaten record on this day extends to nine - although they lost the last time they played on Good Friday in the Championship to Ipswich Town back in 2003. - Follow live updates via our live matchday blog above and join the debate with chief Norwich City reporter Connor Southwell live from.
