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  1. Leeds v Norwich: Team newspublished at 15:50 GMT 8 March

    Leeds XI: Lucas Perri, Bornauw, Bijol, Gudmundsson, James, Ampadu, Longstaff, Gnonto, Piroe, Tanaka, Nmecha

    There's nine changes for Leeds from the side that lost to Sunderland in midweek with just Gabriel Gudmundsson and Ethan Ampadu retaining their places.

    Leeds XI: Perri, Gudmundsson, Ampadu, James, Longstaff, Piroe, Nmecha, Bijol, Tanaka, Bornauw, Gnonto.

    Subs: Darlow, Bogle, Struijk, Aaronson, Stach, Justin, Byram, Buonanotte, Gruev.

    Championship side Norwich have named a strong team with their only change coming in goal as Daniel Grimshaw starts.

    Norwich XI: Grimshaw, Fisher, McConville, Cordoba, Chrisene, Field, McLean, Gibbs, Maghoma, Ahmed, Kvistgaarden

    Subs: Kovacevic, Stacey, Medic, Darling, Wright, Springett, Forson, Slimane, Mundle-Smith

    Norwich XI: Grimshaw, Fisher, McConville, Cordoba, Chrisene, Field, McLean, Gibbs, Maghoma, Ahmed. Kvistgaarden.
  2. Follow Sunday's FA Cup ties livepublished at 11:01 GMT 8 March

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    There are three fifth-round ties in the FA Cup on Sunday and BBC Sport will bring you every moment.

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  3. Sutton's predictions: Leeds United v Norwich Citypublished at 19:14 GMT 7 March

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    Leeds' defeat by Sunderland, and then seeing West Ham and Nottingham Forest get good results in midweek, might just change the way Daniel Farke approaches this tie against his former club.

    I can see him really prioritising Premier League survival. Next week's league game against Crystal Palace is a massive game, and I think he will leave his big-hitters out of this tie.

    That opens the door for Norwich, who are in amazing form under Philippe Clement despite being depleted by injury.

    He has done an unbelievable job and they are one of the form teams in the Championship.

    Clement has brought belief and a winning mentality to the team and they play good football too.

    I was at Elland Road in 2024 when Leeds destroyed Norwich 4-0 in the Championship play-off semi-final.

    This time, I actually think my old side will go there and win - just as we did in the 1993-94 season, when Jeremy Goss scored one of the goals of the season, external.

    People always talk about that Goss goal but a young striker called Chris Sutton put in a centre-forward masterclass that day, and he even found the net as well, with a clever finish.

    It won't be 4-0 this time, but we will see another Norwich victory. Let me dream - the Canaries can make it to Wembley.

    Sutton's prediction: 1-2, after extra time

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  4. Clement on Leeds, McLean landmark and injury newspublished at 13:57 GMT 7 March

    Philippe Clement at a press conference
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    Philippe Clement was appointed Norwich boss in November 2025

    Norwich City will try to reach the FA Cup quarter-final for the eighth time in the club's history when they head to Leeds United on Sunday in the competition's fifth round (16:30 GMT).

    The Canaries will go up against former boss Daniel Farke who led the club to the last-eight of the tournament six years ago.

    In the lead up to the game, City head coach Philippe Clement has been speaking to the media, here are some of the key points:

    • Clement paid tribute to the club's technical director Neil Adams who will leave at the end of the season - "Neil has given a lot of really useful information from the first day I was here," he said.

    • Captain Kenny McLean could make his 300th appearance for Norwich at Leeds. "It's massive. There are not many figures like that in modern football. It shows how loyal he is to the club, he is a massive figure," Clement said. "Kenny is my right hand on the field."

    • Midfielder Pelle Mattsson could be back from injury for Wednesday's Championship game against Sheffield United.

    • Tunisian international Anis Ben Slimane 'feels better' after a minor groin problem.

    • On the Leeds cup tie: "You need to think about 120 minutes and how you can fill that with the squad available. We have games on Wednesday and Saturday also."

    You can listen to full live commentary of the Canaries cup tie against Leeds with BBC Radio Norfolk on FM, DAB and online with BBC Sounds. Coverage begins at 16:00 GMT on Sunday.

  5. 'Game's gone' or 'everyone has something to play for'?published at 15:18 GMT 5 March

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    Sunderland lifted the Championship play-off final trophy in 2024-25Image source, Shutterstock

    Earlier we asked what you make of the news that, from next season, the Championship play-offs will be expanded to include the teams finishing seventh and eighth?

    It was announced on Thursday morning that EFL clubs voted in favour of expanding the play-offs from four to six teams.

    Here's a selection of your comments...

    Josh, Derby: I don't believe this is necessary. I do think that the play-off format should be aligned throughout the top five leagues, but expanding isn't needed. Better distribution of the monies involved and establishing a clear matchday structure to balance various men's and women's leagues would be a better use of everyone's time. This strikes me undue American influence.

    Callum, Dartford: I think it's a good thing so teams can push for promotion that thought they wouldn't get near the play-offs.

    Cato, Sheffield: If we adopted it to this season, it means that eighth-placed Derby (on 51 points) have about as much a chance of going up as third-placed Millwall (on 63 points). Plus, to accommodate the extra games, would they extend the season into June? I don't like the idea of it at all, and I hope it's short-lived.

    Steve, London: Another example of football being ruined, week by week. Don't you dare think about implementing VAR too.

    Mark, Stafford: As a Stoke fan, I think it's good news. The season has come to a grinding halt due to being decimated by injuries. Add to that, the quality of what is coming down from the Premier League, it would mean upsets can happen and still allow teams in that mid-table race to dream of greater heights!

    Richard, Stansted: Absolutely ridiculous. What is the point of a league format if you are going to make it a bigger lottery to include even more teams at the end of the season? It also brings teams that are even less ready to actually be in the Premier League into scope. But mostly it's the undermining of the league format which makes no sense. I'm a Derby fan - and we look like we would have a chance of benefiting from this if it were in place this season.

    Andy, Nuneaton: Anything that expands the opportunities for those outside of the parachute teams is a good thing. We need to get away from this elite view of the Premier League. If it was up to them, they'd stop automatic promotion and relegation and have a system like Rugby Union, where it's based on meeting certain criteria. The eighth-placed club in the Championship getting to the PL? Bring it on!

    Ron, Hayling: Money, Money, Money. Players complain about the amount of games they play with the league games and cup competitions so the intention is to play even more at the end of the season. Owners will make some money but that's all that matters!

    Barry, Dartford: Yes it's a fantastic for everyone, all the small teams as well as the big boys, to have something to play for. It will give the end of the season something to look forward to.

    Benjamin, Poole: I'm a Charlton fan, so it's unlikely we'll come 8th in the Championship any time soon, however, this is ridiculous. More pandering to Americans to make it more likely they'll make money, which is the only thing they care about. Sporting integrity out of the window again. Shame as I felt the Championship was the last bastion of quality and integrity combined. Game has gone.

    Broughton, Derby: Absolute ridiculous, put it back to the old days of three straight up, no play-offs. If you don't make top-three you don't deserve to go up.

    Julian, London: The worst decision from a footballing point of view ever! The National League teams have been trying to change their system to be like the current EFL system so it seems a very strange decision for the EFL to take. You can finish 8th after 46 games and still get promoted - sporting integrity has been totally lost with this decision. Money over integrity every time!

  6. 'All the bodies going down - it's crazy'published at 11:38 GMT 2 March

    Ali Ahmed is hugged by two Norwich team-mates after scoring against Leicester CityImage source, Getty Images

    Norwich City winger Ali Ahmed admits he is still coming to terms with the physical demands of the Championship after moving to England from Major League Soccer.

    The Canada international scored his third goal for the Canaries in Saturday's 2-0 win at Leicester City, his ninth league appearance for the club.

    And the result was achieved despite team-mates playing out of position because of injury problems in the squad.

    "It was a top team performance, especially with all the bodies going down," the former Vancouver Whitecaps player told BBC Radio Norfolk.

    "It's crazy. I don't know if I've seen anything like it. Errol (Mundle-Smith) playing striker, it's not his position. Gibbsy [Liam Gibbs], playing right wing, put in a shift.

    "There's no game where you can go in and think it's going to be easy. Every minute of every game is a challenge.

    "Before coming into the league, every person, player, coach I spoke to talked about the intensity and the physicality of it and, my word, it's lived up to every single word.

    "I think that's good for me, it's an area I want to improve in myself. Definitely my body is feeling it but I love playing every two or three days."

    The result at Leicester put Norwich 11 points clear of the Championship relegation places and Ahmed said head coach Philippe Clement had been stressing the need to win the first 15 minutes of every game.

    "We set the tone, we were on the front foot and when we come out like that, the belief we have, it's tough for teams to stop," he added. "In some recent games we've been coming out a little slow and it's been killing us."

    Norwich now have a break from league action and will be away to Leeds United, managed by former Canaries boss Daniel Farke, in the FA Cup on Sunday.

  7. 'You see a lot of joy' - Clementpublished at 16:55 GMT 28 February

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    Clement 'proud' to have raised standards again

    Norwich manager Philippe Clement made it 11 wins from his 20 matches in charge and said his players are enjoying themselves as they climb the Championship table.

    Clement told BBC Radio Norfolk: "I'm pleased with the performance and the dominance for the whole game. If we could have scored in the first half we could have released ourselves a little bit faster, but we did in the second half.

    "I'm proud of how the team took the game tactically, physically, technically and mentally. Everyone showed hunger and desire to get the three points, but in our way, with our football.

    "You see a lot of joy on the pitch, when we score, when we do good things. Everybody is living the story, also the players who are not playing are all involved in the same way as when they are on the pitch."

    Anis Ben Slimane scored the opening goal after passing a fitness test shortly before kick-off and coming off the bench, and Clement said: "He was very, very close [to not playing]. He did a warm-up, had tests to make to see if he was ready to play in the game, and the amount of minutes. He said he felt OK and I believe my players."

  8. What really is the worst EFL kit of all time?published at 17:08 GMT 27 February

    Coventry City's new Hummel kit, in deep chocolate plum with sky blue features.Image source, Coventry City FC
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    Coventry City's new 'deep chocolate plum' fourth kit pays homage to an away strip from more than four decades ago.

    You might not hear the old terrace refrain of 'you're not fit to wear the shirt' as often as you used to, but it still has a better ring than 'the shirt's not fit for you to wear'.

    Championship leaders Coventry City launched a new collection on Friday, proudly taking inspiration from a kit widely dubbed the 'Worst of All Time'.

    A take on the club's infamous brown change strip worn away from Highfield Road from 1978 to 1981, the modern reinvention features what the club calls "a deeper chocolate plum colour with sky blue elements".

    Many would suggest it sounds tastier than it looks.

    But it's got us thinking... what are actually the worst EFL kits of all time? Let us know which of your club's shirts is hiding in the back of the wardrobe, or even if they were too ugly for you to even part money for them.

    We'll collate a list of the biggest eyesores and will give you the chance to vote on the ghastliest of all next week.

    Click here to let us know your suggestion, and you can even attach a picture if you really want to convey the horror.

  9. Norwich striker Toure out for at least four weekspublished at 15:52 GMT 27 February

    Norwich striker Mohamed Toure in action against West Brom in the FA Cup fourth roundImage source, Getty Images

    Norwich City forward Mohamed Toure has been ruled out for four to six weeks with a groin injury, leaving the Canaries with a dearth of fit strikers.

    The 21-year-old has scored five goals and registered one assist in five games in all competitions since signing from Danish club Randers on 1 February.

    But the Australia international limped off after just nine minutes of the 2-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday on Wednesday night.

    With Ante Crnac and top goalscorer Jovon Makama both ruled out for the rest of the season and Josh Sargent completing his move to MLS club Toronto FC, it leaves Mathias Kvistgaarden as Norwich's only available senior striker.

    Kvistgaarden has already missed seven league games with injury this season and replaced Toure against the Owls before himself being subbed off for defender Jakov Medic, who can operate as a makeshift nine.

    "I need to be very pragmatic now about what to do to get results because at the end of the day, it's about that," Norwich head coach Philippe Clement told BBC Radio Norfolk.

    "In May, nobody can think about 'OK, we missed that moment of the season so many players or in that position we didn't have players'.

    "It will be about how many points we have and that's football and that's the reality. So we need to be pragmatic to get, in the best ways, the points."

    Clement said there are no strikers in the club's academy who are "up to Championship level" and challenged the rest of the squad to contribute with goals.

    "The way I want to play football is that the danger comes from everywhere," Clement added.

    "So not only from the striker to score goals, but also from our wingers, our midfielders, our full-backs, our centre-halves even.

    "Several players are scoring goals now who never scored before for the club and we need to continue that way.

    "That's also a big strength that you need to have as a club, that you're not so predictable for your opponents.

    "If they stop one, two players, they stop your offensive work. So now we cause more problems for our opponents because the danger can come from everywhere."

  10. Pick of the stats: Leicester City v Norwich Citypublished at 16:04 GMT 26 February

    Club badges bannerImage source, Opta

    Leicester will try to end their eight-game winless Championship streak and climb out of the relegation zone when they host Norwich on Saturday (12:30 GMT).

    The Foxes remain third-bottom, a point behind West Brom, despite picking-up back-to-back draws under Gary Rowett, at Stoke last Saturday and at Middlesbrough on Tuesday night, but have lost their past three games at the King Power and last won against Albion on 5 January.

    Norwich climbed to 17th, eight points clear of the drop-zone after following last Saturday's home defeat to Birmingham with a 2-0 success against Sheffield Wednesday at Carrow Road on Wednesday night.

    • Leicester have won each of their past five league games against Norwich, since a 1-0 loss in the Premier League in February 2020.

    • Norwich have conceded at least twice in each of their past five league games against Leicester, as many times as they had in their previous 20 against the Foxes.

    • Leicester have lost their past three Championship home games. They last lost more consecutively in the same season (outside the top-flight) in April 1914.

    • Norwich have won four of their past five away league games (L1), as many as in their previous 31 on the road (D12 L15).

    • Only three players have scored more away league goals for Norwich City this season than Mo Toure (3), despite the Australian playing just 60 minutes on the road so far.

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  11. Clement happy with 'well-organised' Norwichpublished at 22:59 GMT 25 February

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    Clement: 'Jakov has been scoring a lot of goals in training'

    Norwich City boss Philippe Clement spoke to BBC Radio Norfolk following their 2-0 home win against Sheffield Wednesday.

    "We knew Sheffield Wednesday were a team that had lost a lot of games - but a lot, I think, by only one goal difference.

    "We knew it was a massive game and we could not underestimate them and we had by far the most chances, most possession, two good goals, could have been more, so a lot of pleasing things.

    "The team stayed focused, very professional, very well organised and that's our strength that we need to use in the coming weeks and months.

    "Taking players off when they are good in the game because in a few days you have another game and they're not ready to play 90 minutes two times in a row, it's a tough job and we're working hard to make them stronger, to make them better.

    "Paris was good in the game but we need him again on Saturday, it's not the easiest way to be a manager, to manage all that, but I'm really happy how everybody gives everything for the team in whatever position they need to play.

    "It's a big difference with the beginning of the season that there is a cohesive team always working together, well organised, knowing what to do with and without the ball and that helps us to get the points and deserve the wins also."

    January signing Mohamed Toure went off in only the sixth minute with what appeared to be a groin injury.

    "First look, it was not good, but let's wait and see," Clement added.