Norwich City will be bidding to continue their strong run of form when they welcome Preston North End to Carrow Road in the Championship on Tuesday night.

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Norwich boast a record of 11 wins, 10 draws and 10 defeats from their 31 Championship matches this season, with a total of 43 points leaving them in eighth spot in the table, just two points behind sixth-placed Blackburn.

The Canaries have picked up seven points from their last three matches, beating Swansea City and Watford before drawing 1-1 with Derby County on Saturday afternoon, and they will be bidding to record their 12th league success of the campaign on Tuesday.

Johannes Thorup's side are the second-highest goalscorers in the Championship this season, finding the back of the net on 50 occasions, and they have the leading scorer in the division in their squad, with Borja Sainz netting 15 times this term.

Norwich finished sixth in the Championship last season, losing to Leeds United in the semi-finals of the playoffs, and they are aiming to make the top six once again, but it will be a real battle due to the quality of the teams currently above them.

The Canaries have picked up 27 points from their 15 home league matches this season, and they will be welcoming a Preston outfit that have only collected 12 points from their 15 Championship games on their travels.

Preston, meanwhile, will enter this match off the back of a penalty-shootout success over Wycombe Wanderers in the FA Cup, with the team advancing to the fifth round of the competition.

Paul Heckingbottom's side have been victorious in two of their last three in the Championship, meanwhile, beating Watford and Middlesbrough in back-to-back fixtures before going down 2-1 to Blackburn at the end of January.

The Lilywhites have a record of eight wins, 13 draws and nine defeats from their 30 league matches this season, with a total of 37 points leaving them in 15th spot in the table, eight points off the playoff spots.

Preston are nine points ahead of the relegation zone, meanwhile, so they should be looking up the division rather than down, and a push for the playoffs is possible if the team are able to put a positive run together.

The Lilywhites have not beaten Norwich since October 2022, but it was 2-2 when the two teams locked horns in the corresponding fixture in the first half of the 2024-25 campaign.

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