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WHEN AND WHERE

We face the Canaries in the Carabao Cup on Thursday 17 September at the Etihad Stadium with the kick-off at 19:30 (UK).

The game will be shown live in the UK on Sky Sports and NOW TV.

You can keep across all of the action via the official Man City app, as well as the key moments on X/Twitter: @ManCity.

Supporters living around the world can find out how they can tune in via our global listings, courtesy of livesoccertv.com.

Next Fixture

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Thu 17 Sep

EFL Cup

Man City

19:30

BST

Norwich

AUDIO COMMENTARY

Listen to live audio commentary of the Canaries clash on CITY+.

The perfect place to follow the Carabao Cup game is our CITY+ audio commentary service which will be unapologetically City-centric with Alistair Mann joined by summariser Nicky Weaver as the pair guide fans through proceedings on the pitch.

They will paint the pictures with words and give you blow-by-blow observations of what’s happening as we begin our defence of the trophy we won last season.

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Shortly after the full-time whistle, a comprehensive match report as well as reaction from Enzo Maresca and the players can also be viewed on our website and app.

Highlights packages and a CITY+ Full Match Replay (via CITY+) will follow.

MATCHDAY LIVE

Our Matchday Live show will start 30 minutes before kick-off with special guests Michael Brown and Luke Stanley offering their pre-match thoughts ahead of the game.

The panel will offer expert insight before, during and after the game.

They will assess team news, run the rule over the first half at the break and assess the result as the final whistle blows.

There’s an extended post-match show this season, with a bumper 60 minutes of analysis from our panel of experts as well as reaction from the manager and the match’s headline-makers.

TEAM NEWS

Gerónimo Rulli, Allan and Floyd Samba are all handed debuts as City make 10 changes in total for Thursday’s Carabao Cup third round clash at home to Norwich City.

From the side that started last Sunday’s 1-0 Premier League win at Manchester United, Rayan Cherki retains his place in Enzo Maresca’s starting eleven.

Meanwhile Rico Lewis, Abdukodir Khusanov, Ayyoub Bouaddi, Nico O’Reilly, Mateo Kovačić, Rayan Aït-Nouri and Vitor Reis all come into the starting line-up along with the three debutants.

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Elliot Anderson, Marc Guéhi, Iliman Ndiaye, Enzo Fernández, Matheus Nunes and Antoine Semenyo revert to the bench, while Phil Foden is suspended in the wake of his red card at Old Trafford.

For Argentine goalkeeper Rulli and Brazilian winger Allan, who both joined the Club in what was a busy summer transfer window, it’s a first chance to shine with their City bows coming at the Etihad.

Attacking midfielder Samba meanwhile becomes the latest Academy graduate to be afforded a senior first team debut

It’s an important game too as Maresca’s men set out in defence of the trophy we won last season.

The prize at stake for tonight’s victors is a fourth-round tie at home to Brighton and Hove Albion to be staged next month.

Teams

CITY XI: Rulli, Lewis, Khusanov, Reis, O’Reilly, Bouaddi, Kovačić, Samba, Allan, Aït-Nouri, Cherki

Subs: Donnarumma, Anderson, Guéhi, Ndiaye, Fernández, Nunes, Semenyo, McAidoo, Braithwaite

NORWICH: Grimshaw, Fisher, Alves, Darling, Yongwa, Wright, Field, Crnac, Slimane, Diallo, Kvistgaarden.

Subs: Kovacevic, Stacey, McConville, Chrisene, Mattsson, Maghoma, Schwartau, Musaba, Toure.

OPPOSING MANAGER - Philippe Clement

The Canaries are managed by the experienced Belgian coach Philippe Clement.

As a player, he spent most of his career in Belgium, although he had a season in the Premier League with Coventry City.

After a spell as assistant and interim manager at Club Brugge he took charge at Genk and helped them to the Belgian Pro League title.

He also won the title twice with Club Brugge before taking charge of Monaco and Rangers where he won the Scottish League Cup.             

The Canaries currently sit 12th in the Championship and beat MK Dons and Cardiff City away on the way to the third round.

PREVIOUS MEETING

Our last meeting was back in February 2022 at Carrow Road when a Raheem Sterling hat-trick and Phil Foden goal helped us to a 4-0 victory.

Earlier in the season, we won 5-0 at the Etihad thanks to goals from Jack Grealish, Aymeric Laporte, Sterling and Riyad Mahrez after a Tim Krul own goal.