Norwich took a step closer to Premier League survival with their entertaining 3-2 win over relegation rivals Newcastle and now face a Crystal Palace side that have yet to win a league game in 2016.
The Canaries could move level on points with Palace should they win this afternoon’s encounter at Selhurst Park. However, Norwich will remain in 17th no matter what the result is today due to a four-point advantage over Sunderland and an overwhelmingly poor goal difference compared to that of The Eagles.
With the tie likely to be one that it competed more in individual duels than the whole team, we look at who could be involved in the key battles on the pitch and where the weaknesses will be exposed.
P.S. The following battles are based on Norwich’s line-up being a 4-2-3-1 with Ruddy, Martin, Klose, Bennett, Olsson, Howson, O’Neil, Redmond, Naismith, Brady and Mbokani making up the starting XI and Crystal Palace fielding the same side as in their last match.
