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Norwich vs QPR:
17th place Norwich at home to 20th placed QPR. Norwich haven't won since the end of November. Norwich have Championship leading goalscorer, Robert Earnshaw. At Norwich, he's scored 16 league goals thus far. Their next highest scorer has scored 3 - Norwich Goalscorers -Norwich Scorers
Championship Goalscorers - Championship Goalscorers
Norwich Home Record: 6 Wins, 3 Draws, 3 Defeats Goals Scored 19..Against 13
QPR's Awaay Record: 3 Wins 3 Draws, 6 Defeats Goals 15 scored; 21 conceded)
League Table - Table
Norwich Squad - Squad
Nowich Results - Results

UPDATE: QPR's PERSPECTIVE - QPR OFFICIAL SITE
With Rangers looking to bounce back from their Boxing Day defeat at the hands of league leaders Birmingham, it's time to look ahead to tomorrow's game against the Canaries.
Rangers find themselves without midfielder Jimmy Smith due to him having to 're-sign' in the January transfer window, but Marc Bircham should hopefully be back in contention after leaving the field with a slight niggle on Boxing Day.
City left-back Adam Drury is a major doubt for the visit of John Gregory's QPR side this weekend. The defender missed the 0-0 draw with Southend on Boxing Day after injuring his hip in the warm-up, with Andy Hughes deputising admirably.
And Hughes may again be asked to step into the back four if Drury fails to recover in time.
Carl Robinson is serving a one-match suspension after collecting his fifth booking of the season at Molineux a week ago, so Moroccan international Youssef Safri is almost certain to take his place.
In attack, Darren Huckerby is still suffering from a tight hamstring but should be fit to play.
Top scorer (league goals only): Robert EARNSHAW 16
Norwich front-man Darren Huckerby
Last league game: Norwich City 0, Southend United 0...
Norwich City: Gallacher, Hughes, Shackell, Doherty, Colin, Croft, Etuhu, Robinson (Safri 59), Huckerby, Dublin, Earnshaw.
Subs Not Used: Lewis, Thorne, McVeigh, Fleming.....
Head to head:
Norwich wins: 39 QPR wins: 34 Draws: 30
Last meeting:
Queens Park Rangers 3 (Rowlands (2), Smith), Norwich City 3 (Huckerby, Dublin, Earnshaw). Football League Championship. October 14th 2006.
Latest News: Grant to splash the cash
Peter Grant insists he's still hopeful of reaching the play-offs and will try to strengthen his squad during the transfer window.
"A blind man could see we need some new players and there is an imbalance in the squad at the moment, with only two natural left-footers and that is something I will be looking to address.
"But having said all that, the players on show should be performing a lot better, there is no excuse for a performance like that.
"Our target is still getting in the play-off positions but we are certainly making it very difficult for ourselves."..... QPR Official Site

Norwich Official Site - CITY LOOK TO BOUNCE BACK
CITY left-back Adam Drury is a major doubt for the visit of John Gregory's QPR side this weekend.
The defender missed the 0-0 draw with Southend on Boxing Day after injuring his hip in the warm-up, with Andy Hughes deputising admirably.
And Hughes may again be asked to step into the back four if Drury fails to recover in time.
Carl Robinson is serving a one-match suspension after collecting his fifth booking of the season at Molineux a week ago, so Moroccan international Youssef Safri is almost certain to take his place.
In attack, Darren Huckerby is still suffering from a tight hamstring but should be fit to play.
Rangers arrive at Carrow Road having lost their Boxing Day match 2-1 at leaders Birmingham. But Grant said City's current form meant the visitors would also be sniffing blood.
"At the end of the day, everyone tells me they've been struggling but our performances at home show we've been struggling too," he told CanariesWorld.
"So we've got to concentrate on the visitors. We will always respect them and we know they are capable of going and winning games because they have gone to the likes of Cardiff and won.
"They will come here and try and put us on the back foot because they know our home performances haven't been great so we've got to make sure we perform properly. That's my greatest concern - that we haven't been performing anywhere near what this group of players is capable of."
City striker Robert Earnshaw scored from the spot when the two sides met back in October at Loftus Road. Under the guidance of then-caretaker boss Martin Hunter, the Canaries were again culpable of conceding a late-leveller to make the scoreline 3-3, with Grant watching from the stands as he prepared to take up the reigns.
Earnie has grabbed 17 goals so far this season to put him at the top of the goalscoring charts. But Grant said it was time for others to share the burden - starting on Saturday.
"We've had a lot of attempts on goal but always from the same people all the time," he said. "We don't have enough balls into the box, we don't have enough shots and the quality of crosses has been poor at times so there's a combination of everything.
"That's something that we have to look at. I want more goals from the wide areas, I want more goals from the midfield area and it's something I'm very much looking at. It's important you have goals from all over the pitch.
"The central defenders have got to score more from set plays as well. There's definitely got to be a much bigger spread of goals. Thankfully, we've had Earnie banging them in." Norwich

Norwich Official Site - CROFT WANTS HOME COMFORT
CITY winger Lee Croft said he and his team mates were desperately craving a win this Saturday to put a miserable December behind them.
Norwich haven't won since their 3-1 victory over Leicester at the tail-end of November.
Since then its been a disappointing run in the league, with defeats at Sunderland and Southampton and a home loss to Sheffield Wednesday.
City thought they'd arrested the dip in form at Molineux last Saturday, only for another stoppage-time equaliser to snatch all three points from their grasp.
And then there came the hugely frustrating goalless draw with 10-man Southend - a game when Norwich never got going as an attacking force.
Following that game, Croft could barely hide his disappointment as he faced the CanariesWorld cameras, and said a win against QPR to arrest the slide was crucial.
"Definitely," he said. "I think we'll be doing everything within our power to put it right.
"Hopefully we will get the three points and that will set us off. We need to get a win under our belts. As long as we prepare right and come here with the right attitude, we will hopefully get it."
City left the Carrow Road pitch to a chorus of "what a load of rubbish" on Boxing Day, and Croft said the players shared the disappointment of the supporters.
"We said that these are the sort of games we need to win," he said. "I think we had a few chances early on in the first half where, if we had put them away, we might have gone on to win by three or four.
"It's just so frustrating. The lads are down. It's not just the fans that are disappointed, it's the lads as well and we need to pick ourselves up and win our next home game." Norwich

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