Meet the opposition | Norwich City
As Swansea City prepare to take on Norwich City, we take a closer look at the Canaries.
WHAT'S THEIR STORY?
Norwich are in their third season back in the Championship following another solitary campaign in the Premier League.
With six separate stints in the Premier League since its inception in the 1992-93 season, the club achieved its highest-ever position in the same year with a third-place finish.
Falling to the third tier in 2009 for the first time in nearly 50 years, the Canaries clinched successive promotions under Paul Lambert, narrowly edging the Swans in the hunt for automatic promotion in 2010-11.
Relegation in 2015 was followed by the club bouncing straight back up at the first time of asking thanks to play-off success under manager Alex Neil, but they dropped back into the second tier for a record-equalling fourth time in 2016, before continuing to rise and fall over the last five seasons.
Their most notable honours are two League Cup victories in 1962 and 1985, whilst they became the first English club to beat Bayern Munich at the Olympic Stadium during their 1993-94 UEFA Cup campaign, with Wales international Jeremy Goss among the goalscorers in that famous success.
HOW'S THEIR FORM?
Solid. Norwich have won three of their last six league games, beating Millwall, Luton Town and Coventry City.
Their two defeats in that sequence came against the top two; Leeds United and Sheffield United.
WHO'S THE GAFFER?
Johannes Hoff Thorup. The Dane has been in charge at Carrow Road since succeeding David Wagner last summer.
Thorup signed a three-year contract at Carrow Road in May from Danish Superliga side Nordsjaelland.
Thorup had been in charge of Nordsjaelland since January 2023, having worked his way up from youth coach in 2015 to first-team assistant head coach in 2021.
At just 35 years old, he became the third youngest manager in the Championship, behind Watford's Tom Cleverley and Sheffield Wednesday's Danny Röhl.
WHO'S THE CAPTAIN?
Grant Hanley had been Norwich's club captain but has moved on loan to Birmingham City.
Midfielder Kenny McLean has worn the armband for much of the season. The Scotland international started his career in the youth ranks with Rangers and Aberdeen before joining St Mirren and making his senior breakthrough.
A loan spell with Arbroath was followed by a move to Aberdeen, where his showings secured a move to the Canaries in 2018.
He helped them secure promotion in 2019 and 2021.
WHO ARE THE KEY MEN?
US international Josh Sargent played a key role in Norwich's sixth-placed finish last term, scoring 16 goals in 28 Championship appearances.
He has scored four goals this term, with his campaign being disrupted by a groin injury that required surgery from which he has only just returned.
He started his senior career at Werder Bremen before joining the Canaries in the summer of 2021.
Sargent has made 25 appearances for the United States, with three of those coming in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Spanish winger Borja Sainz has been outstanding for the Canaries netting 15 league goals to lead the Championship goal charts. He also has three assists, but will be absent this weekend through suspension.
Croatian Ante Crnac has enjoyed a fine start to life in the Championship following his arrival from Polish champions Rakow Czestochowa last summer.
The 21-year-old has four goals and two assists, and was on the books of Dinamo Zagreb as a youngster.
Defender Callum Doyle joined Norwich on a season-long loan from Manchester City in August and has been among their stand-out performers.
He spent the previous three seasons on loan at Sunderland, Coventry City and Leicester City respectively.
Doyle made a goalscoring debut for England Under-21s in September 2023, netting in a 3-0 win away to Luxembourg.
The 20-year-old was named Norwich's player of the month for August, and has featured in all their Championship games so far this season.