Squad sheets: Norwich City v Manchester City

There has been a perverse type of stubbornness to Roberto Mancini. He was still insistent that Manchester City could not win the title despite Manchester United's defeat at Wigan. If it was intended to relieve the pressure, it had the side effect of undervaluing a costly team. Mancini's wish seems to be for City to lurk in the shadows if that is feasible with the likes of Mario Balotelli and Carlos Tevez in his squad. The realist in him also knows how hard it could be to beat Paul Lambert's well-drilled Norwich at Carrow Road. Kevin McCarra Venue Carrow Road, Saturday 12.45pm Tickets Sold out Last season n/a Referee Chris Foy This season's matches 17 Y 50, R 4, 3.18 cards per game Odds Norwich 6-1 Man City 8-13 Draw 10-3 Norwich Subs from Steer, Morison, Crofts, Naughton, Wilbraham, Jackson, Surman, Lappin, Barnett, Fox Doubtful None Injured Rudd (ankle, 21 Apr), Vaughan (hamstring, 21 Apr), Whitbread (calf, 21 Apr), Ayala (knee, Aug), Tierney (groin, Aug) Suspended None Form guide WDLWLD Disciplinary record Y49 R3 Leading scorer Holt 13 Manchester City Subs from Pantilimon, Taylor, Zabaleta, Milner, Pizarro, Dzeko, Johnson, Kolarov, Savic, Hargreaves, K Touré, De Jong Doubtful Y Touré (knee) Injured None Suspended Balotelli (second of three) Form guide WLDDWL Disciplinary record Y45 R5 Leading scorer Agüero 19 Match pointers • Manchester City came from 2-0 down to win 3-2 in their last visit to Carrow Road (in February 2005) • Grant Holt has a better games-to-goals ratio (2.38) than any other player to have scored 10 or more Premier League goals for Norwich – Chris Sutton is second with 2.39 • If selected, James Milner will be making his 300th Premier League appearance • Norwich have kept just two clean sheets this season; only one side in Premier League history (West Brom in 2010-11) had fewer after 33 games • Only four of Sergio Agüero's 19 league goals this season have come away from home