Darren Bent will make his 400th career club start today after Steve McClaren named an unchanged starting XI for today’s Sky Bet Championship meeting with Norwich City, kick-off: 3pm.

The 32-year-old forward leads the lines once again and will be looking to extend his recent goalscoring form that has seen him net in his last two games.In total, there is only change to the entire matchday squad that was named for the 3-0 win over Rotherham United as Marcus Olsson returns to the substitutes bench, replacing Jamie Hanson.McClaren’s starting XI contains three former Norwich City players, with Bradley Johnson, Jacob Butterfield and Alex Pearce all set to face their former club, whilst another, Jason Shackell, is on the substitutes bench.From back to front, Scott Carson maintains his 100 per cent league record in between the goal posts for the meeting with the Canaries.Chris Baird maintains his position in the right full back spot, whilst Richard Keogh, Pearce and Max Lowe make up the rest of the back four.Johnson plays in the holding midfield role, whilst Will Hughes and Butterfield are deployed in the advanced roles in the middle of the park.Tom Ince, who scored four goals in his last two outings, and Johnny Russell take up their roles on the flanks and will support Bent against the Canaries.Jonathan Mitchell, Craig Bryson, Shackell, Ikechi Anya, Matěj Vydra, Andreas Weimann and Olsson make up the substitutes bench this afternoon.Carson, Baird, Keogh (C), Pearce, Lowe; Johnson, Butterfield, Hughes; Ince, Russell, BentMitchell, Bryson, Shackell, Anya, Vydra, Weimann, Olsson

Norwich City: Ruddy, Martin (C), Bassong, Naismith, Jerome, Brady, Hoolahan, Mulumbu, Jacob Murphy, Bennett, Tettey





Substitutes: McGovern, Whittaker, Oliveira, Klose, Lafferty, Pritchard, Josh Murphy

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