Match preview: Norwich City v AFC Bournemouth

We host AFC Bournemouth at Carrow Road for the second round of the Carabao Cup on Tuesday night (7.45pm KO).

We host AFC Bournemouth at Carrow Road for the second round of the Carabao Cup on Tuesday night (7.45pm KO).

In the first round, we beat Birmingham City 4-2 on penalties after drawing 2-2 in the 90 minutes. At Carrow Road, that's been followed by back-to-back home wins against Huddersfield Town and Millwall in the Sky Bet Championship.

For the team news ahead of Tuesday's game, click here. To see what's included in the matchday programme and order your copy, click here.

The opposition

AFC Bournemouth announced their return to the Premier League in style, beating Aston Villa 2-0 on the opening day thanks to goals from Jefferson Lerma and Kieffer Moore at the Vitality Stadium.

The fixture list has given Scott Parker's side a tough start though, and defeats to Manchester City and Arsenal have seen the Cherries fall to 14th ahead of this weekend's trip to Liverpool.

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Head-to-head

In the 62 meetings between Norwich and Bournemouth since 1923, there have been 25 Norwich wins, 21 Bournemouth wins and 16 draws.

Last time we met was at the same stage of this competition last season, when we won 6-0 at Carrow Road thanks to goals from Christos Tzolis (two), Kenny McLean, Lukas Rupp and Josh Sargent (two).

Ref watch

Michael Salisbury has been appointed to take charge of Tuesday's game, Neil Davies and Steven Meredith his assistants and Stephen Martin the fourth official.

He last officiated a Norwich game when we beat Derby County 1-0 at Pride Park in April 2021.

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How to follow

Supporters all around the world can tune into live coverage of Tuesday's game with a Canaries TV audio pass.

To purchase a £2.50 live audio streaming pass for this game, you must register a OneCity account, which you can do here.

You can then purchase an audio pass here.

When the match begins, you will then be able to access live audio commentary from the canaries.co.uk homepage.

To find out more about our video and audio streaming details for the 2022/23 season, click here.

Please email supporterrelations@canaries.co.uk if you have any queries.

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Important fan information

Norwich City would like to remind fans that in line with the entry policies of leading national stadiums, the club have made the decision to update the Carrow Road entry guidelines for games and specific wider events.

Children under the age of two will no longer be permitted in the open-air areas of the stadium and concourses on matchdays.

This decision has been made to prevent serious risk and harm to children under the age of two.