Pick of the stats: Sunderland v Norwich
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Sunderland are aiming to maintain the pace in the race for promotion as they host Norwich on Saturday.
The Black Cats are seeking to make it 11 home games unbeaten this season while the Canaries are winless in seven league games since September.
Sunderland have lost just two of their past seven league games against Norwich City (W4 D1), though one of those defeats came in their last such meeting against the Canaries back in March (1-0)
Norwich City have lost just one of their past six away league games against Sunderland (W2 D3), despite only scoring more than one goal in just one of those matches
Sunderland are the only side in the Championship so far this season yet to concede a goal from a corner
Norwich's 21 games in the Championship this season have seen 3.24 goals scored on average – the highest tally in the competition
This season in the Championship, Norwich hold the best shot conversion rate of any side in the competition (15.3%); a tally substantially ahead of second-ranked Watford (11.9%)