Opportunity knocks for Norwich City as they travel to Stoke hoping to put some daylight between themselves and their Championship rivals.

They propelled themselves into the Championship's top six for the first time in 30 matchdays after last weekend's 5-0 victory over bottom-of-the-league Rotherham United at Carrow Road, extending their run of victories to six on the bounce at home. 

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Away form has been more difficult to come by throughout this campaign, with Norwich winning just four times on their travels this season. Their most recent victory on the road arrived against Hull in January - a run of one win in seven matches. 

Norwich can move three points ahead of nearest play-off chasing rivals Hull and four above Coventry with victory, with the pair not in action today owing to the Sky Blues' FA Cup progress. 

The Canaries preparations for this game haven't involved head coach David Wagner in recent days. The head coach has been away from Colney owing to a private family manner. He flew out to Germany in the middle of the week and returned to the UK on Saturday morning. 

Christoph Buhler stepped into his pre-match media duties and revealed that left-back Dimi Giannoulis will be missing until the end of April with a hamstring injury. 

A scan earlier this week showed the injury was worse than initially feared. Sam McCallum is expected to replace the Greek international. 

There is more positive news around Shane Duffy and Jon Rowe. The Irish defender is poised for a return after the upcoming international break. Rowe's is a few weeks away from a full comeback, which would be timely given the shortage of wide options available to Wagner. 

Onel Hernandez is sidelined for the rest of the campaign after breaking his foot in training last month. 

Stoke have won two of their last three Championship matches and are vying for another victory to ease the increasing fears of relegation that have engulfed the club in recent weeks. 

They are without key defensive midfielder Wouter Burger through a yellow card suspension but are boosted through the double return of Ryan Mmaee and Enda Stevens returning from injury issues. Right back Junior Tchamadeu remains sidelined. 

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