Eighteen-year-old midfielder Gabriel Forsyth makes his first start for Norwich City as they face Blackburn Rovers this afternoon.

The Canaries welcome John Eustace's side to Carrow Road for their first game of the Championship season, and Forsyth is expected to play on the right wing.

Summer signing Ben Chrisene also makes his competitive debut for City after recovering from a back issue, with Callum Doyle replacing ex-Blackburn man Grant Hanley at the heart of the defence.

Centre-back Jose Cordoba makes the bench for the first time having missed the first two games of the term with a groin issue. He's joined there by club captain Hanley, along with Abu Kamara and Onel Hernandez.

Jacob Sorensen (foot) and Christian Fassnacht (Achilles) are both expected to miss a number of weeks with their respective injuries, while Ashley Barnes will return the other side of the international break after having calf surgery.

Danny Batth, who was released by Norwich earlier this summer, is on the visiting bench. Rovers are without former star man Sammie Szmodics, who completed a move to Ipswich Town yesterday.

Norwich City: Gunn; Stacey, Duffy, Doyle, Chrisene; McLean (C), Nunez, Forson; Forsyth, Sargent, Sainz. SUBS: Long (GK), Hanley, Gibbs, Hernandez, Cordoba, Fisher, Hills, Myles, Kamara.

Blackburn Rovers: Pears (GK), Brittain, Pickering, Hyam, Tronstad, Gueye, Dolan, Rankin-Costello, Carter, Hedges, Travis (C). SUBS: Hilton (GK), McFadzean, Sigurdsson, Weimann, Batth, Buckley, Ohashi, Vale, Duru.