Scunthorpe midfielder Garry Thompson has had further groin surgery and will not feature again this season.
Keeper Joe Murphy (ankle) could return, but Marcus Williams (back), Mark Duffy and Lee Miller (both groin) are doubts.
MATCH PREVIEW
Of the 12 previous matches between these clubs, Norwich have won four, Scunthorpe have won four, and four have been drawn. And each of the clubs has netted 17 times. But there the similarities between them end.
Second-placed Norwich are on course for a return to the top flight, while second-from-bottom United are managerless, have lost six of their last seven matches, and are on course for a return to League One. A defeat on Saturday would equal a 38-year-old club record of nine consecutive league losses.
The Iron have lost 12 of their 17 league games in 2011, failing to score in 11 of them, including the last three.?In fact they have failed to?score in 19 of their matches this season - more than any other team.
Norwich, on the other hand, have lost only one of their 17 league games since the turn of the year, and have had no problems in attack. Unbeaten in eight, City have had more attempts on goal this term than any other side in the division and have failed to score in only four of their 38 league matches.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
• Norwich have won the last two matches between these clubs, and kept three consecutive clean sheets against Scunthorpe.
• Scunthorpe's 2-1 defeat in September 1963 is their only loss in the club's five visits to Carrow Road.
Norwich
• Norwich are unbeaten in eight home league matches.
• The Canaries, who have had 495 goal attempts in Championship games this season, have scored in each of their last 10 matches.
• They have conceded one goal in four of their last six games.
Scunthorpe
• Scunthorpe have taken only three points from the last available 18.
• United have lost more games (24), scored fewer goals (33), and conceded more (68) than any other Championship club. They also have the division's worst goal difference of (-35).
• The Iron have drawn only four times all season, and are the only team yet to draw away from home in the Championship.
• Michael Raynes could make his 150th career league start.
Source: BBC Sport
Source: BBC Sport