Norwich City

Norwich City boss Philippe Clement spoke to BBC Radio Norfolk after his side's 3-1 victory at Charlton Athletic. For a written selection of his quotes, click here.

Neither Charlton Athletic or Norwich City have been having a great time of it as of late but will be hoping to turn things around when they meet at the Valley on Saturday lunchtime (12:30 BST).

The Addicks are on an eight game winless streak (D5 L3) but remain unbeaten at home this season.

While the visiting Canaries are on a five match losing run and are just one point above the relegation zone.

• Charlton Athletic have lost each of their last three home league games against Norwich City, this after winning each of their prior five in succession between December 1997 and May 2009.

• Norwich City have won their last three league games against Charlton Athletic; they've never won four in succession in this fixture before.

• Charlton are winless in their last eight league games (D4 L3), though at home they're unbeaten in their previous six outings (W3 D3).

• Norwich have lost 10 of their last 12 league games (W2) including each of their previous five matches; last losing six in a row in November 2025.

• In the Championship this season, only five different Charlton players have found the back of the net; it's the joint-fewest individual scorers of any side in the competition alongside Derby County (ex. own goals).

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We asked for your thoughts after Portsmouth made it back-to-back wins while inflicting a fifth straight league defeat on Norwich City.

Here are some of your comments:

Norwich fans

Keith: Sadly predictable - worst season in 25 years. Down to League One if no rapid improvement. Current owners have little or no regard for supporters since it's only a business - downhill since departure of Delia and Michael.

Dave: Think it's about time some of the players started to take a long hard look at themselves, they are treated well at Norwich and week after week they are performing like this. Back end of last season they played with freedom.

Andy: Not good enough, something needs to change starting with (sporting director) Ben Knapper. No pride or passion, only so long that Clement can make excuses from mostly the same players he had working so well last season.

Nigel: Yet again, no commitment, no pride, just run around for 90 minutes and take the money. The manager seems clueless and any motivation skills he had have now gone by the wayside. League One beckons.

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Portsmouth fans

Anthony: Pompey slowly climbing away from the relegation places but still need a few more quality players in January just to stay in the Championship.

Mike: A gritty performance from an improving side. They have responded well to defensive frailties. Play up Pompey!

Michael: Brilliant. Six points from Sheffield United and Norwich is how you bounce back from losing the derby. Well done Mous and the boys.

Martin: We defended very well and were lucky to get a penalty. It was definitely a foul but the defender was unlucky because he was turning and didn't know that Kamara was behind him. Apart from that the two teams cancelled each other out.

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Norwich City manager Philippe Clement spoke to BBC Radio Norfolk after they were beaten 1-0 at Carrow Road by Portsmouth to extend their losing run to six games.

For a written selection of his quotes, click here.

The past three meetings between Norwich City and Portsmouth have produced 13 goals with eight of those coming in a 5-3 victory for Pompey at Carrrow Road in April 2025.

The Canaries are seeking to end a four-game losing run on Saturday (15:00 BST) while Portsmouth's 3-2 victory over Sheffield United on Wednesday was their first win in four attempts.

• Norwich have won just two of their past nine league meetings with Portsmouth (D4 L3), with both coming away from home.

• Portsmouth are unbeaten in four league visits to Norwich (W2 D2) since a 1-0 defeat in 2002-03.

• Norwich have lost each of their past four league games, last enduring a longer losing run between October and November 2025 (six games).

• Portsmouth have failed to score in both of their past two away Championship matches, the same amount of goalless displays as across their prior 16 such fixtures in the competition beforehand.

• 38.5% of the total goals that Portsmouth have conceded in the Championship this season have come from set-pieces (incl. penalties – 5 of 13) – the third-biggest percentage in the competition, behind only West Ham (58.3%) and Birmingham (45.5%).

Southampton moved into the Championship play-off places with a 1-0 win at Norwich City on Wednesday night.

For the Canaries it was a fourth successive defeat and leaves them outside the relegation zone on goal difference.

Here is what some of the fans of both sides made of the game and their team's performance:

Norwich City fans

Peter - Looks like it is going to be a relegation battle. Far too many players walking around the field out of position. The players look lost and it's only going to get worse.

Rob - Not going to name names but some players aren't putting in a shift each game. Defenders ball watching, forwards lacking quality and we miss Kenny McLean. If every player put in the same shift as Pelle Mattson we'd be OK.

Edd - It's just tiny margins, that's all, and we keep slipping the wrong side at the moment but, give Philippe Clement time as we will regret letting him go. Just give it time, still very early in the season right now.

Andy - Clement needs to get the team back to how they played last season. They are far better than they are playing now.

Rob R - It's happening again like last season.

Jas - Not sure what's happened to Norwich. Obviously the injury to Mohamed Toure is bad news, but I don't understand why Jovon Makama doesn't start, unless he's still unfit. Desperately need a win and some confidence back. Not feeling too optimistic.

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Southampton fans

Stuart - Great win for Saints. We needed to improve our away performances and start picking up points to stay in contention for promotion.

Jon - Not pretty with key players rested but what a great squad the club has assembled with hopefully still some young talent to come through. Daniel Peretz in goal and the defence look assured.

Jeremy - Southampton are clearly outright promotion candidates. But for their four-point deduction they would be sitting in third place just three points off the current leaders.

Rob B - An excellent three points earned with determination and hard work while maybe not hitting the heights this team is capable of. Tonda Eckert was brave in his team selection and the players responded. He really is very good at the wheel!

Pete - We have a good blend of experienced and younger players and now look like a side that knows what it takes to be successful. Dreading promotion back to the Premier League, last time was easily the most demoralising season I can remember and my first game at The Dell was in 1967.

Lee - Thought Zach Abbott, on loan from Nottingham Forest, made an excellent debut for Saints. Slotted right in to our back four, made some intelligent runs, looking entirely at home. Based on that performance I'd snap him up in a heartbeat.

Norwich City head coach Philippe Clement bemoaned his side's lack of efficiency after they slumped to a fifth straight defeat in all competitions with a 1-0 defeat by Southampton.

The Canaries had several good chances before and after half-time, but were unable to beat Daniel Peretz in the Southampton goal and are just one point above the Championship relegation zone.

Clement also criticised the lack of impact from his substitutes as they tried to salvage something from the game.

"Very frustrated because it was again small margins," he told BBC Radio Norfolk.

"I saw a team that gave everything for 70 minutes. I was not pleased with some of the players coming on. There is maybe the excuse that they are a long time out, but I expected more.

"For 70 minutes we played a good game and created enough chances to score. We didn't give away much against a good team. A lot of positives to take, but in the end it's about results."

Clement replaced Liam Manning as Norwich boss in November last year and guided City through choppy waters to a ninth-place finish.

He said he expected a much better start to the new campaign, but insisted Norwich are close to turning things around.

"We need players who step up, who get fuel out of the disappointment. We need to build, like we did last season, when the team was in a much worse state than it is now.

"It is close. Everybody who saw the game will say it was an equal game, toe to toe. The team has been working hard, things are not falling our side, so we need to push that luck. The team needs to show the same mentality and keep playing like a team - then the points will follow."

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