Sky Sports will show 64 live Premier League games when season resumes; 25 matches available on both Sky Sports Premier League and Sky's free-to-air Pick channel
Friday 3 July 2020 18:37, UK
The Premier League is back - but what shape are Norwich in for the season restart as they try to pull off a great escape?
Ahead of the Premier League's return this month, we run the rule over Daniel Farke's side, from fixtures and fitness to the manager's view and more...
Sky Sports' Calum Wilson:
Daniel Farke says Norwich deserve a chance to work on their "little miracle" and it would be perhaps the greatest of great escapes if they could pull it off, given their precarious position in the table and season-long budget constraints.
The Canaries' saving grace has been their home form up to this point and they showed signs of life with a win over Leicester the last time they appeared at Carrow Road in February.
One thing is for sure, Norwich will need to be far more ruthless in front of goal. They have left themselves little room for error and a sluggish restart could see any faint hopes of survival quickly dashed.
Yet, in this, the strangest of seasons, there might just be time for one last twist.
Norwich are likely to be relying heavily on home form, with trips to Arsenal, Watford, Chelsea and Manchester City still to come.
But the Canaries will be hopeful of taking something from each of their five remaining home games, with Burnley - in 10th - the only top half side yet to play at Carrow Road this season.
The visits of Southampton, Everton, Brighton and West Ham could provide Daniel Farke's side the chance to pick up the vital points they need to have any hope of survival.
Norwich vs Southampton
Kick-Off: 6pm; Live on Sky Sports and Sky Pick
Norwich vs Everton
Kick-Off: 6pm
Arsenal vs Norwich
Kick-Off: 6pm
Norwich vs Brighton
Kick-Off: 12.30pm
Watford vs Norwich
Kick-Off: 6pm; Live on Sky Sports and Sky Pick
Norwich vs West Ham
Kick-Off: 12.30pm
Chelsea vs Norwich
Norwich vs Burnley
Man City vs Norwich City
The Canaries are six points from safety and four behind Aston Villa in 19th, having played a game more than Dean Smith's side.
Rock bottom looks the most likely place they will finish - modelling by Experimental361 certainly expects an immediate return to the Championship but slim hope does remain.
Norwich's points total after 29 games (21) is the same number West Brom had at the same stage of their famous escape in 2005, when Norwich were one of the sides relegated on a dramatic final day.
Norwich are in the last eight of the FA Cup for the first time in 28 years after beating Tottenham away on penalties.
Their quarter-final tie against Manchester United will take place on June 27/28, with the semi-finals and finals scheduled at Wembley on July 18/19 and August 1 respectively.
Long-term absentees Onel Hernandez, Sam Byram and Timm Klose have all been taking part in training, as has Hertha Berlin loanee Ondrej Duda.
Norwich are confident of keeping Duda for the rest of the Premier League campaign after talks with the Bundesliga club.
Sheffield United were 1-0 winners over the Canaries in their final game before football's shutdown, but it might have been very different for Farke's side had it not been for a world-class triple save from Sheffield United 'keeper Dean Henderson.
Norwich had come into that game on a real high after beating Leicester at home and knocking Tottenham out of the FA Cup on penalties. A different result at Bramall Lane and things might have looked a lot rosier for City.
Despite their perilous position at the bottom, Farke wants the chance to work on his "little miracle" of trying to keep Norwich up, so long as it is safe to do so.
Farke told The Football Show: "For us, we deserve to work on our little miracle and stay in this league.
"We also have a great chance in the FA Cup and we deserve our chance to try to win this competition.
"My general attitude is we should try everything to finish the season, but if it's the situation we can save, with not finishing the season, just one life, we need to do this.
"All the money and all the good mood and all the fairness aspects are not important when it's about the life of a human being at risk and if we finish the season and we just would risk one life and one human being then we shouldn't do this."
If there was one thing to take from the Bundesliga restart, it would be that anything is possible. Werder Bremen looked dead and buried and now they are back in the mix for survival, with two wins and a draw from their last three. Norwich are only six points adrift, with home games against Southampton and Everton pivotal in restarting their fight for safety. A price of 11/2 could be as high as you will get once the game restarts.
Norwich to stay up - 11/2 with Sky Bet
Sky Sports will show 64 live Premier League games when the season resumes. In addition to the 39 matches already scheduled to be broadcast exclusively live on Sky Sports before the coronavirus interruption, 25 more matches will be available on both Sky Sports Premier League and Sky's free-to-air Pick channel, allowing the whole nation to be part of the return of live sport.
Free-to-watch highlights of every remaining Premier League game this season will be available from shortly after the full-time whistle on the Sky Sports website, Sky Sports App and Sky Sports Football YouTube channel.
