Wrexham have a £1.2m striker problem ahead of the Norwich City game despite the visitors Josh Sargent January transfer chaos.
Following a long wait of two weeks, Wrexham are retreating steps back to the Championship. The second tier situation has sweetened for the Reds, but only just. The race to clinch a top-six spot is still on, and for that Wrexham need a strong result against Norwich City today.
It will also be the Red Dragons first Championship showdown at the Racecourse in 2026, where fans witnessed a magical FA Cup night against Nottingham Forest on the past weekend. The predicted matchday balance stands in favour of Phil Parkinson’s men just hours before the game.
A 3-1 win is expected, which is a fitting compliment for Wrexham looking at the squad’s current form. Taking into account Norwich City’s lowdown throughout this season, it feels awful thinking what if Wrexham aren’t able to win here.
Norwich City are going through Josh Sargent transfer chaos
Even on the transfers front, the Canaries are wounded with issues of their own. Norwich’s best player in recent years and their 2024/25 Player of the Season winner Josh Sargent is a winter exit favourite.
That would be a lethal blow to their on-field ambitions, and the matters grow more worse knowing their relegation fighting plight at the moment. Every remaining game for them is no less than a knockout, where Norwich constantly needs to outpace other bottom table teams.
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With Josh Sargent, the Canaries might hesitate to play or not to play him vs Wrexham today. The visitors would love to have Sargent’s services for sporting reasons, but nothing is certain with bids and transfer links coming into the picture.
As for Wrexham, they will be smiling at Norwich City’s Josh Sargent chaos building up. After all, it’s good to have opponents weaken further before a ball has been kicked. However, Sargent is not the biggest goalscoring threat from Norwich City’s camp nowadays.
£1.2m Norwich City man is Wrexham’s biggest problem
Coming to Norwich City’s in-form No.9, it’s Jovon Makama. Snapped up for a mere £1.2m fee, Makama is proving his worth for the Canaries in an overall tough season.
The Englishman has registered 12 strikes in a Norwich shirt, but the terrifying part is 8 of them have arrived in the past 7 games across all competitions. Going with that rate, Makama could be a problem for Wrexham today and possibly, the difference between Phil Parkinson’s men pocketing all 3 goals to being pegged back for only one.
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Plus, Makama is accustomed to playing Wrexham since last year itself. Back in League One, his Lincoln City side succumbed to two narrow defeats against the Reds. In this campaign, the 21 year old went a step ahead and tried ruining Wrexham’s party with a late 2-3 goal but the Dragons held their nerves well.
So, the big question for tonight. Can Wrexham deal with Makama’s positioning inside the box? Club captain Dominic Hyam has won multiple individual battles against strikers he has come up recently, but Makama is quite versatile unlike them.
Upon sensing that the Canaries frontman is being marked out of the game, the visitors may opt to deploy Makama on the wings. Hence, Liberato Cacace and Ryan Longman, or Issa Kabore, need to be on their toes to avoid letting the attacker run into acres of empty space.
As for a quick prediction, I feel Makama can still find the net for Norwich but Wrexham should have no problems scoring 2 goals. Wrexham 2-1 Norwich City.
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