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Bristol City beat Norwich to go fifth in the Championship Click on the report tab to read the report from Ashton Gate Sykes bent Bristol City into early lead & Wells fired in second before break Sainz pulled goal back for Norwich late on 10 games on Saturday including QPR v Leeds at 12: 30 GMT Steel City derby on Sunday (12: 30) Get involved #bbcefl Alex Winter FT: Bristol City 2-1 Norwich Gary Owers Former Sunderland & Bristol City midfielder on BBC Radio Bristol Brilliant performance and at times some scintillating football against a good Norwich City side. I can't remember a noise like that at Ashton Gate and the Bristol City fans are going to enjoy the weekend in the top six. It's all positive. They put in a good performance against Sheffield United in midweek and backed it up with a good result against Norwich City. FT: Bristol City 2-1 Norwich Bristol City's Mark Sykes tells Sky Sports: "We made it harder for ourselves in the second half when we sat in a little bit. "But I thought first half we were unbelievable and we got the result we wanted. "That's a few goals for me in the last few games now so I'm going well. " FT: Bristol City 2-1 Norwich There's the confirmation that Bristol City are up to fifth. Norwich's hopes of making the play-offs are probably over for another year. FT: Bristol City 2-1 Norwich First half goals from Mark Skyes and Nahki Wells are enough to send Bristol City up to fifth in the Championship. Norwich had their chances but it took until eight minutes from time from Borja Sainz to get them back in the game. Could that be Norwich knocked out of the play-off race? They're 12th and seven games off the top six with eight games to play. Bristol City 2-1 Norwich Bristol City have held on! They were clinging on at the end but just about see the game out for a precious three points. Bristol City 2-1 Norwich Marcelino Nunez lines up the free-kick for Norwich with his right boot. But it's wide of the right-hand post! That might be their final chance. Bristol City 2-1 Norwich Che Wilson Former Norwich defender on BBC Radio Norfolk I've seen reds given but he still had a lot to do when the ball went through. I think it's a yellow. This is a big a very big moment. Bristol City 2-1 Norwich Norwich get it forward and Kenny Mc Lean turns and shoots with his left foot. Max O'Leary down quickly at his left-hand post to make the save. A ball over the top then draws a foul and a yellow card for Rob Dickie. Dangerous free-kick 25 yards out now. Bristol City 2-1 Norwich Bristol City try to break but give the ball away cheaply. Then a deflection wins Norwich a corner on the left. It's half-cleared, then driven back towards goal but Callum Doyle can't get enough on his header and it drifts wide of the left-hand post. Half a chance. Bristol City 2-1 Norwich Four minutes added on for Norwich to try and grab a point. Bristol City 2-1 Norwich Gary Owers Former Sunderland & Bristol City midfielder on BBC Radio Bristol Norwich are clearly going for the equaliser but they are just forcing that pass. Bristol City 2-1 Norwich Sinclair Armstrong wins a foul just inside the Norwich half and that's a pleasant settler for the home side. Buys them precious time. Bristol City 2-1 Norwich James Piercy BBC Sport at Ashton Gate Borja Sainz has threatened a goal all night and it's no surprise to see him finish from that range, awakening the away support who were growing increasingly frustrated. The Canaries are now doing all the attacking and the hosts are having to dig in, throwing bodies at the ball. Bristol City 2-1 Norwich It was looking cosy for Bristol City but now it's very nervy. Borja Sainz again in the area and he shoots straight at Max O'Leary. And then another strike is deflected into the side-netting. The home side survive the corner. Norwich have scored the second-highest number of goals after 76 minutes in the Championship this season. Bristol City 2-1 Norwich Che Wilson Former Norwich defender on BBC Radio Norfolk It's certainly game on. There's no reason why Norwich can't get a second one now. Borja Sainz Well just when it looked like the pop had gone out of Norwich, they find a way back into the game! A searching ball up the left channel finds Callum Doyle at the dead-ball line. He sends over a first-time left-foot cross that finds Borja Sainz. One touch away from his defender and then bang, right boot, bottom-left corner, game on. An 18th goal of the season for the Spaniard. Bristol City 2-0 Norwich Che Wilson Former Norwich defender on BBC Radio Norfolk The game has lost a little bit of momentum now and this is what Norwich don't want. Bristol City will play to that. There seems to be a little bit of lull in the game at the moment. Bristol City 2-0 Norwich Two changes for Bristol City. Marcus Mc Guane and Sam Bell on to try and help close this out. Bristol City 2-0 Norwich Norwich again. Callum Doyle in space on the left and he fizzes over a very dangerous cross in behind the defence. But not for the first time tonight, again there's no-one quite there on the end of it. Then Scott Twine for Bristol City charges in off the left and a low right-foot shot is straight at the goalkeeper. Bristol City 2-0 Norwich Norwich get it back and a bobbling ball finds its way to Josh Sargent at the top of the area. He shuffles himself a yard and fires with his right boot forcing Max O'Leary into a flying save to his left. Comfortable height for the goalkeeper but a solid stop. Bristol City striker Nahki Wells scored his eighth goal of the season Bristol City moved into the Championship play-off places with victory over Norwich City as the Canaries' own promotion hopes drifted further from view. Mark Sykes' smart finish gave the Robins an early platform, further reinforced by Nahki Wells' low finish as Norwich surrendered possession in their own defensive third. A goal from Borja Sainz, who had struck the post in the first half and also missed from close range, ensured a nervy finish to the game at Ashton Gate but the Robins held on. Bristol City now occupy fifth place in the table having leapfrogged Coventry City and West Bromwich Albion, who both play on Saturday, while Norwich - now winless in four - are seven points from the top six having played a game more than their rivals. More to follow. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 14th March 2025 at 21: 51 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. 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