Martin extends Canaries home run

Chris Martin's fifth goal of the season was enough to see Norwich over the line with a 1-0 victory in a dull encounter at Carrow Road.

The young striker fired home a loose ball from a corner on the half-hour mark as the Canaries recovered from their unlucky defeat at Leeds on Monday with a hard-fought home success.

Swindon competed well but never looked like taking anything from the game against a Norwich side who made it five wins in six matches.

After a slow start, Norwich finally got the goal their growing pressure merited when poor defending from a corner allowed Martin to fire home from close range.

Top scorer Grant Holt had earlier hit the crossbar with a shot from the edge of the area as City showed flashes of their impressive Elland Road form.

Swindon were on the back foot for long periods, though they might have equalised on the stroke of half-time when Anthony McNamee slid the ball wide after Temitope Obadeyi got the better of the George Francomb.

It was more of the same after the break at the damp and murky Carrow Road with Norwich having more of the ball but doing precious little with it.

Defender Jens Berthel Askou headed just wide from Darel Russell who took on Kevin Amankwaah while at the other end a shot-shy Swindon side failed to trouble keeper Fraser Forster.