Norwich City have raced into a 3-0 lead at half time against Cardiff City in the Championship this afternoon.

Gary Hooper gave the Canaries the lead on 15 minutes when he nodded home at the back post after good work from Cameron Jerome and Nathan Redmond.

Kyle Lafferty extended the home side's advantage when he calmly stroked the ball into the bottom corner from around 20 yards.

The Bluebirds had a chance to reduce the deficit when Carlos Cuellar tripped Adam Le Fondre inside the penalty area.

However, Peter Whittingham saw the resulting spot kick saved by John Ruddy just before the half-hour mark.

Jerome then made it 3-0 at the death of the half to put the Canaries in a commanding position at the break.