Crystal Palace match preview

Last updated : 26 September 2003 By Footymad Previewer
History of the Norwich City v Crystal Palace fixture

Norwich prepare to entertain Crystal Palace at on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 29 wins out of 44 previous matches.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at was less than a year ago, in November 2002, with Norwich running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a League Division One match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2002/2003Sat 14 DecCrystal Pal2 - 0NorwichLD1
2002/2003Sat 16 NovNorwich2-0Crystal PalLD1
2001/2002Sat 30 MarNorwich2 - 1Crystal PalLD1
2001/2002Sun 28 OctCrystal Pal3 - 2NorwichLD1
2000/2001Sat 17 FebCrystal Pal1 - 1NorwichLD1
2000/2001Sat 16 SepNorwich0 - 0Crystal PalLD1
1999/2000Sat 11 MarNorwich0 - 1Crystal PalLD1

Recent respective form guides

Norwich City have an excellent home record, winning five and losing just one of the last six games. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Canaries in those games, with 5 conceded.

Crystal Pal have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The Eagles's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 10 goals for and 9 against.

Norwich lie just outside the playoff positions in the Nationwide League Division One, picking up 14 points from their 8 games so far. Crystal Pal see themselves just below half way in the Nationwide League Division One, showing a record of 11 points from their 8 games played so far,

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Norwich63128710
Crystal Pal6123895

FootyMad's prediction ...

Norwich may be coming up against a decent side in Crystal Pal, but I do believe that its going to result in a narrow home win for the Canaries. Home Win

Sequence statistics:
NorwichWon 4 successive home games.
12 games since last home draw.
Unbeaten run of 3 matches.
Crystal PalNot won in previous 2 away matches.
No win in the 5 most recent games.