Norwich City prepare to entertain Burnley at Carrow Road on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 12 wins out of 17 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Carrow Road was two seasons ago, in February 2009, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1-1 final scoreline in a Championship match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2008/2009 | Sat 21 Feb | Norwich City | 1-1 | Burnley | CHMP |
2008/2009 | Sat 01 Nov | Burnley | 2 - 0 | Norwich City | CHMP |
2007/2008 | Sat 05 Apr | Norwich City | 2 - 0 | Burnley | CHMP |
2007/2008 | Tue 23 Oct | Burnley | 2 - 1 | Norwich City | CHMP |
2006/2007 | Tue 17 Apr | Burnley | 3 - 0 | Norwich City | CHMP |
2006/2007 | Sun 01 Oct | Norwich City | 1 - 4 | Burnley | CHMP |
2005/2006 | Fri 24 Mar | Burnley | 2 - 0 | Norwich City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Norwich City are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 10 to 8.
The away form of Burnley is pretty dire, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. The Clarets's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Norwich City's total of 23 points from their 14 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Npower Championship. Burnley lie just outside the playoff positions in the Npower Championship, picking up 21 from their 14 games so far.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Norwich City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
Burnley | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Burnley is certainly an interesting one with me deciding its going to end up with a victory for the Canaries in a close run game. Home Win
Sequence statistics: | |
Norwich City | 11 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
Burnley | Not won in previous 7 away matches. No win in the 3 most recent games. |