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Norwich City travel to take on Colchester United at Layer Road Ground on Saturday afternoon,
The last time the two teams met at Colchester U. was way back in the black-and-white days of February 1960, with Colchester U. running out comfortable 3 - 0 winners in a Third Division match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Tue 31 Oct | Norwich City | 1 - 1 | Colchester U. | CHMP |
| 1959/1960 | Sat 20 Feb | Colchester U. | 3 - 0 | Norwich City | LGE1 |
| 1959/1960 | Sat 03 Oct | Norwich City | 3 - 2 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 1958/1959 | Wed 03 Sep | Norwich City | 1 - 2 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 1958/1959 | Mon 25 Aug | Colchester U. | 2 - 1 | Norwich City | LGE1 |
| 1957/1958 | Sat 18 Jan | Norwich City | 1 - 1 | Colchester U. | D3S |
| 1957/1958 | Sat 14 Sep | Colchester U. | 1 - 2 | Norwich City | D3S |
Recent respective form guides
Colchester United losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. These low-scoring games have seen just 4 goals scored and conceded.
Norwich City have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the Canaries have hit 8 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Colchester U.'s 56 points from 39 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Norwich City see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 50 points from their 38 games played so far,
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Colchester U. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 5 |
| Norwich City | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With Norwich City only showing average form on the road, Footymad are of the opinion a draw at Layer Road Ground will be a good result. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Colchester U. | Drawn last 2 games at home. Failed to win in previous 4 home matches. |
| Norwich City | 6 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 7 outings ago. |