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Norwich City pack their bags to visit Colchester United at Weston Homes Community Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 12 games played, Canaries have recorded 4 wins, and Colchester U. have come away with 5 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Weston Homes Community Stadium was within the last three years, in December 2007, 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: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 08 Aug | Norwich City | 1 - 7 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 22 Mar | Norwich City | 5 - 1 | Colchester U. | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 15 Dec | Colchester U. | 1 - 1 | Norwich City | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 31 Mar | Colchester U. | 3 - 0 | Norwich City | CHMP |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Colchester United are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the U's in those games, with 4 conceded.
Norwich City have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Canaries's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 12 goals for and 10 against.
Colchester U. are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 45 points from 23 games. Norwich City are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola League One, and have accumulated 51 points from the 25 games they have played so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Colchester U. | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 12 |
| Norwich City | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 14 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Canaries could well see them head back from Weston Homes Community Stadium with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Colchester U. | Won 3 successive home games. 4 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 8 . |
| Norwich City | Undefeated in last 4 away games. Won each of the previous 4 matches. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |