Norwich City travel to take on Doncaster Rovers at Keepmoat Stadium on Friday evening, determined to keep up their impressive record at the venue, having come through the challenge on 3 of the previous 4 occasions.
The last time the two teams met at Doncaster Rvs. was way back in the black-and-white days of September 1958, with Norwich City inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Rovers in a Third Division match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2008/2009 | Sat 25 Oct | Norwich City | 2 - 1 | Doncaster Rvs. | CHMP |
1981/1982 | Sat 23 Jan | Norwich City | 2 - 1 | Doncaster Rvs. | FAC |
1958/1959 | Wed 04 Feb | Norwich City | 3 - 0 | Doncaster Rvs. | LGE1 |
1958/1959 | Sat 27 Sep | Doncaster Rvs. | 0 - 1 | Norwich City | LGE1 |
1936/1937 | Sat 13 Mar | Norwich City | 2 - 1 | Doncaster Rvs. | CHMP |
1936/1937 | Sat 07 Nov | Doncaster Rvs. | 1 - 2 | Norwich City | CHMP |
1935/1936 | Sat 02 May | Norwich City | 2 - 1 | Doncaster Rvs. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Doncaster Rovers have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. These games have seen the Rovers score just 6 goals, though they have conceded 2.
The away form of Norwich City is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. While the Canaries have hit 5 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Doncaster Rvs. are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 30 points from 28 matches. Norwich City are currently lying in 19th place in Coca-Cola Championship having mustered a points tally of 30 from their 29 matches played.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Doncaster Rvs. | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
Norwich City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Rovers, as the Canaries have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
Sequence statistics: | |
Doncaster Rvs. | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Unbeaten run of 7 matches. |
Norwich City | Not won in previous 6 away matches. |