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Norwich City travel to take on Bristol Rovers at Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Canaries will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 15 and win only 5 of the 27 games.
The last time the two teams met at Bristol Rvs. was way back in the black-and-white days of February 1975, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a Second Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 03 Oct | Norwich City | 5 - 1 | Bristol Rvs. | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 21 Sep | Norwich City | 1 - 0 | Bristol Rvs. | LGEC |
| 1974/1975 | Sat 01 Feb | Bristol Rvs. | 0 - 2 | Norwich City | CHMP |
| 1974/1975 | Sat 09 Nov | Norwich City | 0 - 1 | Bristol Rvs. | CHMP |
| 1970/1971 | Tue 13 Oct | Bristol Rvs. | 3 - 1 | Norwich City | LGEC |
| 1970/1971 | Wed 07 Oct | Norwich City | 1 - 1 | Bristol Rvs. | LGEC |
| 1963/1964 | Sat 04 Jan | Bristol Rvs. | 2 - 1 | Norwich City | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Bristol Rovers have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The Pirates's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
The Canaries have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Canaries's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 7 against.
Bristol Rvs.'s 62 points from 44 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. Norwich City are leading the way in the Coca-Cola League One, with their 44 games giving them a return of 92 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Bristol Rvs. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 |
| Norwich City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Norwich City are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Bristol Rvs. | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Norwich City | 4 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |