FM Preview: Chelsea v Norwich City 27 Aug 2011

Last updated : 26 August 2011 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Chelsea v Norwich City fixture

Norwich City travel to take on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge 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 11 and win only 5 of the 21 games.

The last time the two teams met at Chelsea was just over four years ago, in February 2007, as they swept to an impressive 4-0 win in a F.A. Cup match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2006/2007 Sat 17 Feb Chelsea 4-0 Norwich City F.A. Cup
2004/2005 Sat 05 Mar Norwich City 1 - 3 Chelsea Premiership
2004/2005 Sat 18 Dec Chelsea 4 - 0 Norwich City Premiership
2001/2002 Wed 16 Jan Chelsea 4 - 0 Norwich City F.A. Cup
2001/2002 Sat 05 Jan Norwich City 0 - 0 Chelsea F.A. Cup
1994/1995 Sat 10 Dec Norwich City 3 - 0 Chelsea Premiership
1994/1995 Sat 20 Aug Chelsea 2 - 0 Norwich City Premiership

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Recent respective form guides

Chelsea are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 13 goals for the Blues, with 5 goals against.

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 10 goals for and 8 against.

Chelsea lie just outside the playoff positions in the Barclays Premier League, picking up 4 points from their 2 games so far.

Norwich City's 2 points from 2 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Chelsea 6 2 2 2 7 7 8
Norwich City 6 2 3 1 8 10 9

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Norwich City are in a sorry state of late on their travels, though the Mad panel can see them coming away from Stamford Bridge with a well-deserved point. No-score draw

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Chelsea Unbeaten in the last 6 home games.
Norwich City Undefeated in last 4 away games.
No win in the 4 most recent games.

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