Norwich City prepare to entertain Cardiff City at Carrow Road on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having taken all the points from 18 of the 23 contests.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Carrow Road was two seasons ago, in March 2009, with Norwich City running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a Championship match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2010/2011 | Sat 30 Oct | Cardiff City | 3 - 1 | Norwich City | CHMP |
2008/2009 | Tue 10 Mar | Norwich City | 2-0 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
2008/2009 | Sat 23 Aug | Cardiff City | 2 - 2 | Norwich City | CHMP |
2007/2008 | Sat 09 Feb | Cardiff City | 1 - 2 | Norwich City | CHMP |
2007/2008 | Sat 01 Sep | Norwich City | 1 - 2 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
2006/2007 | Sat 10 Mar | Cardiff City | 1 - 0 | Norwich City | CHMP |
2006/2007 | Sat 21 Oct | Norwich City | 1 - 0 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Norwich City have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Canaries in those games, with 7 conceded.
The away form of Cardiff City is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Bluebirds have hit 7 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Norwich City are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 43 points from 25 games. Cardiff City are holding the final promotion place in the Npower Championship, and have accumulated 43 points from the 25 games they have played so far.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Norwich City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 |
Cardiff City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Canaries's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Cardiff City. Home Win
Sequence statistics: | |
Norwich City | 6 games since last home draw. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
Cardiff City | Not won in previous 5 away matches. |