FM Preview: Norwich City v Swansea City 06 Apr 2013

Last updated : 05 April 2013 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Norwich City v Swansea City fixture

Norwich City prepare to entertain Swansea City at Carrow Road on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 15 wins out of 23 previous matches.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Carrow Road was just last season, in October 2011, with Norwich City running out comfortable 3-1 winners in a Premier League match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2012/2013 Sat 08 Dec Swansea City 3 - 4 Norwich City Premier League
2011/2012 Sat 11 Feb Swansea City 2 - 3 Norwich City Premier League
2011/2012 Sat 15 Oct Norwich City 3-1 Swansea City Premier League
2010/2011 Sat 09 Apr Swansea City 3 - 0 Norwich City Championship
2010/2011 Sat 21 Aug Norwich City 2 - 0 Swansea City Championship
2008/2009 Sat 11 Apr Swansea City 2 - 1 Norwich City Championship
2008/2009 Sat 15 Nov Norwich City 2 - 3 Swansea City Championship

For a detailed analysis of the complete head-to-head record between the two sides, click here

Recent respective form guides

Norwich City have lost only 1 of the last six at home, but 4 of these games have been drawn. These low-scoring games have seen just 3 goals scored and conceded.

The away form of Swansea City is pretty dire, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. Swans have conceded 9 goals in these games, and only hit 1 in reply.

Norwich City see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 33 points from their 30 games played so far,

Swansea City's 40 points from 31 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Norwich City 6 1 3 2 2 6 6
Swansea City 6 2 0 4 8 11 6

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Norwich City are not exactly setting the world alight at Carrow Road at the moment, but your FootyMad team are quietly confident that they can ease past Swansea City in this game. Home Win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Norwich City Unbeaten in the last 4 home games.
Not won in the 3 most recent games.
Swansea City 5 games since last away draw.
An overall losing run of 3 games.
No win in the 3 most recent games.

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