FM Preview: Norwich City v Wigan Athletic 11 Mar 2012

Last updated : 10 March 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Norwich City v Wigan Athletic fixture

Norwich City play host to Wigan Athletic at Carrow Road on Sunday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The Canaries have drawn both of the previous games against their opponents, however.

The last time the two teams met at Norwich City was back in April 2004, over five years ago, with Norwich City running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a League Division One match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Sat 13 Aug Wigan Ath. 1 - 1 Norwich City Premier League
2003/2004 Fri 09 Apr Norwich City 2-0 Wigan Ath. League Division One
2003/2004 Sat 04 Oct Wigan Ath. 1 - 1 Norwich City League Division One
1998/1999 Tue 22 Sep Wigan Ath. 2 - 3 Norwich City League Cup
1998/1999 Wed 16 Sep Norwich City 1 - 0 Wigan Ath. League Cup
1986/1987 Sat 31 Jan Wigan Ath. 1 - 0 Norwich City F.A. Cup

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Recent respective form guides

Norwich City are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Canaries in those games, with 6 conceded.

The away form of Wigan Athletic is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Latics have hit 7 goals, 16 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Norwich City see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 35 points from their 27 games played so far,

Wigan Athletic find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 27 games have yielded only 20 points.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Norwich City 6 2 0 4 7 10 6
Wigan Athletic 6 1 2 3 5 10 5

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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 Wigan Athletic in this game. Home Win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Norwich City Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches.
Failed to win in previous 2 home matches.
Latest 3 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 3 most recent games.
Wigan Athletic 5 games since last away draw.
No win in the 2 most recent games.

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