FootyMAD Burnley match preview

Last updated : 12 September 2003 By Footymad Previewer
History of the Norwich City v Burnley fixture

Norwich prepare to entertain Burnley at on Saturday evening, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 8 wins out of 11 previous matches.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at was less than a year ago, in April 2003, with Norwich running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a League Division One match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2002/2003Sat 12 AprNorwich2-0BurnleyLD1
2002/2003Sat 23 NovBurnley2 - 0NorwichLD1
2001/2002Sat 02 MarBurnley1 - 1NorwichLD1
2001/2002Sat 22 SepNorwich2 - 1BurnleyLD1
2000/2001Mon 16 AprNorwich2 - 3BurnleyLD1
2000/2001Tue 21 NovBurnley2 - 0NorwichLD1
1975/1976Sat 10 JanNorwich3 - 1BurnleyDIV1

Recent respective form guides

Norwich City have an excellent home record, winning five and losing just one of the last six games. A total of 12 goals have been scored by the Canaries in those games, with 7 conceded.

Burnley have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The Clarets's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.

Norwich see themselves just below half way in the Nationwide League Division One, showing a record of 7 points from their 5 games played so far, Burnley's 9 points from 6 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Norwich6213787
Burnley63127710

FootyMad's prediction ...

Canaries are in a rich vein of form at home as of late, but the one that FootyMad has marked this down as one of their banker draws, taking into account the quality of the opposition. Score draw

Sequence statistics:
Norwich Won 3 successive home games.
11 games since last home draw.
Not drawn a match in their last 5 .
Burnley 4 games since last away draw.
Won each of the previous 3 matches.
Last drawn game 6 outings ago.