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Norwich City pack their bags to visit Brighton & Hove Albion at Withdean Stadium 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 21 and win only 9 of the 39 games.
The previous match played between the two at Withdean Stadium was more than three years back, in August 2002, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Tue 14 Jan | Norwich City | 3 - 1 | Brighton & HA | FAC |
| 2002/2003 | Thu 26 Dec | Norwich City | 0 - 1 | Brighton & HA | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 17 Aug | Brighton & HA | 0 - 2 | Norwich City | CHMP |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 05 Apr | Norwich City | 3 - 0 | Brighton & HA | CHMP |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 02 Nov | Brighton & HA | 1 - 1 | Norwich City | CHMP |
| 1982/1983 | Sat 14 May | Norwich City | 2 - 1 | Brighton & HA | PREM |
| 1982/1983 | Sat 12 Mar | Brighton & HA | 1 - 0 | Norwich City | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Brighton & Hove Albion have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. The Seagulls's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Norwich City's away form is none too clever either, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Canaries have hit 4 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Brighton & HA are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 10 points from 11 matches. Norwich City find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 12 points from their 11 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Brighton & HA | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Norwich City | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nothing appears to be going right for the Canaries out on the road recently, yet the Madmen can see a turn around in fortunes as they battle to a victory in a closely fought contest at Brighton & HA. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Brighton & HA | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Drawn each of their last 3 games. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Norwich City | 8 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 11 outings ago. |