Norwich City travel to take on Gillingham at Priestfield 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 ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The last time the two teams met at Gillingham was back in September 2003, over five years ago, with Norwich City inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the The Gills in a League Division One match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2003/2004 | Tue 16 Mar | Norwich City | 3 - 0 | Gillingham | CHMP |
2003/2004 | Tue 16 Sep | Gillingham | 1 - 2 | Norwich City | CHMP |
2002/2003 | Tue 25 Feb | Gillingham | 1 - 0 | Norwich City | CHMP |
2002/2003 | Sat 24 Aug | Norwich City | 1 - 0 | Gillingham | CHMP |
2001/2002 | Tue 19 Mar | Norwich City | 2 - 1 | Gillingham | CHMP |
2001/2002 | Sat 13 Oct | Gillingham | 0 - 2 | Norwich City | CHMP |
2000/2001 | Sat 07 Apr | Gillingham | 4 - 3 | Norwich City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Gillingham have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the The Gills in those games, with 6 conceded.
Norwich City have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The Canaries's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 11 goals for and 9 against.
Gillingham's 10 points from 8 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. Norwich City see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League One, showing a record of 9 points from their 8 games played so far,
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Gillingham | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Norwich City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
An indifferent set of results for Norwich City on the road, and I believe this game is only going to yield a solitary point for the Canaries. Score draw
Sequence statistics: | |
Gillingham | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
Norwich City | 4 games since last away draw. No win in the 3 most recent games. |