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Norwich City prepare to entertain Preston North End at on Monday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Canaries are clearly on top, having won 10 and lost only 3 of the 18 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at was just last season, in May 2004, as the Canaries squeezed past their rivals by a scoreline of 3-2 in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 01 May | Norwich City | 3-2 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 22 Nov | Preston N.E. | 0 - 0 | Norwich City | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 04 May | Norwich City | 2 - 0 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 28 Sep | Preston N.E. | 1 - 2 | Norwich City | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Fri 22 Feb | Norwich City | 3 - 0 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 26 Sep | Preston N.E. | 4 - 0 | Norwich City | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 17 Mar | Norwich City | 1 - 2 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Norwich City have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Canaries in those games, with 4 conceded.
The North End have had a decent run of form away from home recently, unbeaten in the last six, but with four of them resulting in draws. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the North End, and 3 goals against.
Norwich City's 38 points from 27 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Preston N.E. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca Cola Championship, picking up 38 from their 26 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Norwich City | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 15 |
| Preston N.E. | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
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 City | Won 4 successive home games. 6 games since last home draw. Won their latest 5 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 6 . |
| Preston N.E. | Undefeated in last 6 away games. 16 games since last defeat. |