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Watford face a trip to Norwich City at on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Hornets will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 24 and win only 6 of the 40 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in August 2002, as they swept to an impressive 4 - 0 win in a League Division One match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sun 19 Jan | Watford | 2 - 1 | Norwich | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 31 Aug | Norwich | 4 - 0 | Watford | LD1 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 26 Feb | Watford | 2 - 1 | Norwich | LD1 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 18 Sep | Norwich | 3 - 1 | Watford | LD1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 10 Mar | Watford | 4 - 1 | Norwich | LD1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 27 Jan | Norwich | 2 - 1 | Watford | LD1 |
| 1998/1999 | Tue 29 Dec | Norwich | 1 - 1 | Watford | LD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Norwich City could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 12 goals for the Canaries, with 5 goals against.
Watford have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Hornets have hit 6 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Norwich are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 34 points from 17 games. Watford find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 20 points from their 18 matches.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Norwich | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11 |
| Watford | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Hornets are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Norwich. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Norwich | Won 8 successive home games. 16 games since last home draw. Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Watford | 14 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |