Watford pack their bags to visit 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 26 and win only 7 of the 43 games.
The previous match played between the two at was within the last three years, in November 2003, with Watford inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Canaries in a League Division One match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2005/2006 | Tue 13 Sep | Watford | 2 - 1 | Norwich City | CHMP |
2003/2004 | Sat 24 Apr | Watford | 1 - 2 | Norwich City | CHMP |
2003/2004 | Sat 15 Nov | Norwich City | 1 - 2 | Watford | CHMP |
2002/2003 | Sun 19 Jan | Watford | 2 - 1 | Norwich City | CHMP |
2002/2003 | Sat 31 Aug | Norwich City | 4 - 0 | Watford | CHMP |
2001/2002 | Tue 26 Feb | Watford | 2 - 1 | Norwich City | CHMP |
2001/2002 | Tue 18 Sep | Norwich City | 3 - 1 | Watford | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Norwich City are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 9 to 7.
Watford have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Hornets's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Norwich City's 39 points from 29 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Watford are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 49 points from 29 games.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Norwich City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
Watford | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Hornets could well see them head back from with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
Sequence statistics: | |
Norwich City | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
Watford | Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |