FM Preview: Blackburn Rovers v Norwich City 21 Apr 2012

Last updated : 20 April 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Blackburn Rovers v Norwich City fixture

Blackburn Rovers prepare to entertain Norwich City at Ewood Park on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having taken all the points from 15 of the 20 contests.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Ewood Park was just last season, in August 2010, with Blackburn Rovers running out comfortable 3-1 winners in a League Cup match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Sat 29 Oct Norwich City 3 - 3 Blackburn R. Premier League
2010/2011 Tue 24 Aug Blackburn R. 3-1 Norwich City League Cup
2004/2005 Sat 12 Feb Blackburn R. 3 - 0 Norwich City Premiership
2004/2005 Sat 06 Nov Norwich City 1 - 1 Blackburn R. Premiership
2000/2001 Mon 01 Jan Norwich City 1 - 1 Blackburn R. League Division One
2000/2001 Sat 26 Aug Blackburn R. 3 - 2 Norwich City League Division One
1999/2000 Tue 29 Feb Blackburn R. 1 - 1 Norwich City League Division One

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Recent respective form guides

Blackburn Rovers have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, The Rovers's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.

Norwich City have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Canaries have hit 6 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Blackburn Rovers are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premier League with a return of just 28 points from their 34 games thus far.

Norwich City see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 43 points from their 34 games played so far,

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Blackburn Rovers 6 1 0 5 5 13 3
Norwich City 6 2 1 3 8 13 7

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Your FootyMad panel thinks that Blackburn Rovers's indifferent home form is due to continue with a narrow home defeat against Norwich City. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Blackburn Rovers Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches.
Failed to win in previous 2 home matches.
Latest 5 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 5 most recent games.
Norwich City 10 games since last away draw.

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