Blackburn R. play host to 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 13 of the 18 contests.
The last time the two teams met at Blackburn R. was just over four years ago, in August 2000, as the Rovers 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: | |||||
2004/2005 | Sat 06 Nov | Norwich City | 1 - 1 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
2000/2001 | Mon 01 Jan | Norwich City | 1 - 1 | Blackburn R. | CHMP |
2000/2001 | Sat 26 Aug | Blackburn R. | 3-2 | Norwich City | CHMP |
1999/2000 | Tue 29 Feb | Blackburn R. | 1 - 1 | Norwich City | CHMP |
1999/2000 | Sat 28 Aug | Norwich City | 0 - 2 | Blackburn R. | CHMP |
1994/1995 | Sat 25 Feb | Blackburn R. | 0 - 0 | Norwich City | PREM |
1994/1995 | Sat 01 Oct | Norwich City | 2 - 1 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Blackburn Rovers 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 Rovers in those games, with 6 conceded.
The away form of Norwich City is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. Canaries have conceded 12 goals in these games, and only hit 1 in reply.
Blackburn R. are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 25 points from 26 matches. Norwich City are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premiership with a return of just 20 points from their 26 games thus far.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Blackburn R. | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
Norwich City | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Rovers's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Norwich City. Home Win
Sequence statistics: | |
Blackburn R. | 6 games since last home draw. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
Norwich City | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 15 away matches. |