FM Preview: Norwich City v Arsenal 19 Nov 2011

Last updated : 18 November 2011 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Norwich City v Arsenal fixture

Arsenal travel to take on Norwich City at Carrow Road at lunchtime on Saturday, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 8 of the 24 previous games, with the hosts winning just 6.

The last time the two teams met at Norwich City was back in August 2004, over five years ago, as the visitors ran out cosy 1-4 winners in a Premiership match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2004/2005 Sat 02 Apr Arsenal 4 - 1 Norwich City Premiership
2004/2005 Sat 28 Aug Norwich City 1-4 Arsenal Premiership
1994/1995 Sat 01 Apr Arsenal 5 - 1 Norwich City Premiership
1994/1995 Sat 10 Sep Norwich City 0 - 0 Arsenal Premiership
1993/1994 Sun 13 Feb Norwich City 1 - 1 Arsenal Premiership
1993/1994 Wed 10 Nov Norwich City 0 - 3 Arsenal League Cup
1993/1994 Sat 30 Oct Arsenal 0 - 0 Norwich City Premiership

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Recent respective form guides

Norwich City are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The Canaries's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 11.

Arsenal have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the Gunners have hit 13 goals, 18 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Norwich City's 13 points from 11 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.

Arsenal lie just outside the playoff positions in the Barclays Premier League, picking up 19 from their 11 games so far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Norwich City 6 2 2 2 11 11 8
Arsenal 6 5 1 0 14 5 16

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FootyMad's prediction ...

The away form of the Gunners has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Norwich City. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Norwich City Unbeaten in the last 3 home games.
Not won in the 3 most recent games.
Arsenal 5 games since last away draw.
8 games since last defeat.

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