Birmingham pack their bags to visit Norwich City on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 27 games played, Blues have recorded 4 wins, and Norwich City have come away with 12 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Carrow Road was more than three years back, in March 2002, with the Blues inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Canaries in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 27 Nov | Birmingham C. | 1 - 1 | Norwich City | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 12 May | Birmingham C. | 1 - 1 | Norwich City | D1P |
| 2001/2002 | Fri 15 Mar | Norwich City | 0 - 1 | Birmingham C. | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 08 Dec | Birmingham C. | 4 - 0 | Norwich City | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 03 Feb | Birmingham C. | 2 - 1 | Norwich City | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 07 Nov | Norwich City | 1 - 0 | Birmingham C. | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 15 Jan | Birmingham C. | 2 - 0 | Norwich City | 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, 11 to 9.
The away form of Blues is pretty dire, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. Blues have conceded 11 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.
Norwich City find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 36 games have yielded only 30 points. Birmingham City see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 42 points from their 36 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Norwich City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 10 |
| Birmingham C. | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
STB prediction ...
As the Blues have been none too clever on the road in recent matchES and with the home side desperate for points in their battle to avoid the drop, I see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Canaries. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Norwich City | Won 3 successive home games. 7 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Birmingham C. | Not won in previous 9 away matches. |