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Preston NE prepare to entertain Norwich City at Deepdale on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The North End are clearly on top, having won 7 and lost only 3 of the 13 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Deepdale was just last season, in September 2002, with Norwich inflicting a narrow 1-2 defeat upon the North End in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sun 04 May | Norwich | 2 - 0 | Preston NE | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 28 Sep | Preston NE | 1-2 | Norwich | LD1 |
| 2001/2002 | Fri 22 Feb | Norwich | 3 - 0 | Preston NE | LD1 |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 26 Sep | Preston NE | 4 - 0 | Norwich | LD1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 17 Mar | Norwich | 1 - 2 | Preston NE | LD1 |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 17 Oct | Preston NE | 1 - 0 | Norwich | LD1 |
| 1971/1972 | Sat 22 Jan | Norwich | 1 - 1 | Preston NE | DIV2 |
Recent respective form guides
Preston North End are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the North End, with 4 goals against.
Norwich have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Canaries's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 6 against.
Preston NE's 27 points from 18 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Norwich are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 34 points from 18 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Preston NE | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 |
| Norwich | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Preston NE are performing very well at home, but your FootyMad panel reckons that the overall quality of Norwich will prove too much for the homesters. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Preston NE | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. |
| Norwich | Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |