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Pick of the stats: Norwich City v Oxford United

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The weight of history hangs heavy over Carrow Road as Philippe Clement prepares for his second outing as Norwich City boss against Oxford United, a fixture that presents far more than just three Championship points—it's a battle against statistical damnation and the specter of record-breaking failure. Clement's reign began with the brutal reality of a 4-1 dismantling by Birmingham City, a result that immediately tested the patience of the Canaries' faithful, but Tuesday night offers a stark ultimatum: secure the club's first home point of this dismal campaign or etch this squad's name into the English Football League history books for all the wrong reasons.Failure would not only see Norwich claim the most wretched home start in the entire annals of the EFL—a truly ignominious record—but would also leave them a cavernous eight points adrift of their visitors, Oxford United, who sit in 21st place, turning a hoped-for revival into a potential relegation death spiral. The historical data paints a grim picture for the home side; they have managed a solitary victory in their last five league encounters with Oxford, a 4-2 away triumph that feels like a relic from a different era, dating back to April 1999 in the second tier.Conversely, Oxford's own record at Carrow Road is hardly formidable, with just one win in eleven away league fixtures, a 3-1 victory from November 1998, yet this historical insignificance only amplifies the pressure on Norwich, as they are the ones staring into an unprecedented abyss. The core of Norwich's crisis is a staggering, almost pathological inability to perform at home; they are currently mired in a seven-game losing streak at Carrow Road, their longest such run in their entire league history, a statistic that screams of deep-seated psychological and tactical frailties.Since the Championship's rebranding in 2004, only one team has suffered eight consecutive home defeats: Burton Albion during a bleak period between September and December 2017, a club Norwich now risk joining in this most unwanted of fraternities. For Oxford, promoted in 2024, this trip represents a golden opportunity to solidify their own status; their record on the road since ascending is poor, with just four wins from 31 away Championship matches, but facing a team in such profound disarray offers a chance to defy their own trends.The overarching narrative, however, belongs to Norwich and their pursuit of the most negative piece of EFL history imaginable: no side has ever lost their first eight home games at the start of a season. This is more than a game; it's a referendum on a club's soul, a test of a new manager's motivational prowess, and a 90-minute window where statistics and history are either confronted and conquered or succumbed to, defining the trajectory of both clubs' seasons in the process.

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