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Bristol City face a trip to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Robins will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 23 and win only 9 of the 38 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2010, with Bristol City inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Eagles in a Championship match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2010/2011 | Tue 28 Dec | Bristol City | 1 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
2009/2010 | Tue 09 Mar | Crystal Palace | 0 - 1 | Bristol City | CHMP |
2009/2010 | Sat 15 Aug | Bristol City | 1 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
2008/2009 | Sun 28 Dec | Bristol City | 1 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
2008/2009 | Sat 22 Nov | Crystal Palace | 4 - 2 | Bristol City | CHMP |
2007/2008 | Tue 13 May | Bristol City | 2 - 1 | Crystal Palace | D1PO |
2007/2008 | Sat 10 May | Crystal Palace | 1 - 2 | Bristol City | D1PO |
Recent respective form guides
Crystal Palace have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 5.
Bristol City have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the Robins have hit 7 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Crystal Palace are stuck down in the relegation zone of Npower Championship with a return of just 25 points from their 26 games thus far. Bristol City find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 31 points from their 26 matches.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Crystal Palace | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4 |
Bristol City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With Bristol City only showing average form on the road, Footymad are of the opinion a draw at Selhurst Park will be a good result. Score draw
Sequence statistics: | |
Crystal Palace | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
Bristol City | Not won in previous 4 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |