FM Preview: Charlton Athletic v Crystal Palace 14 Sep 2012

Last updated : 13 September 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Charlton Athletic v Crystal Palace fixture

Crystal Palace pack their bags to visit Charlton Athletic at The Valley on Friday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 33 games played, Eagles have recorded 10 wins, and Charlton Athletic have come away with 13 victories.

The previous match played between the two at The Valley was more than three years back, in January 2009, the Addicks carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Championship match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2008/2009 Tue 27 Jan Charlton Ath. 1-0 Crystal Palace Championship
2008/2009 Tue 30 Sep Crystal Palace 1 - 0 Charlton Ath. Championship
2007/2008 Fri 08 Feb Charlton Ath. 2 - 0 Crystal Palace Championship
2007/2008 Sat 01 Sep Crystal Palace 0 - 1 Charlton Ath. Championship
2004/2005 Sun 15 May Charlton Ath. 2 - 2 Crystal Palace Premiership
2004/2005 Sun 05 Dec Crystal Palace 0 - 1 Charlton Ath. Premiership
2004/2005 Wed 27 Oct Charlton Ath. 1 - 2 Crystal Palace League Cup

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Recent respective form guides

Charlton Athletic are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Addicks in those games, with 5 conceded.

In complete contrast to Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace are having a torrid time on their travels, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Eagles have hit 8 goals, 15 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Charlton Athletic find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 5 points from their 4 matches.

Crystal Palace are stuck down in the relegation zone of npower Championship with a return of just 3 points from their 4 games thus far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Charlton Athletic 6 2 3 1 8 7 9
Crystal Palace 6 2 0 4 9 15 6

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FootyMad's prediction ...

FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Addicks, as the Eagles have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Charlton Athletic Unbeaten in the last 8 home games.
Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Crystal Palace Lost each of the previous 3 away matches.
Not won in previous 3 away matches.
Last drawn game 8 outings ago.

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