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Crystal Palace pack their bags to visit Birmingham City at St. Andrew's at lunchtime on Saturday, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Eagles will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 12 and win only 4 of the 20 games.
The previous match played between the two at St. Andrew's was within the last three years, in December 2001, the Blues carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2001/2002 | Mon 01 Apr | Crystal Palace | 0 - 0 | Birmingham C. | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 11 Dec | Birmingham C. | 1 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 06 Mar | Crystal Palace | 1 - 2 | Birmingham C. | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 14 Oct | Birmingham C. | 2 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 22 Apr | Crystal Palace | 0 - 2 | Birmingham C. | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 16 Oct | Birmingham C. | 2 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 06 Feb | Crystal Palace | 1 - 1 | Birmingham C. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Birmingham City have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 5.
Crystal Palace have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the Eagles have hit 6 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Birmingham C. find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 9 points from their 10 matches. Crystal Palace find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 8 points from their 10 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Birmingham C. | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Not a lot has been going right generally for Crystal Palace on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Birmingham C.. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Birmingham C. | Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Crystal Palace | Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |