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Crystal Palace pack their bags to visit Blackpool at Bloomfield Road on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Eagles will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The previous match played between the two at Bloomfield Road was more than three years back, in October 2003, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 3 winners in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Tue 28 Oct | Blackpool | 1 - 3 | Crystal Palace | LGEC |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 04 Jan | Blackpool | 1 - 2 | Crystal Palace | FAC |
| 1977/1978 | Tue 25 Apr | Crystal Palace | 2 - 2 | Blackpool | CHMP |
| 1977/1978 | Tue 04 Oct | Blackpool | 3 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 1973/1974 | Tue 02 Oct | Crystal Palace | 1 - 2 | Blackpool | CHMP |
| 1973/1974 | Mon 17 Sep | Blackpool | 1 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 1970/1971 | Mon 26 Apr | Blackpool | 3 - 1 | Crystal Palace | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Blackpool haven't lost in their last six home matches, but have drawn four of them. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 9 to 7.
Crystal Palace have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Blackpool find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 12 points from their 10 matches. Crystal Palace are currently lying in 19th place in Coca-Cola Championship having mustered a points tally of 10 from their 10 matches played.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Blackpool | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Seasiders, as the Eagles have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Blackpool | Unbeaten in the last 14 home games. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Crystal Palace | Not won in previous 5 away matches. No win in the 3 most recent games. |