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Crystal Palace face a trip to 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 most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in October 2007, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 29 Mar | Crystal Palace | 0 - 0 | Blackpool | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 20 Oct | Blackpool | 1 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Blackpool are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The Seasiders's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
The away form of Crystal Palace is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Eagles have hit 6 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Blackpool's 17 points from 12 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Crystal Palace see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 15 points from their 12 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Blackpool | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 |
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 4 home games. Unbeaten run of 6 matches. |
| Crystal Palace | Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |