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Crystal Palace pack their bags to visit Bolton Wanderers at Reebok Stadium 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 taste defeat on 9 occassions, and draw 7, from the 17 games played.
The previous match played between the two at Reebok Stadium was more than three years back, in October 2000, when they fought out a thrilling high-scoring 3 - 3 draw in a League Division One match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2000/2001 | Mon 16 Apr | Crystal Palace | 0 - 2 | Bolton Wdrs. | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 28 Oct | Bolton Wdrs. | 3 - 3 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 07 Mar | Crystal Palace | 0 - 0 | Bolton Wdrs. | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 06 Nov | Bolton Wdrs. | 2 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 1998/1999 | Sun 10 Jan | Bolton Wdrs. | 3 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 08 Aug | Crystal Palace | 2 - 2 | Bolton Wdrs. | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 02 May | Bolton Wdrs. | 5 - 2 | Crystal Palace | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Bolton Wanderers have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. A total of 12 goals have been scored by the The Trotters in those games, with 7 conceded.
The away form of Crystal Palace is pretty dire, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. While the Eagles have hit 6 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Bolton Wdrs.'s 12 points from 8 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position. Crystal Palace are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premiership with a return of just 5 points from their 8 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Bolton Wdrs. | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Eagles are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Bolton Wdrs.. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Bolton Wdrs. | Drawn last 2 games at home. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Crystal Palace | Not won in previous 6 away matches. 4 games since last defeat. |