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Crystal Palace face a trip to Burnley at Turf Moor 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 lose 8 and win only 2 of the 14 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2006, when they played out a goalless draw in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 26 Aug | Crystal Palace | 2 - 2 | Burnley | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Mon 17 Apr | Burnley | 0 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 22 Oct | Crystal Palace | 2 - 0 | Burnley | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 10 Jan | Crystal Palace | 0 - 0 | Burnley | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 09 Aug | Burnley | 2 - 3 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 18 Jan | Crystal Palace | 1 - 1 | Burnley | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 31 Aug | Burnley | 0 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Burnley have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 6 in the wrong end.
Crystal Palace's away form is none too clever either, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Eagles's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 5 against.
Burnley find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 40 points from their 34 matches. Crystal Palace's 48 points from 35 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Burnley | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Crystal Palace are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Burnley | Failed to win in previous 5 home matches. Not won in the 15 most recent games. |
| Crystal Palace | Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |