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Crystal Palace face a trip to Colchester United at Layer Road Ground on Saturday afternoon,
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in May 2007, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a Championship match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sun 06 May | Colchester U. | 0 - 2 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 09 Dec | Crystal Palace | 1 - 3 | Colchester U. | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 24 Aug | Crystal Palace | 3 - 1 | Colchester U. | LGEC |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 10 Aug | Colchester U. | 2 - 2 | Crystal Palace | LGEC |
| 1975/1976 | Sat 10 Jan | Colchester U. | 0 - 3 | Crystal Palace | LGE1 |
| 1975/1976 | Sat 30 Aug | Crystal Palace | 3 - 2 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 1975/1976 | Mon 25 Aug | Colchester U. | 3 - 1 | Crystal Palace | LGEC |
Recent respective form guides
Colchester United 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, 11 to 9.
The away form of Crystal Palace is pretty dire, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. Only 3 goals have been registered in this time, with 5 leaked at the wrong end.
Colchester U. find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 17 points from their 16 matches. Crystal Palace are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 14 points from their 16 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Colchester U. | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the U's, as the Eagles have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Colchester U. | Drawn last 2 games at home. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Drawn each of their last 3 games. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Crystal Palace | Previous 3 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 8 away matches. Drawn each of the last 3 games. No win in the 9 most recent games. |