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Crystal Palace face a trip to Coventry City at Coventry Arena on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 44 games played, Eagles have recorded 11 wins, and Coventry City have come away with 21 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in October 2005, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 4 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 | Sat 23 Sep | Crystal Palace | 1 - 0 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 22 Nov | Crystal Palace | 2 - 0 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 15 Oct | Coventry City | 1 - 4 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 20 Sep | Crystal Palace | 1 - 0 | Coventry City | LGEC |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 09 May | Coventry City | 2 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 29 Nov | Crystal Palace | 1 - 1 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 01 Jan | Crystal Palace | 1 - 1 | Coventry City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Coventry City are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 6.
The away form of Crystal Palace is pretty dire, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. While the Eagles have hit 4 goals, 7 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Coventry City find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 34 points from their 27 matches. Crystal Palace see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 34 points from their 27 games played so far,
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Coventry City | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 2 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nothing appears to be going right for the Eagles out on the road recently, yet the Madmen can see a turn around in fortunes as they battle to a victory in a closely fought contest at Coventry City. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Coventry City | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 6 most recent games. |
| Crystal Palace | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 9 away matches. 6 games since last defeat. |