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Crystal Palace face a trip to Derby County at Pride Park on Saturday afternoon, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having been beaten a depressing 19 out of 28 times.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in December 2006, the Rams carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sun 29 Apr | Crystal Palace | 2 - 0 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 16 Dec | Derby County | 1 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 25 Mar | Derby County | 2 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Wed 28 Dec | Crystal Palace | 2 - 0 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 21 Feb | Derby County | 2 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 14 Oct | Crystal Palace | 1 - 1 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 05 Mar | Derby County | 0 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Derby County are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 13 goals for the Rams, with 6 goals against.
The Eagles have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 9 goals for the Eagles, and 5 goals against.
Derby County see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 25 points from their 20 games played so far, Crystal Palace see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 27 points from their 20 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Derby County | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Eagles could well see them head back from Pride Park with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Derby County | Unbeaten in the last 9 home games. |
| Crystal Palace | 4 games since last away draw. 4 games since last defeat. |