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Crystal Palace travel to take on Hull City at The KC 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 lose 10 and win only 3 of the 18 games.
The last time the two teams met at Hull City was back in September 1997, over five years ago, the Tigers carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 10 Sep | Crystal Palace | 2 - 0 | Hull City | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Tue 30 Sep | Crystal Palace | 2 - 1 | Hull City | LGEC |
| 1997/1998 | Tue 16 Sep | Hull City | 1 - 0 | Crystal Palace | LGEC |
| 1988/1989 | Tue 11 Apr | Hull City | 0 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 1988/1989 | Sat 22 Oct | Crystal Palace | 3 - 1 | Hull City | CHMP |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 19 Dec | Hull City | 2 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 22 Aug | Crystal Palace | 2 - 2 | Hull City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Hull City have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 5.
Crystal Palace have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Eagles's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Hull City find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 30 points from their 28 matches. Crystal Palace's total of 44 points from their 26 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca Cola Championship.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Hull City | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 15 |
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: | |
| Hull City | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Crystal Palace | 7 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 5 matches. Last drawn game 7 outings ago. |