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Crystal Palace face a trip to Leeds United at Elland Road 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 17 and win only 6 of the 27 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2006, with Crystal Palace inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Whites in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sun 13 Aug | Crystal Palace | 1 - 0 | Leeds Utd. | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 21 Mar | Leeds Utd. | 0 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 04 Mar | Crystal Palace | 1 - 2 | Leeds Utd. | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 16 Feb | Crystal Palace | 1 - 2 | Leeds Utd. | FAC |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 31 Jan | Crystal Palace | 0 - 2 | Leeds Utd. | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 23 Aug | Leeds Utd. | 0 - 2 | Crystal Palace | PREM |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 25 Jan | Leeds Utd. | 1 - 0 | Crystal Palace | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Leeds United's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Whites have scored 6, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.
Crystal Palace's away form is none too clever either, losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. The Eagles's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 6 goals for and 5 against.
Leeds Utd. find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 30 games have yielded only 27 points. Crystal Palace's 42 points from 31 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Leeds Utd. | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its been an indifferent run of form for the Eagles of late away from home, but your FootyMad panel sees things improving, starting here at Elland Road with Crystal Palace coasting to victory. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Leeds Utd. | Not drawn a match in their last 7 . |
| Crystal Palace | Undefeated in last 4 away games. |