Crystal Palace prepare to entertain Luton Town at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Eagles are clearly on top, having won 15 and lost only 4 of the 27 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Selhurst Park was just last season, in August 2005, with Luton Town inflicting a narrow 1-2 defeat upon the Eagles in a Championship match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2006/2007 | Sat 09 Sep | Luton Town | 2 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
2005/2006 | Sat 26 Nov | Luton Town | 2 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
2005/2006 | Sat 06 Aug | Crystal Palace | 1-2 | Luton Town | CHMP |
1995/1996 | Tue 19 Mar | Crystal Palace | 2 - 0 | Luton Town | CHMP |
1995/1996 | Sat 02 Mar | Luton Town | 0 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
1993/1994 | Sat 16 Apr | Luton Town | 0 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
1993/1994 | Tue 02 Nov | Crystal Palace | 3 - 2 | Luton Town | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Crystal Palace 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, 8 to 6.
The away form of Luton Town is pretty dire, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. The The Hatters's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Crystal Palace's 45 points from 34 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Luton Town are currently lying in 19th place in Coca-Cola Championship having mustered a points tally of 36 from their 33 matches played.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Crystal Palace | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
Luton Town | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Eagles's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Luton Town. Home Win
Sequence statistics: | |
Crystal Palace | 4 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
Luton Town | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 14 away matches. 4 games since last defeat. |