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Crystal Palace prepare to entertain Preston North End at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 10 wins out of 15 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Selhurst Park was two seasons ago, in November 2003, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1-1 final scoreline in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 06 Dec | Preston N.E. | 4 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 08 Nov | Crystal Palace | 1-1 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 28 Dec | Crystal Palace | 2 - 0 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 10 Aug | Preston N.E. | 1 - 2 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 13 Apr | Crystal Palace | 2 - 0 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 24 Nov | Preston N.E. | 2 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 03 Mar | Crystal Palace | 0 - 2 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Crystal Palace have an excellent home record, winning five and losing just one of the last six games. The Eagles have scored 10 and conceded 2 during this period.
The North End have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the North End, and 7 goals against.
Crystal Palace see themselves just below half way in the Coca Cola Championship, showing a record of 10 points from their 8 games played so far, Preston N.E.'s 12 points from 9 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 12 |
| Preston N.E. | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Eagles are in a rich vein of form at home as of late, but the one that FootyMad has marked this down as one of their banker draws, taking into account the quality of the opposition. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crystal Palace | Won 5 successive home games. 7 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 7 . |
| Preston N.E. | 5 games since last away draw. No win in the 2 most recent games. |