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Crystal Palace travel to take on Scunthorpe United at Glanford Park Stadium on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. The Eagles lost the only previous game played between the two.
The only previous meeting between Scunthorpe U. and Crystal Palace at was way back in the black-and-white days of January 1960, the Iron carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a F.A. Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1997/1998 | Sat 03 Jan | Crystal Palace | 2 - 0 | Scunthorpe U. | FAC |
| 1959/1960 | Sat 09 Jan | Scunthorpe U. | 1 - 0 | Crystal Palace | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Scunthorpe United 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, 10 to 9.
The away form of Crystal Palace is pretty dire, attaining just 3 draws from the previous six away games. Eagles have conceded 6 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Scunthorpe U.'s 19 points from 13 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. Crystal Palace are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 11 points from their 13 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Scunthorpe U. | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Eagles are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Scunthorpe U.. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Scunthorpe U. | Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Crystal Palace | Not won in previous 6 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 6 most recent games. |