FootyMAD's Sheffield Wednesday match preview

Last updated : 20 February 2009 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Sheffield Wednesday v Crystal Palace fixture

Crystal Palace face a trip to Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough 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 14 and win only 3 of the 24 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2008, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2 - 2 draw in a Championship match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2008/2009Sat 01 NovCrystal Palace1 - 1Sheff. Wed.CHMP
2007/2008Sat 22 MarSheff. Wed.2 - 2Crystal PalaceCHMP
2007/2008Sat 15 DecCrystal Palace2 - 1Sheff. Wed.CHMP
2006/2007Sat 31 MarCrystal Palace1 - 2Sheff. Wed.CHMP
2006/2007Tue 31 OctSheff. Wed.3 - 2Crystal PalaceCHMP
2005/2006Sat 11 FebSheff. Wed.0 - 0Crystal PalaceCHMP
2005/2006Tue 27 SepCrystal Palace2 - 0Sheff. Wed.CHMP

Recent respective form guides

Sheffield Wednesday have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 6.

Crystal Palace's away form is none too clever either, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. The Eagles's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.

Sheff. Wed. see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 42 points from their 33 games played so far, Crystal Palace's 43 points from 30 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Sheff. Wed.6213877
Crystal Palace62049126

FootyMad's prediction ...

Not a lot has been going right generally for Crystal Palace on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Sheff. Wed.. Score draw

Sequence statistics:
Sheff. Wed. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches.
Latest 2 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Crystal Palace 4 games since last away draw.
Last drawn game 7 outings ago.