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Crystal Palace prepare to entertain Stoke City at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Eagles are clearly on top, winning 57.89% of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Selhurst Park was less than a year ago, in April 2003, the Eagles carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Tue 25 Nov | Stoke City | 0 - 1 | Crystal Palace | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 26 Apr | Crystal Palace | 1-0 | Stoke City | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 05 Oct | Stoke City | 1 - 1 | Crystal Palace | LD1 |
| 1996/1997 | Tue 15 Apr | Crystal Palace | 2 - 0 | Stoke City | LD1 |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 07 Sep | Stoke City | 2 - 2 | Crystal Palace | LD1 |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 16 Dec | Stoke City | 1 - 2 | Crystal Palace | LD1 |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 30 Sep | Crystal Palace | 1 - 1 | Stoke City | LD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Crystal Palace are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
The away form of Stoke City however, is much more impressive, with an unbeaten run in the last six, four of them victories. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Potters, and 8 goals against.
Crystal Palace's 44 points from 31 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Stoke City see themselves just below half way in the Nationwide League Division One, showing a record of 43 points from their 30 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 13 |
| Stoke City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Your FootyMad panel thinks that Crystal Palace's indifferent home form is due to continue with a narrow home defeat against Stoke City. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crystal Palace | Won their latest 4 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Stoke City | Undefeated in last 6 away games. 4 games since last defeat. |