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Crystal Palace pack their bags to visit West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns on Wednesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Eagles will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 11 and win only 4 of the 19 games.
The previous match played between the two at The Hawthorns was within the last three years, in February 2005, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2 - 2 draw in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Tue 17 Oct | Crystal Palace | 0 - 2 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 01 Feb | West Brom. | 2 - 2 | Crystal Palace | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 23 Oct | Crystal Palace | 3 - 0 | West Brom. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 27 Mar | West Brom. | 2 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Sep | Crystal Palace | 2 - 2 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 21 Apr | West Brom. | 2 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 31 Oct | Crystal Palace | 0 - 1 | West Brom. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
West Bromwich Albion have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 9 to 7.
Crystal Palace have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Eagles's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 5 against.
West Brom.'s total of 63 points from their 37 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship. Crystal Palace's 52 points from 37 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| West Brom. | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Eagles could well see them head back from The Hawthorns with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| West Brom. | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Crystal Palace | 5 games since last defeat. |