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Crystal Palace prepare to entertain West Bromwich Albion at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to improve on a dicey record between the sides. The visitors have won eight of the 21 previous games, with the Eagles winning just seven.
The most recent encounter between the teams at Selhurst Park was just last season, in October 2006, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-2 winners in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Wed 14 Mar | West Brom. | 2 - 3 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Palace are in exceedingly average form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The Eagles have scored eight goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
However, West Brom are in sparkling away form, picking up four victories from their last six. Those games have seen the The Baggies hammer home 16 goals, and let in nine.
Despite an unbeaten five-match run home and away, Palace find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 20 points from their 18 matches. West Brom are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola Championship, and have accumulated 34 points from the 18 games they have played so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| West Brom. | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The Eagles are still shipping too many goals at home and things are not going to improve with the visit of West Brom who look likely to win this game handsomely. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crystal Palace | Unbeaten run of 5 matches. |
| West Brom. | 3 successive away victories. 7 games since last away draw. 8 games since last defeat. |