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West Brom. face a trip to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 8 of the 21 previous games, with the hosts winning just 7.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in October 2006, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a Championship match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| 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
Crystal Palace are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The Eagles's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
The away form of West Brom. however, is much more impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. Those games have seen the The Baggies pummel 16 goals, and let in 9.
Crystal 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.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| 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 Baggies have been performing with great credit on their travels, and the Madmen see no reason why they should not return from Selhurst Park with an easy victory. 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. |