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History of the Birmingham City v Crystal Palace fixture
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The previous match played between the two at St. Andrew's was almost three years ago, in December 2001, the Blues carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a League Division One match.
For a detailed head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2001/2002 | Mon 01 Apr | Crystal Palace | 0 - 0 | Birmingham City | DIV1 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 11 Dec | Birmingham City | 1 - 0 | Crystal Palace | DIV1 |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 06 Mar | Crystal Palace | 1 - 2 | Birmingham City | DIV1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 14 Oct | Birmingham C. | 2 - 1 | Crystal Palace | DIV1 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 22 Apr | Crystal Palace | 0 - 2 | Birmingham City | DIV1 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 16 Oct | Birmingham City | 2 - 0 | Crystal Palace | DIV1 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 06 Feb | Crystal Palace | 1 - 1 | Birmingham City | DIV1 |
Recent respective form guides
Blues have collected just 1 win and 3 draws from their opening five league home matches this season. Just 4 goals have been scored in these game with 4 being conceded.
Crystal Palace have an average recent record on the road. So far this season the Eagles have not won away from home but have drawn 2 of their opening 5 games away from Selhurst Park. While Palace have hit 4 goals in these games, 8 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Blues find themselves down in 14th position in the league having picked up 9 points from their 10 matches. Crystal Palace find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 8 points from their 10 matches.
For detailed team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A |
| Birmingham City | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 |
STB prediction ...
I believe this will be the game to kick-start the season and I'm predicting a comfortable win for the Blues. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Birmingham City | Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Crystal Palace | Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |
