Crystal Palace Match Preview

History of the Crystal Palace v Birmingham City fixture

Blues pack their bags for a visit to visit Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Blues will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 11 and win only 4 of the 20 games played at the home of Crystal Palace.

The previous match played between the two sides at Selhurst Park was just under three years ago, in April 2002, when they played out a goalless draw in a League Division One match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2004/2005	Sat 30 Oct	Birmingham City	0 - 1	Crystal Palace	PREM
2001/2002	Mon 01 Apr	Crystal Palace	0 - 0	Birmingham City	CHMP
2001/2002	Tue 11 Dec	Birmingham City	1 - 0	Crystal Palace	CHMP
2000/2001	Tue 06 Mar	Crystal Palace	1 - 2	Birmingham City	CHMP
2000/2001	Sat 14 Oct	Birmingham City	2 - 1	Crystal Palace	CHMP
1999/2000	Sat 22 Apr	Crystal Palace	0 - 2	Birmingham City	CHMP
1999/2000	Sat 16 Oct	Birmingham City	2 - 0	Crystal Palace	CHMP

Recent respective form guides

Crystal Palace have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games and have lost three. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 5 to 3.

The Blues have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Blues have hit 7 goals in these games, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Crystal Palace are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone in the Barclays Premiership, with 22 points from 27 matches. Blues see themselves just below half way in the table, showing a record of 32 points from their 27 games played so far.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A
Crystal Palace	6	1	1	4	8	13
Birmingham City	6	2	0	4	6	10

STB prediction ...

Not a lot has been going right generally for Blues on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning at least a point from the game against Palace. Score draw

Sequence statistics:
Crystal Palace	5 games since last home draw. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 3 most recent games.
Birmingham City	Lost each of the previous 4 away matches. Last drawn game 15 outings ago.