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Southampton travel to take on Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 29 games played, Saints have recorded 8 wins, and Crystal Palace have come away with 14 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Crystal Palace was back in December 1997, over five years ago, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 27 Nov | Southampton | 2 - 2 | Crystal Palace | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Fri 26 Dec | Crystal Palace | 1 - 1 | Southampton | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Wed 27 Aug | Southampton | 1 - 0 | Crystal Palace | PREM |
| 1994/1995 | Wed 03 May | Southampton | 3 - 1 | Crystal Palace | PREM |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 26 Nov | Crystal Palace | 0 - 0 | Southampton | PREM |
| 1992/1993 | Sat 16 Jan | Southampton | 1 - 0 | Crystal Palace | PREM |
| 1992/1993 | Wed 28 Oct | Southampton | 0 - 2 | Crystal Palace | LC |
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 goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 6 to 5.
Southampton have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The Saints's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
Crystal Palace are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premiership with a return of just 31 points from their 36 games thus far. Southampton are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 31 points from 36 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
| Southampton | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
An indifferent set of results for Southampton on the road, and I believe this game is only going to yield a solitary point for the Saints. Score draw
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| Crystal Palace | No sequences of note |
| Southampton | Not won in previous 3 away matches. |