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Southampton face a trip to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 32 games played, Saints have recorded 9 wins, and Crystal Palace have come away with 15 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in September 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: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 11 Aug | Southampton | 1 - 4 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Tue 26 Dec | Southampton | 1 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Tue 12 Sep | Crystal Palace | 0 - 2 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 22 Apr | Crystal Palace | 2 - 1 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Wed 25 Jan | Southampton | 0 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 07 May | Crystal Palace | 2 - 2 | Southampton | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 27 Nov | Southampton | 2 - 2 | Crystal Palace | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Crystal Palace are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Eagles in those games, with 5 conceded.
Southampton have an average recent record on the road, losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. The Saints's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Crystal Palace's total of 44 points from their 29 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship. Southampton see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 37 points from their 29 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 |
| Southampton | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Southampton have an average recent record on the road, and this could be the reason why Crystal Palace may poach a narrow victory, according to the Madmen. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crystal Palace | No sequences of note |
| Southampton | Previous 4 away games have finished all-square. |