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Crystal Palace face a trip to Barnsley at Oakwell on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 27 games played, Eagles have recorded 8 wins, and Barnsley have come away with 13 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2010, when they played out a goalless draw in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 13 Mar | Barnsley | 0 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 19 Dec | Crystal Palace | 1 - 1 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Tue 17 Mar | Barnsley | 3 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 18 Oct | Crystal Palace | 3 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 15 Mar | Crystal Palace | 2 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 08 Dec | Barnsley | 0 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 21 Apr | Barnsley | 2 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Barnsley's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. Only 4 goals have been registered in this time, with 6 in the wrong end.
Crystal Palace's away form is none too clever either, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Eagles's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 7 against.
Barnsley find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 1 games have yielded only 0 points. Crystal Palace lie just outside the playoff positions in the Npower Championship, picking up 3 from their 1 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Barnsley | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Crystal Palace are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Barnsley | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 5 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 12 most recent games. |
| Crystal Palace | Undefeated in last 5 away games. 6 games since last defeat. |