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Crystal Palace prepare to entertain Birmingham City at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Eagles are clearly on top, having won 12 and lost only 4 of the 21 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Selhurst Park was two seasons ago, in February 2005, with Crystal Palace running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 19 Aug | Birmingham C. | 2 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 26 Feb | Crystal Palace | 2-0 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 30 Oct | Birmingham C. | 0 - 1 | Crystal Palace | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Mon 01 Apr | Crystal Palace | 0 - 0 | Birmingham C. | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 11 Dec | Birmingham C. | 1 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 06 Mar | Crystal Palace | 1 - 2 | Birmingham C. | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 14 Oct | Birmingham C. | 2 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Crystal Palace have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Eagles in those games, with 5 conceded.
The Blues have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. Those games have seen the Blues pummel 16 goals, and let in 7.
Crystal Palace's 42 points from 32 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Birmingham C. are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 57 points from 30 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Birmingham C. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Crystal Palace are performing very well at home, but your FootyMad panel reckons that the overall quality of Birmingham C. will prove too much for the homesters. Away win
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| Crystal Palace | No sequences of note |
| Birmingham C. | No sequences of note |