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Crystal Palace face a trip to Sheffield United at Bramall Lane on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 25 games played, Eagles have recorded 9 wins, and Sheff. Utd. have come away with 10 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in December 2008, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2 - 2 draw in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sun 03 May | Crystal Palace | 0 - 0 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 20 Dec | Sheff. Utd. | 2 - 2 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 29 Dec | Sheff. Utd. | 0 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 22 Sep | Crystal Palace | 3 - 2 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sun 30 Apr | Sheff. Utd. | 1 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 05 Nov | Crystal Palace | 2 - 3 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 07 Feb | Sheff. Utd. | 0 - 3 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Sheffield United have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. The The Blades's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Crystal Palace's away form is none too clever either, losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Sheff. Utd. see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 28 points from their 20 games played so far, Crystal Palace's 29 points from 20 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sheff. Utd. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Eagles has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Sheff. Utd.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sheff. Utd. | Unbeaten run of 5 matches. |
| Crystal Palace | Undefeated in last 4 away games. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |