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Crystal Palace prepare to entertain Walsall at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 23 wins out of 31 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Selhurst Park was just last season, in March 2003, with Crystal Palace running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 22 Nov | Walsall | 0 - 0 | Crystal Palace | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 22 Mar | Crystal Palace | 2-0 | Walsall | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 29 Oct | Walsall | 3 - 4 | Crystal Palace | LD1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 23 Mar | Crystal Palace | 2 - 0 | Walsall | LD1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 03 Nov | Walsall | 2 - 2 | Crystal Palace | LD1 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 15 Apr | Walsall | 2 - 2 | Crystal Palace | LD1 |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 28 Dec | Crystal Palace | 3 - 2 | Walsall | LD1 |
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 9 goals have been scored by the Eagles in those games, with 3 conceded.
Walsall have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. Saddlers have conceded 10 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Crystal Palace lie just outside the playoff positions in the Nationwide League Division One, picking up 70 points from their 44 games so far. Walsall are stuck down in the relegation zone of Nationwide League Division One with a return of just 48 points from their 44 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| Walsall | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its good news for Crystal Palace fans, because, with them being in such great nick at home, I just cannot see any further than an emphatic home win for the Eagles. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crystal Palace | Unbeaten in the last 9 home games. Unbeaten run of 6 matches. |
| Walsall | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. An overall losing run of 4 games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |