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Plymouth Arg. face a trip to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Pilgrims will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 11 and win only 4 of the 20 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in August 2005, the Eagles carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 17 Dec | Plymouth Arg. | 2 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 20 Aug | Crystal Palace | 1 - 0 | Plymouth Arg. | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 10 Sep | Crystal Palace | 2 - 1 | Plymouth Arg. | LGEC |
| 1988/1989 | Sat 22 Apr | Plymouth Arg. | 0 - 2 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 1988/1989 | Sat 01 Oct | Crystal Palace | 4 - 1 | Plymouth Arg. | CHMP |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 23 Apr | Plymouth Arg. | 1 - 3 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 1987/1988 | Tue 03 Nov | Crystal Palace | 5 - 1 | Plymouth Arg. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Crystal Palace's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While Eagles have scored 5, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.
Plymouth Arg.'s away form is none too clever either, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The Pilgrims's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 6 against.
Crystal Palace see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 18 points from their 13 games played so far, Plymouth Arg. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 21 from their 13 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| Plymouth Arg. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Pilgrims's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Crystal Palace, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crystal Palace | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Plymouth Arg. | Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |