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Sheff. Utd. face a trip to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Sunday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 22 games played, The Blades have recorded 8 wins, and Crystal Palace have come away with 9 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in September 2007, as the Eagles edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3 - 2 in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 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 |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 26 Aug | Crystal Palace | 1 - 2 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Crystal Palace are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. Only 4 goals have been registered in this time, with 5 in the wrong end.
The The Blades 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. Just 7 goals have scored in these games, though to be fair only a measly 4 have been let in at the wrong end.
Crystal Palace see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 56 points from their 45 games played so far, Sheff. Utd. are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 79 points from 45 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| Sheff. Utd. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Sheff. Utd. 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: | |
| Crystal Palace | Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Sheff. Utd. | 4 games since last away draw. |