Coventry City prepare to entertain Crystal Palace at Highfield Road Stadium at lunchtime on Sunday, and hold the advantage on previous meetings between the two. Of the 42 games played, Sky Blues have recorded 20 wins, and Crystal Palace have come away with 10 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Highfield Road Stadium was two seasons ago, in August 2002, the Sky Blues carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 29 Nov | Crystal Palace | 1 - 1 | Coventry City | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 01 Jan | Crystal Palace | 1 - 1 | Coventry City | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 06 Nov | Crystal Palace | 3 - 0 | Coventry City | LC |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 24 Aug | Coventry City | 1-0 | Crystal Palace | LD1 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 29 Jan | Crystal Palace | 1 - 3 | Coventry City | LD1 |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 28 Nov | Coventry City | 2 - 0 | Crystal Palace | LD1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 28 Feb | Crystal Palace | 0 - 3 | Coventry City | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Coventry City have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. In this time, Sky Blues have rattled up an impressive 16 goals, and conceded 4.
Crystal Palace have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. A generous 10 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Coventry City see themselves just below half way in the Nationwide League Division One, showing a record of 62 points from their 45 games played so far, Crystal Palace's total of 73 points from their 45 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Nationwide League Division One.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Coventry City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Coventry City are performing very well at home, but your FootyMad panel reckons that the overall quality of Crystal Palace will prove too much for the homesters. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Coventry City | No sequences of note |
| Crystal Palace | 3 successive away victories. 16 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |