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Coventry City prepare to entertain Crystal Palace at Coventry Arena on Saturday afternoon, and hold the advantage on previous meetings between the two. Of the 44 games played, Sky Blues have recorded 21 wins, and Crystal Palace have come away with 11 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Coventry Arena was just last season, in October 2005, as the visitors ran out cosy 1-4 winners in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 23 Sep | Crystal Palace | 1 - 0 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 22 Nov | Crystal Palace | 2 - 0 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 15 Oct | Coventry City | 1-4 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 20 Sep | Crystal Palace | 1 - 0 | Coventry City | LGEC |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 09 May | Coventry City | 2 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 29 Nov | Crystal Palace | 1 - 1 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 01 Jan | Crystal Palace | 1 - 1 | Coventry City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Coventry City are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 6.
The away form of Crystal Palace is pretty dire, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. While the Eagles have hit 4 goals, 7 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Coventry City find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 34 points from their 27 matches. Crystal Palace see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 34 points from their 27 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Coventry City | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 2 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Your FootyMad panel thinks that Coventry City's indifferent home form is due to continue with a narrow home defeat against Crystal Palace. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Coventry City | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 6 most recent games. |
| Crystal Palace | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 9 away matches. 6 games since last defeat. |