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Derby County 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 27 games played, Rams have recorded 8 wins, and Crystal Palace have come away with 10 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in December 2005, with Crystal Palace running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 16 Dec | Derby County | 1 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 25 Mar | Derby County | 2 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Wed 28 Dec | Crystal Palace | 2 - 0 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 21 Feb | Derby County | 2 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 14 Oct | Crystal Palace | 1 - 1 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 05 Mar | Derby County | 0 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 17 Sep | Crystal Palace | 0 - 1 | Derby County | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Crystal Palace have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Eagles in those games, with 6 conceded.
Derby County have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The Rams's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Crystal Palace see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 59 points from their 44 games played so far, Derby County are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 81 points from 44 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 |
| Derby County | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Rams has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Crystal Palace. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crystal Palace | Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Derby County | Not won in previous 2 away matches. |