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Derby County prepare to entertain Crystal Palace at Pride Park on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 19 wins out of 28 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Pride Park was two seasons ago, in December 2006, the Rams carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sun 29 Apr | Crystal Palace | 2 - 0 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Derby County are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 13 goals for the Rams, with 6 goals against.
The Eagles 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. The games have constituted a decent return of 9 goals for the Eagles, and 5 goals against.
Derby County see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 25 points from their 20 games played so far, Crystal Palace see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 27 points from their 20 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Derby County | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Derby County are starting to turn Pride Park into a fortress, but the quality of opposition for this game makes your FootyMad panel believe the teams will share the spoils on this occasion. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Derby County | Unbeaten in the last 9 home games. |
| Crystal Palace | 4 games since last away draw. 4 games since last defeat. |