FM Preview: Crystal Palace v Bristol City 19 Feb 2013

Last updated : 18 February 2013 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Crystal Palace v Bristol City fixture

Bristol City face a trip to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Tuesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Robins will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 23 and win only 7 of the 37 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Selhurst Park was just last season, in October 2011, the Eagles carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Championship match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2012/2013 Tue 21 Aug Bristol City 4 - 1 Crystal Palace Championship
2011/2012 Tue 14 Feb Bristol City 2 - 2 Crystal Palace Championship
2011/2012 Tue 18 Oct Crystal Palace 1-0 Bristol City Championship
2010/2011 Sat 22 Jan Crystal Palace 0 - 0 Bristol City Championship
2010/2011 Tue 28 Dec Bristol City 1 - 1 Crystal Palace Championship
2009/2010 Tue 09 Mar Crystal Palace 0 - 1 Bristol City Championship
2009/2010 Sat 15 Aug Bristol City 1 - 0 Crystal Palace Championship

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Recent respective form guides

Crystal Palace are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Eagles in those games, with 4 conceded.

The away form of Bristol City is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. Robins have conceded 10 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.

Crystal Palace are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 55 points from 32 games.

Bristol City are stuck down in the relegation zone of npower Championship with a return of just 31 points from their 32 games thus far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Crystal Palace 6 2 2 2 9 9 8
Bristol City 6 3 0 3 7 6 9

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Robins are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Crystal Palace. Home win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Crystal Palace Unbeaten in the last 16 home games.
Unbeaten run of 3 matches.
Bristol City Lost each of the previous 5 away matches.
Not won in previous 6 away matches.
Last drawn game 11 outings ago.

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