FootyMAD's Crystal Palace match preview

History of the Crystal Palace v Walsall fixture

Walsall face a trip to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having been beaten a depressing 23 out of 31 times.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in March 2003, with Crystal Palace running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a League Division One match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2003/2004	Sat 22 Nov	Walsall	0 - 0	Crystal Palace	LD1
2002/2003	Sat 22 Mar	Crystal Palace	2 - 0	Walsall	LD1
2002/2003	Tue 29 Oct	Walsall	3 - 4	Crystal Palace	LD1
2001/2002	Sat 23 Mar	Crystal Palace	2 - 0	Walsall	LD1
2001/2002	Sat 03 Nov	Walsall	2 - 2	Crystal Palace	LD1
1999/2000	Sat 15 Apr	Walsall	2 - 2	Crystal Palace	LD1
1999/2000	Tue 28 Dec	Crystal Palace	3 - 2	Walsall	LD1

Recent respective form guides

Crystal Palace are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Eagles in those games, with 3 conceded.

Walsall have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. Saddlers have conceded 10 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.

Crystal Palace lie just outside the playoff positions in the Nationwide League Division One, picking up 70 points from their 44 games so far. Walsall are stuck down in the relegation zone of Nationwide League Division One with a return of just 48 points from their 44 games thus far.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Crystal Palace	6	5	1	0	12	4	16
Walsall	6	1	1	4	2	11	4

FootyMad's prediction ...

With Walsall not hitting the right notes away from home at the moment, the Madmen safely assumes that Crystal Palace will ease to victory over the Saddlers. Home win

Sequence statistics:
Crystal Palace	Unbeaten in the last 9 home games. Unbeaten run of 6 matches.
Walsall	Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. An overall losing run of 4 games. No win in the 4 most recent games.