FM Preview: Crystal Palace v Huddersfield Town 22 Dec 2012

Last updated : 21 December 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Crystal Palace v Huddersfield Town fixture

Huddersfield Town travel to take on Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park at tea-time on Saturday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 19 games played, Terriers have recorded 3 wins, and Crystal Palace have come away with 6 victories.

The last time the two teams met at Crystal Palace was more than a decade ago, in April 2001, when they played out a goalless draw in a League Division One match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2000/2001 Tue 03 Apr Crystal Palace 0-0 Huddersfield League Division One
2000/2001 Sat 26 Aug Huddersfield 1 - 2 Crystal Palace League Division One
1999/2000 Sat 29 Jan Crystal Palace 2 - 2 Huddersfield League Division One
1999/2000 Sat 28 Aug Huddersfield 7 - 1 Crystal Palace League Division One
1998/1999 Sat 01 May Crystal Palace 2 - 2 Huddersfield League Division One
1998/1999 Sat 05 Dec Huddersfield 4 - 0 Crystal Palace League Division One
1996/1997 Sat 05 Apr Crystal Palace 1 - 1 Huddersfield League Division One

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Recent respective form guides

Crystal Palace are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, In this time, Eagles have rattled up an impressive 17 goals, and conceded 4.

In complete contrast to Crystal Palace, Huddersfield Town are having a torrid time on their travels, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. Terriers have conceded 13 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.

Crystal Palace are holding the final promotion place in the npower Championship, and have accumulated 42 points from the 22 games they have played so far.

Huddersfield Town find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 29 points from their 22 matches.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Crystal Palace 6 2 3 1 11 6 9
Huddersfield Town 6 0 2 4 6 14 2

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Terriers 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 10 home games.
Drawn each of their last 2 games.
Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Huddersfield Town Lost each of the previous 2 away matches.
Not won in previous 3 away matches.
No win in the 6 most recent games.

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