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Southampton prepare to entertain Crystal Palace at St. Marys on Wednesday evening, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 20 wins out of 30 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at St. Marys was just last season, in November 2004, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2-2 draw in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 07 May | Crystal Palace | 2 - 2 | Southampton | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 27 Nov | Southampton | 2-2 | Crystal Palace | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Fri 26 Dec | Crystal Palace | 1 - 1 | Southampton | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Wed 27 Aug | Southampton | 1 - 0 | Crystal Palace | PREM |
| 1994/1995 | Wed 03 May | Southampton | 3 - 1 | Crystal Palace | PREM |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 26 Nov | Crystal Palace | 0 - 0 | Southampton | PREM |
| 1992/1993 | Sat 16 Jan | Southampton | 1 - 0 | Crystal Palace | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Southampton have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Crystal Palace have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Eagles's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Southampton find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 34 points from their 29 matches. Crystal Palace's total of 48 points from their 28 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca Cola Championship.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Southampton | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Southampton are not in a rich vein of form at the moment, and your Madmen see things getting no better with Crystal Palace running out comfortable winners. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Southampton | 6 games since last home draw. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Crystal Palace | 3 successive away victories. 8 games since last away draw. 8 games since last defeat. |