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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 29 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Pride Park was just last season, in December 2008, with Crystal Palace inflicting a narrow 1-2 defeat upon the Rams in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 19 Sep | Crystal Palace | 1 - 0 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 18 Apr | Crystal Palace | 1 - 0 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 06 Dec | Derby County | 1-2 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Derby County have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 11 to 9.
Crystal Palace have an average recent record on the road, losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Derby County find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 52 points from their 43 matches. Crystal Palace are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 46 points from 43 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Derby County | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Rams's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Crystal Palace. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Derby County | Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Crystal Palace | No sequences of note |