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Norwich City face a trip to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Monday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Canaries will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 31 and win only 11 of the 50 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2006, when they eased past their opponents in a high-scoring 4 - 1 thriller, in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 16 Sep | Norwich City | 0 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 25 Feb | Crystal Palace | 4 - 1 | Norwich City | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 13 Aug | Norwich City | 1 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 16 Apr | Crystal Palace | 3 - 3 | Norwich City | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 14 Aug | Norwich City | 1 - 1 | Crystal Palace | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Mar | Crystal Palace | 1 - 0 | Norwich City | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 27 Sep | Norwich City | 2 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Crystal Palace have had an average home run of late, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 5.
The away form of Norwich City is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Canaries have hit 5 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Crystal Palace find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 31 points from their 26 matches. Norwich City see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 34 points from their 26 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
| Norwich City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Eagles, as the Canaries have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crystal Palace | 11 games since last home draw. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Norwich City | Not won in previous 4 away matches. 4 games since last defeat. |