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Hull City travel to take on Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 7 of the 18 previous games, with the hosts winning just 6.
The last time the two teams met at Crystal Palace was back in September 1997, over five years ago, the Eagles carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in an League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1997/1998 | Tue 30 Sep | Crystal Palace | 2 - 1 | Hull City | LGEC |
| 1997/1998 | Tue 16 Sep | Hull City | 1 - 0 | Crystal Palace | LGEC |
| 1988/1989 | Tue 11 Apr | Hull City | 0 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 1988/1989 | Sat 22 Oct | Crystal Palace | 3 - 1 | Hull City | CHMP |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 19 Dec | Hull City | 2 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 22 Aug | Crystal Palace | 2 - 2 | Hull City | CHMP |
| 1986/1987 | Sat 09 May | Hull City | 3 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Crystal Palace have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Eagles in those games, with 4 conceded.
In complete contrast to Crystal Palace, Hull City are having a torrid time on their travels, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Tigers have hit 4 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Crystal Palace see themselves just below half way in the Coca Cola Championship, showing a record of 7 points from their 5 games played so far, Hull City's 9 points from 6 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 |
| Hull City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Eagles, as the Tigers have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crystal Palace | Won 3 successive home games. 5 games since last home draw. Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Hull City | 4 games since last away draw. |