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Sunderland pack their bags to visit Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Friday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The Black Cats will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 10 and win only 3 of the 18 games.
The previous match played between the two at Selhurst Park was within the last three years, in May 2004, as the Eagles edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3 - 2 in a Football League Play-Offs (Lvl 2) match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 08 Jan | Sunderland | 2 - 1 | Crystal Palace | FAC |
| 2003/2004 | Mon 17 May | Sunderland | 2 - 1 | Crystal Palace | D1PO |
| 2003/2004 | Fri 14 May | Crystal Palace | 3 - 2 | Sunderland | D1PO |
| 2003/2004 | Wed 21 Apr | Crystal Palace | 3 - 0 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Sep | Sunderland | 2 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Wed 17 Jan | Crystal Palace | 2 - 4 | Sunderland | FAC |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 06 Jan | Sunderland | 0 - 0 | Crystal Palace | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Crystal Palace's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. The Eagles's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 7.
Sunderland's away form is none too clever either, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Crystal Palace find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 26 points from their 23 matches. Sunderland's 34 points from 23 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 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 14 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the The Black Cats has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Crystal Palace. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crystal Palace | 10 games since last home draw. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Sunderland | Undefeated in last 3 away games. 8 games since last defeat. |