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Barnsley face a trip to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 26 games played, Tykes have recorded 11 wins, and Crystal Palace have come away with 12 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in October 2008, with Crystal Palace running out comfortable 3 - 0 winners in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Tue 17 Mar | Barnsley | 3 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 18 Oct | Crystal Palace | 3 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 15 Mar | Crystal Palace | 2 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 08 Dec | Barnsley | 0 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 21 Apr | Barnsley | 2 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 18 Nov | Crystal Palace | 2 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 26 Feb | Barnsley | 1 - 4 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Crystal Palace have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Eagles in those games, with 5 conceded.
The Tykes have had a decent run of form away from home recently, picking up four victories from the last six. A generous 10 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Crystal Palace see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 29 points from their 21 games played so far, Barnsley find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 26 points from their 20 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
| Barnsley | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Tykes's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Crystal Palace, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crystal Palace | 4 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Barnsley | 11 games since last away draw. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |