Wigan Ath. face a trip to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon, for the first time in their history, and will be hoping to give their new opponents the runaround.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2003/2004 | Sat 01 Nov | Wigan Ath. | 5 - 0 | Crystal Palace | LD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Crystal Palace are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the Eagles, with 6 goals against.
Wigan Ath. have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Crystal Palace's 63 points from 41 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. Wigan Ath. are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 68 points from 42 games.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Crystal Palace | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 12 |
Wigan Ath. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Eagles, as the Latics have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
Sequence statistics: | |
Crystal Palace | Unbeaten in the last 7 home games. Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 6 . |
Wigan Ath. | Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |