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Doncaster Rvs. face a trip to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. On each previous occasion, the match has ended in defeat for the Rovers.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in December 2008, the Eagles carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 25 Apr | Doncaster Rvs. | 2 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 13 Dec | Crystal Palace | 2 - 1 | Doncaster Rvs. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 23 Sep | Crystal Palace | 2 - 1 | Doncaster Rvs. | LGEC |
| 1981/1982 | Tue 27 Oct | Crystal Palace | 2 - 0 | Doncaster Rvs. | LGEC |
| 1981/1982 | Tue 06 Oct | Doncaster Rvs. | 1 - 0 | Crystal Palace | LGEC |
| 1975/1976 | Tue 09 Sep | Doncaster Rvs. | 2 - 1 | Crystal Palace | LGEC |
| 1960/1961 | Sat 31 Dec | Crystal Palace | 5 - 1 | Doncaster Rvs. | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Crystal Palace are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, The Eagles have scored 10 and conceded 2 during this period.
In complete contrast to Crystal Palace, Doncaster Rvs. are having a torrid time on their travels, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. While the Rovers have hit 7 goals, 14 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Crystal Palace's 26 points from 18 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Doncaster Rvs. find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 18 points from their 18 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 10 |
| Doncaster Rvs. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Rovers are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Crystal Palace. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crystal Palace | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. Unbeaten run of 6 matches. |
| Doncaster Rvs. | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 8 away matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |