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Luton Town face a trip to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The Hatters will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 15 and win only 4 of the 27 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in August 2005, with Luton Town inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Eagles in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 09 Sep | Luton Town | 2 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 26 Nov | Luton Town | 2 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 06 Aug | Crystal Palace | 1 - 2 | Luton Town | CHMP |
| 1995/1996 | Tue 19 Mar | Crystal Palace | 2 - 0 | Luton Town | CHMP |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 02 Mar | Luton Town | 0 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 16 Apr | Luton Town | 0 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 1993/1994 | Tue 02 Nov | Crystal Palace | 3 - 2 | Luton Town | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Crystal Palace have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 6.
The away form of Luton Town is pretty dire, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. The The Hatters's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Crystal Palace's 45 points from 34 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Luton Town are currently lying in 19th place in Coca-Cola Championship having mustered a points tally of 36 from their 33 matches played.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| Luton Town | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Eagles, as the The Hatters have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crystal Palace | 4 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Luton Town | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 14 away matches. 4 games since last defeat. |