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Relegation-threatened Ipswich Town travel to Selhurst Park to take on Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon. Oliver Glasner 's side secured their spot in the FA Cup quarter-finals last weekend after beating Millwall 3-1 on home soil, but Kieran McKenna 's men were defeated 5-4 on penalties by Nottingham Forest on Monday after drawing 1-1 in 120 minutes at the City Ground. Both teams will now shift their attention back to the Premier League, and while Palace sit 12th and four points behind the top half of the table, Ipswich are languishing in 18th spot and five points adrift of safety.
Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between the two sides. © Imago Previous meetings: 84 Crystal Palace wins: 28 Draws: 24 Ipswich wins: 32 Crystal Palace and Ipswich Town have faced each other a total of 84 times across all competitions and it is the Tractor Boys who marginally lead the overall head-to-head record, as they have won 32 games compared to the Eagles' 28, while 24 draws have been played out between the two clubs. Their first meeting took place back in January 1939 when Ipswich secured a 2-1 home victory in Division Three (South), although they only won seven of their next 21 league encounters with the Eagles (D9 L5).
Crystal Palace and Ipswich regular butted heads in the old Divisions One and Two between 1964 and 1989, with the Tractor Boys winning 11 times and Eagles securing eight victories across 26 league meetings. Prior to that run, the only FA Cup encounter between these two sides took place in January 1958, with Ipswich claiming a slender 1-0 away victory in third round. In the Premier League, Crystal Palace and Ipswich have faced each other just five times, including their first four meetings in 1992-93 and 1994-95 - the Eagles picked up 10 points across these four matches (W3 D1).
Both teams would then battle it out across 28 games in the second tier and there was little to separate them, with Ipswich winning 11 games to Palace's 10. Ipswich secured memorable 4-3 and 4-1 away victories in October 2003 and January 2009 respectively, while Palace recorded their biggest-ever win over the Tractor Boys to date in November 2012, winning 5-0 at home in the Championship. The most recent meeting between these two sides took place in December 2024 when Ipswich - competing in the Premier League for the first time in 22 years - suffered a narrow 1-0 home defeat to Palace, courtesy of a second-half goal from Jean-Philippe Mateta .
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