Crystal Palace vs Hull City Selhurst Park 5th March 2013 8:00pm Kick Off Crystal Palace Ian Holloway's new look Crystal Palace side will be looking to gain ground on the Tigers with 3 points at Selhurst Park, where they remain unbeaten since August. They've managed to keep their main talents through the January window and manage to make smart acquisitions to strengthen further. Holloway as we know from his Blackpool days suits the Palace job perfectly and with a vibrant brand of football with danger from many areas in the forms of Zaha, Bolasie, Murray and Dobbie, this will be one, if not the hardest away game City will play this Season. They're very quick at playing passes around, and even with key players such as Nimely and Moritz missing, they're a very threatening side. Hull City View attachment 21960 For months City have dominated matches and not handed out a thumping that the match stats would predict. The visit of Birmingham to the KC Stadium however changed that with an impressive 5-2 victorry in which George Boyd scored two, one within the first minute of his full home debut. Superstar Gedo also netted twice with Koren scoring his trademark long range finish to top off a great performance. That could well be the result that kickstarts a sheer assault on League-leaders Cardiff but this fixture is no easy match. City will need to be on top form defensively and still keep that cutting edge in attack about them to really get at Holloway's men. City's last two away matches have been 1-0 and 4-1 defeats to Brighton and Bolton respectively. However, City's away record still remains one of the best in the League and this will be a cracker of a game. McShane may be added to the line-up in place of Alex Bruce to maybe add extra solidity and security against the likes of Manchester United loanee Wilfried Zaha. Interesting Facts - The Tigers haven't scored in 4 League games against Palace - In the last 22 games at Selhurst Park between these two sides, both have won 6 each and drawn the rest. - The last time Hull City beat Crystal Palace away was 1985 Top Scorers Hull City: George Boyd 9 (7 with Peterborough), Sone Aluko 8, Robert Koren 8, Gedo 5 Crystal Palace: Glenn Murray 28, Andre Moritz 5, Kagisho Dikgacoi 5, Wilfried Zaha 5 Ones to Watch Hull City please log in to view this image please log in to view this image please log in to view this image Crystal Palace please log in to view this image please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
Blimey, top thread mate! The last time Hull City beat Crystal Palace away was 1985... we've smashed more than one of those records this season..
Cheers mate! And I really do hope we have the will power to break both the Selhurst Park and Turf Moor/Burnley hoodoo.
Great pic of Brady, looks like a cross between Shrek and that bloke who pretends to be an armchair in Harry Pothead.
