| Club – Crystal Palace |

| Manager – Hodgson |

| Formation – usually plays 4-3-3/4-5-1/4-4-2 |

| Set Pieces Takers |

Penalties – Milivojevic

Direct/indirect free kicks – Milivojevic

Corners – Milivojevic

• Promoted back to the Premier League in 2013.

▪ Finished 16th in the Premier League in 2019/20.

• Crystal Palace were the team to pick up the most amount of points whilst scoring the fewest amount of goals in the Premier League in 2019/20.

• Palace won 1 of their previous 8 Premier League matches.

• The average age of the team/squad is higher now.

▪ Hogdson’s side lost more games at home than they won in the Premier League in 2019/20.

• Palace have lost 5 of their previous 6 Premier League matches.

• Palace currently have several injuries, and especially in defence.

• Palace may benefit from a break and a fresh start.

▪ Their highest scorer in the Premier League in 2019/20 was Ayew with 9 goals; The London side are well organised and have pace, strength and some skill with Zaha, if he stays.

| Main Starters |

Guaita

Cahill

McArthur

Milivojevic

Zaha

Ayew

| Possible XI |

[ 4-3-3/4-5-1/4-4-2 ]

Guaita; Ward, Dann, Kelly, Mitchel; Kouyaté, Milivojevic, McArthur; Zaha, Batshuayi, Ayew

| Goalkeepers |

Guaita

Hennessey

| Right Backs |

Ferguson (injured)

Ward

| Centre Backs |

Cahill (injured)

Sahko (injured)

Tomkins (injured)

Dann

| Left Backs |

Van Aanholt (injured)

Mitchel

| (Defensive) Midfielders

Milivojevic

Kouyaté

McCarthy

McArthur

Riedewald

| Wingers/Wide Players/Attacking Players |

Zaha

Townsend

Meyer

Ezé (a doubt)

Pierrick

| Central Strikers/Second Strikers/Wide Fowards |

Batshuayi

Benteke (injured)

Ayew

Wickham (injured)