Palace v Blackpool

Selhurst Park, Saturday 3.00pm

Glenn Murray

Team news

Glenn Murray hopes to make a return to the first XI after sitting out the last three matches with an ankle injury.

Owen Garvan (hip), Kagisho Dikgacoi (hamstring), Nathaniel Clyne (foot), Alex Marrow (ankle) and Steffen Iversen (hamstring) are all sidelined. Anthony Gardner is not yet match fit.

Blackpool's Elliot Grandin (foot) and Craig Cathcart (virus) are set to return to the side.

Quotes

Roy Hodgson

"Blackpool are the visitors tomorrow, another tough game. I know Ian Holloway very well, we played together at QPR when I was a youngster.

"He's a top manager and in Kevin Phillips, Barry Ferguson and Ian Evatt he has Premier League quality through the spine of his team.

"We're still struggling with injury but I know the lads who go out there tomorrow will give 100 per cent to get the right result. As a manager you can't ask for much more than that."

Blackpool - league stats

Position	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
9th	4	2	1	1	7

Full league table

Blackpool - current form

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
4	2	1	1	5	4

Full form table

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
20/03/2010	League	Blackpool	2 - 2	Crystal Palace
03/10/2009	League	Crystal Palace	4 - 1	Blackpool
31/01/2009	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 1	Blackpool
25/10/2008	League	Blackpool	2 - 2	Crystal Palace
29/03/2008	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 0	Blackpool

All time results

Last meeting

Blackpool 2-2 Palace

Saturday March 20 2010

Blackpool: Gilks, Coleman, Baptiste, Evatt, Crainey, Adam,Southern, Husband (Burgess 37), Bannan (Taylor-Fletcher 76), Dobbie, Clarke (Ormerod 68).

Not Used: Rachubka, Euell, Edwards, Butler.

Palace: Speroni, Butterfield, Lawrence, Hill, Hills,Ambrose, Danns, Ertl, Derry, Carle (N'Diaye 82), Lee.

Used: Manns, John, Scannell, Andrew, Djilali, Comley.