Wolves v Palace

Molineux, Tuesday 7.45pm

Dougie Freedman

Team news

Dougie Freedman could make a return to the Eagles squad after shaking off a hamstring niggle that forced him to miss Saturday's defeat at Luton.

Aki Riihilahti (calf) may also be back, but Danny Granville is lacking match fitness.

For Wolves, Jody Craddock (calf), Matt Murray (foot) and Mark Clyde (ankle) are out injured. Paul Ince may be rested as he recovers from his recent knee injury.

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Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
01/03/2003	League	Wolves	4 - 0	Crystal Palace
14/09/2002	League	Crystal Palace	4 - 2	Wolves
07/02/2002	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 2	Wolves
20/10/2001	League	Wolves	0 - 1	Crystal Palace
28/04/2001	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 2	Wolves

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One to watch

Kenny Miller

Regular Scottish international, not holding that against him, Kenny Miller is an impressive striker whose goalscoring exploits for 3 seasons for Wolves have won him a place in Wanderers’ fans hearts and numerous awards and accolades from pundits and opposing fans alike.

Having started his career in Scotland with Hibernian, Miller’s goals had certainly caught the eye of Scottish giants Rangers who promptly snapped him up for an impressive £2m in July 2000. At Rangers – despite an incredible goals to appearances ratio, averaging 2 every three games, he found himself largely stuck on the Ibrox bench and was finding first-team opportunities hard to come by.

Kenny’s goalscoring did not go unnoticed by then Wolves boss Dave Jones who took him on a three month loan in which he played a bit-part role in a side which, again, flattered to deceive in Division 1. Miller returned to Ibrox once the loan was over, and again, he found himself taking splinters out of his arse. However – a saving grace, again in Dave Jones, who was impressed with Kenny’s appearances during his loan spell – decided to buy the Scot for £3m – the gamble paid off, and how!

Standing at an average 5’10” tall and weighing just under 11 stone, by footballing standards, 25 year old Miller is relatively lightweight by footballing standards and generally relies on his pace and eye for goal for which to score. At Wolves, Miller has scored 51 goals in 142 appearances and by no means should his genuine threat be taken at all lightly…..even if he is coming up against the mighty defensive pairing of ‘One Size’ Fitz Hall and the Peckham Beckham, Darren Ward!

One other 'wolf' to watch out for is Ki-Hyeon Seol who is one of the main reasons as to why pre-season pundit predictions have Wolves up there looking at the big boys. He is a creative and inspirational midfielder who was an integral part of the Korean team that did so well in the last world cup. He is always a threat and can never be taken lightly. He is one of a select group of players that can be considered as a premiership player playing in the championship.

Tuesday night could go a long way to deciding these two big sides’ season, strange as it sounds only two days in, but both Iain Dowie and Glenn Hoddle will be keen to hit the ground running in what will be a tough division to get out of this season…

Last meeting

Wolves 4-0 Palace

Saturday March 01 2003

Wolves: Murray, Irwin, Lescott, Butler, Naylor, Newton (Sturridge, 62), Ince, Cameron (Rae, 86), Kennedy, Miller, Ndah (Proudlock, 8)

Subs not used: Oakes, Clyde

Goals: Miller 40, Sturridge 77, Miller 83, Miller 90 (pen)

Palace: Berthelin, Symons, Powell, Popovic, Butterfield, Mullins, Derry, Riihilahti (Routledge, 25), Gray, Johnson (Akinbiyi, 15), Adebola (Black, 64)

Subs not used: Kolinko, Granville

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