Palace v Charlton Athletic

Selhurst Park, Tuesday 8.00pm

Story so far

The summer saw a number of changes for both Palace and Charlton, with a couple of defenders switching teams.

Paddy McCarthy made his switch to SE25 whilst Mark Hudson was attracted by the bright lights and trapeze acts of SE7.

Charlton are also struggling for goals having sold Chris Iwelumo and Marcus bent, Todorov being injured and McLeod just not living up to expectations.

Andy Gray is already continuing from last season and scoring goals, but he seems to be the only player capable at the moment, although that could soon change with Zheng Zhi returning to fitness.

Team news

The Eagles are still wthout strikers Alan Lee and James Scowcroft (both hamstring) plus Calvin Andrew (knee). Neil Danns is sidelined with his groin injury.

Charlton's Zheng Zhi is hopeful of a return after recovering from foot trouble. Jonathan Fortune, Izale McLeod, Therry Racon and Harry Arter are all on the Valley treatment table.

Quotes

Roy Hodgson

"I think Mark could have told us earlier,"

"That was a disappointment for me since he was my captain. A captain and his manager should be close-knit. I was disappointed in Mark but life moves on.

"I think he owed it to me, having made him captain, that he should have confided in me that he would be definitely going. Instead I got a phone call from Alan Pardew telling me he was definitely leaving.

"You can’t blame Mark. His contract was up and they offered him major money. They doubled or even trebled it.

"He has got to look after his family. That’s how life is but I think it could have been handled differently."

"You don’t need any motivation against Charlton. It’s a cracking match. It’s my first one at home. You go to the Valley and it’s difficult and I expect we’ll make it difficult for them here. That’s how rivalries are.

"Charlton will expect to come and take maximum points because of our position and quite rightly so."

Alan Pardew

There is a lot to think about in terms of a team which, in my opinion, should have won," Pardew revealed. "We should have beaten them and we haven't, so I will have to have a close look at it.

"Every game is important but nothing more so than Crystal Palace for Charlton fans, so it is important we get something out of that game.

"It will be a big game for Neil Warnock and a big game for me, but for us now we need to get ourselves back on track and we will be doubly determined to get something there."

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Charlton Athletic - league stats

Position	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
14th	8	3	1	4	10

Full league table

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Charlton Athletic - current form

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
5	1	1	3	4	7

Full form table

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Our home record v Charlton Athletic

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
30	19	5	6	49	23

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Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
08/02/2008	League	Charlton Athletic	2 - 0	Crystal Palace
01/09/2007	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 1	Charlton Athletic
15/05/2005	League	Charlton Athletic	2 - 2	Crystal Palace
05/12/2004	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 1	Charlton Athletic
27/10/2004	League Cup	Charlton Athletic	1 - 2	Crystal Palace

All time results

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One to watch

Andy Gray

A striker scoring goals is always going to be a threat - especially with the way our defence has looked at times.

However, in general, Charlton have been struggling for goals. With Zhi and Ambrose out injured and a number of other strikers not performing, the goalscoring burdan has been on Gray.

Last meeting

Charlton Athletic 2-0 Palace

Friday February 08 2008

Charlton Athletic: Weaver, Halford, Bougherra, McCarthy, Youga, Sam, Zhi, Holland, Ambrose (Semedo, 84), Gray (Iwelumo, 84), Varney

Subs not used: Elliot, Basey

Goals: Varney 60, Varney 87

Palace: Speroni, Butterfield, Lawrence, Hudson, Halls, Danns (Kuqi, 75), Watson, Derry, Morrison (Freedman, 80), Scowcroft, Ifill (Scannell, 46)

Subs not used: Soares, Fonte

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