Palace v Preston North End
Selhurst Park, Saturday 3.00pm
Crystal Palace
Team news
Forward Anthony Stokes should make his first start in a Palace shirt after joining from Sunderland on loan.
Nick Carle sits the match out through suspension but centre back Claude Davis hopes to have shaken off his hamstring injury to play. Paddy McCarthy is still recovering from his shoulder operation.
Preston defender Youl Mawene should return after overcoming his hamstring problem. Jon Parkin and Paul McKenna are suspended and Richard Chaplow is a doubt due to a hamstring strain.
Quotes
Preston skipper Paul McKenna
"It will be a tough test, Palace haven't been great of late but they've brought in a couple of players on loan and they have had a strong squad for a number of seasons.
"Every game is a tough game, we went to Forest and put in our best away performance for some time and we came away with nothing. That proved that if you take your eye of the ball for a minute you get punished in this league. It will be no different down there and the lads need to be on their game."
Preston North End - league stats
| Position | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 56 |
Preston North End - current form
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
Last five results
| Date | Type | Home Team | Score | Away Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/08/2008 | League | Preston North End | 2 - 0 | Crystal Palace |  |
| 01/03/2008 | League | Preston North End | 0 - 1 | Crystal Palace |  |
| 27/11/2007 | League | Crystal Palace | 2 - 1 | Preston North End | |
| 07/04/2007 | League | Crystal Palace | 3 - 0 | Preston North End | |
| 27/01/2007 | FA Cup | Crystal Palace | 0 - 2 | Preston North End | |
Preston North End's top scorer
Neil Mellor - 9 goals
Preston North End's bad boy
Jon Parkin - 5 
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Ref watch
R J Booth
Last meeting
Preston North End 2-0 Palace
Saturday August 16 2008
Preston North End: Lonergan, Jones, Mawene, St. Ledger, Davidson (73 Hart), Whaley, McKenna, Sedgwick, Chaplow, Mellor, Nicholson
Subs Not Used: Neal, Hawley, Carter, Wallace
Goals: Nicholson 58, Chaplow 90
Palace: Speroni, Butterfield, McCarthy, Lawrence, Hill, Oster (83 Ifill), Soares, Derry, Carle (74 Andrew), Hills (66 Moses), Scowcroft
Subs Not Used: Fonte, Ertl
Bookings: Hill, Hills
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