Coventry City v Palace

Ricoh Arena, Tuesday 7.45pm

Kagisho Dikgacoi

Team news

Crystal Palace manager Dougie Freedman could hand midfielder Kashigo Dikgacoi a recall after resting him against Peterborough. He came back from international duty with South Africa just 24 hours earlier.

Nathaniel Clyne is unlikely to play due to a knee injury with Paul McShane set to keep his place right-back. Left-back Dean Moxey has recovered from illness and could start after impressing off the bench against Peterborough.

Coventry City manager Andy Thorn is back in the dug-out after missing the defeat to Leicester with a virus. Skipper Sammy Clingan and striker Cody McDonald could start, but defender Chris Hussey and midfielder Conor Thomas are out with injury.

Quotes

Roy Hodgson

"We are still growing and still have a long way to go. But if we can keep that back door closed we are improving going forward.

"This division is very tight, not many teams will run away with a result. Most games will be a 2-1 or a 3-2 or whatever and we are starting to emerge as a team that does that. Hopefully, that will move us up the league."

Coventry's Richard Keogh

"It is frustrating to lose against Leicester but we have to pick ourselves up again and hopefully use our good home form against a decent Palace team.

"Palace have had a solid season and have got a very good defensive record having only conceded ten goals – the same at Birmingham at home – so it might be one of those games where we have got to be a little bit patient.

"They have got pace in the wide areas with players like Wilfried Zaha and I am sure they set up to counter so it is going to be a tough game."

Coventry City - league stats

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Coventry City - current form

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Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
16/08/2011	League	Crystal Palace	2 - 1	Coventry City
12/02/2011	League	Coventry City	2 - 1	Crystal Palace
08/01/2011	FA Cup	Coventry City	2 - 1	Crystal Palace
13/11/2010	League	Crystal Palace	2 - 0	Coventry City
20/02/2010	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 1	Coventry City

All time results

Last meeting

Palace 2-1 Coventry City

Tuesday August 16 2011

Palace: Speroni, Wright (Jedinak, 59), McCarthy, McGivern (Williams, 68), Tunchev, Ramage, Parr, Dikgacoi (Zaha, 39), Garvan, Scannell, Easter

Subs not used: Price, Andrew

Goals: Scannell 90, Easter 90+5

Bookings: Scannell, Jedinak

Coventry City: Murphy, Keogh, Hussey, Cranie, Christie, Clingan, Thomas, Bigirimana, Jutkiewicz, McSheffrey (Ruffles, 18), O'Donovan

Subs not used: Dunn, McPake, Cameron, Jeffers

Goals: Jutkiewicz 48

Bookings: Murphy, Bigirimana

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