Leeds United v Palace

Elland Road, Saturday 3.00pm

Darcy Blake

Team news

Crystal Palace manager Ian Holloway has no new injury worries, though defender Darcy Blake may miss out because of illness. Captain Paddy McCarthy and midfielder Jonathan Williams are both still sidelined.

Leeds winger Jerome Thomas and defender Alan Tate are set to start after joining from West Brom and Swansea respectively. Jason Pearce and Luke Varney are out through suspension but Michael Brown returns after serving a one-match ban.

Quotes

Roy Hodgson

"Wilf is obviously the icing on the cake at times, but Yannick Bolasie complements him brilliantly down the other side and Glenn Murray is getting the benefit of that partnership.

"You have Garvan or Moritz in the pocket and they can create and defensively we are looking really sound. That's the brilliance about this team, you don't know where it is coming from. KG [Dikgacoi] is like a silent assassin, he just bombs forward and he comes from nowhere.

"But the cement of it all is the back two at the moment and the one in front of them, Jedinak. It allows me to then add a bit of forward thinking to them and hopefully they will enjoy that."

Andre Moritz

"You know when you are top of the league that everyone wants to beat you. We know that and we know we need to keep working hard and take it step by step and game by game.

"I have scored three goals in three games and I am really happy about that. I had five good years in Turkey, but I think that I made a really good move coming to England and I am really enjoying it here at Palace.

"The supporters are really excited at the moment and it is a really great feeling to be a part of this, but we just need to keep it up.

"We believe in ourselves. But the most important thing is taking it step by step. We can't say we are going to go up, but we can guarantee we will give it everything in each game to get the win."

Neil Warnock

"Palace are a fantastic club. I'm so pleased they are where they are and apart from when they play us I hope they win every game. I'd love to see them in the Premier League because of what we had to put up with down there.

"It was an horrendous time for the whole club and me as well, but I feel really proud of the job I did there, to stabilise the club in the difficult circumstances, to enable the club to go forward.

"Staying up that year, even when I left, I thought was a tremendous achievement and to see them doing what they are now, I can't tell you how pleased I am.

"They've got what I call a Championship mentality in the dressing room. They've got pace in abundance up front, very solid in midfield and take no prisoners at the back.

"It's a good recipe really and I'm delighted for them, but I'll be doing my utmost on Saturday to put one over them, without a shadow of doubt."

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Leeds United - current form

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Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
14/01/2012	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 1	Leeds United
10/09/2011	League	Leeds United	3 - 2	Crystal Palace
25/04/2011	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 0	Leeds United
04/12/2010	League	Leeds United	2 - 1	Crystal Palace
26/08/2008	League Cup	Leeds United	4 - 0	Crystal Palace

All time results

Last meeting

Palace 1-1 Leeds United

Saturday January 14 2012

Palace: Speroni, Gardner, Wright, McCarthy, Dumbuya (McShane, 67), Ambrose, Dikgacoi, Parr, Easter (Murray, 82), Martin (Zaha, 70), Scannell (s/o 45)

Subs not used: Price, Jedinak

Goals: Martin 6

Bookings: Scannell

Sent Off: Scannell (45)

Leeds United: Lonergan, O'Dea, White (Snodgrass, 56), Lees, Thompson, Brown, Pugh, Clayton, Townsend, McCormack, Becchio (Forssell, 79)

Subs not used: Taylor, Bruce, Nunez

Goals: Snodgrass 63

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