Palace v Manchester United

Selhurst Park, Saturday 3.00pm

Joel Ward: Could be finally back in action this weekend

Team news

Palace Team News

Yohan Cabaye and Pape Souare are doubts for this tricky tie against the Red Devils.

Joel Ward could make his return to the back four after getting some minutes towards the end of the 5-1 defeat to Manchester City in midweek.

Connor Wickham and Marouane Chamakh are not match fit, so won't feature.

Manchester United Team News

Antonio Valencia and Paddy McNair are ruled out with respective foot and abdominal injuries.

Ashley Young is edging closer to full fitness after playing for almost an hour in midweek, while Luke Shaw remains a long-term absentee.

Quotes

Roy Hodgson

On Wayne Rooney: "He is at the top of the pitch now and maybe he is not getting the service he would probably want. I can see a little bit of frustration in him but that makes him dangerous.

"Rooney has proved many times, particularly when he gets criticism, that he can deliver. We'll be on our guard for Wayne. He's an outstanding player, he's the England captain and we'll give him the respect he deserves."

"United's long spells of possession could threaten to drive the atmosphere into a lull, but we need to keep the fans singing along.

"United aren't getting as many shots off as they normally do, but defensively they're always in a good shape. I expect it to be a fairly cagey game."

Brede Hangeland on Man Utd

"They're a top club, as always, and are very hard to face. They've got loads of good places and they keep the ball really well, so it's another tough test for us.

"But it'll be tough for them as well to come to Selhurst Park. They keep the ball more than almost any other team in the league and that can be frustrating if you're defending against them and not seeing much of the ball, but if you break on them you can be dangerous.

"It will be interesting to see how that goes. They've always got world class players in every position. That's something that you have to expect in the Premier League these days, especially when you're against the top teams. I think it's going to be a massive occasion.

"The fans will be right up for it, we're obviously fired up and we'll be trying to get the win that we desperately need. In this league, on a good day, you can beat any team and we need to keep that in mind, have a good go and see what happens."

Louis van Gaal

"Willo was injured but also Memphis Depay was injured [at their loss against Middlesbrough in the Capital One cup]".

"It was a very bad game afterwards because we lost on penalties and also we lost two players. We have to wait and see [how long they are unavailable for] because it was only two days ago."

Daley Blind

“Crystal Palace are a very stable team with a lot of quality in their side. They have bought some good players so it’ll be a tough game again. We remember last season’s match which was a hard one as well.

“We try to prepare ourselves in the best way we can. Despite their last few results, you can still see they have some quality players who can change games. We have to make sure they don't do that against us.”

Manchester United - league stats

Full league table

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
09/05/2015	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 2	Manchester United
08/11/2014	League	Manchester United	1 - 0	Crystal Palace
22/02/2014	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 2	Manchester United
14/09/2013	League	Manchester United	2 - 0	Crystal Palace
30/11/2011	League Cup	Manchester United	1 - 2	Crystal Palace

All time results

Last meeting

Palace 1-2 Manchester United

Saturday May 09 2015

Palace: Speroni, Ward, Souare, Delaney, Dann, Zaha (Chamakh, 85), Ledley (Puncheon, 45), Jedinak (Lee Chung-Yong, 84), Bolasie, Murray, McArthur

Subs not used: Mutch, Campbell, Hennessey, Kelly

Goals: Puncheon (57)

Bookings: Herrera

Manchester United: de Gea, Jones, Shaw (Evans, 40), Valencia, Smalling (McNair, 84), Young, Fellaini, Mata, Blind, Herrera

Subs not used: Wilson, Januzaj, Valdes, Pereira

Goals: Mata (pen 19), Fellaini (78)

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