Selhurst Park, Saturday 3.00pm
Eagles midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek is sidelined with a groin problem. Centre half Jairo Riedewald is aiming for a recall following his groin injury, but Wilfried Zaha (knee) is out.
Swansea midfielder Sam Clucas is set for his debut after joining from Hull City this week and Leon Britton has recovered from a back strain.
However, striker Fernando Llorente is still missing due to a broken arm, while centre-back Kyle Bartley is also out with medial ligament damage.
Roy Hodgson
"Yes, of course it's a must win. But it is for Swansea also. I think the team that shows the most hunger is going to win. Swansea is always a team I love to watch. They play very organised football, on the floor, they also have maybe some difficulties right now but still I think it's a very good squad again we respect them very much and we have to do our own job to get results."
Paul Clement
"In all our games last year, there wasn't one where I thought afterwards that we'd created loads of chances. But the games we won were the ones where we were clinical.
"That's what you have to be when you are playing against well-organised teams who are hard to break down.
"He [Palace boss Frank de Boer] is trying to change the culture and how they play and that is not an easy thing to do. It takes time to develop, but he was a great player and has a lot of experience as a manager too."
Position | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
15th | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Date | Type | Home Team | Score | Away Team | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
03/01/2017 | League | Crystal Palace | 1 - 2 | Swansea City | |
26/11/2016 | League | Swansea City | 5 - 4 | Crystal Palace | |
06/02/2016 | League | Swansea City | 1 - 1 | Crystal Palace | |
28/12/2015 | League | Crystal Palace | 0 - 0 | Swansea City | |
24/05/2015 | League | Crystal Palace | 1 - 0 | Swansea City |
Palace 1-2 Swansea City
Tuesday January 03 2017
Palace: Hennessey, Ward, Kelly (Mutch, 89), Tomkins, Delaney, Townsend (Sako, 53), Y Cabaye, Zaha, Puncheon, Ledley, Benteke (Campbell, 45)
Subs not used: Phillips, Flamini, Speroni, Lee
Goals: Zaha (83)
Bookings: Tomkins, Kelly
Swansea City: Fabianski, Taylor (Rangel, 71), Mawson, Naughton, Fernandez, Fulton (Fer, 69), Ki, Cork, Routledge (Dyer, 80), Llorente, Sigurdsson
Goals: Mawson (42), Rangel (88)
Bookings: Llorente
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