Huddersfield Town v Palace

John Smith's Stadium, Saturday 3.00pm

Yohan Cabaye

Team news

Palace trio Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Mamadou Sakho and Yohan Cabaye all make eagerly-awaited comebacks after injury and join fit-again Wilfried Zaha in the squad.

Connor Wickham (knee) stepped up his recovery with an U23 game this week but is at least a few weeks off a return. Joel Ward (leg) and Julian Speroni (knee) are still sidelined. Bakary Sako (ankle) plus Scott Dann and Jason Puncheon (both knee) are out for the season.

Huddersfield midfielder Danny Williams won't play due to a fractured fibula he suffered in training this week. Elias Kachunga (knee) is back, along with Terence Kongolo (hip) but Michael Hefele (knee) is sidelined.

Huddersfield (from): Lossl, Schindler, Jorgensen, Hadergjonaj, Hogg, Van La Parra, Mooy, Pritchard, Billing, Depoitre, Kachunga, Quaner, Ince, Mounie, Green, Smith, Malone, Lowe.

Palace (from): Hennessey, Cavalieri, Fosu-Mensah, Wan-Bissaka, Kelly, Delaney, Tomkins, Jach, Souare, Van Aanholt, Schlupp, Lee, McArthur, Cabaye, Rakip, Riedewald, Townsend, Milivojevic, Loftus-Cheek, Benteke, Sorloth.

Quotes

Roy Hodgson

"[Zaha] has the exceptional ability to run with the ball and beat people. Those type of players are very important as we saw in the Chelsea-Barcelona game and Lionel Messi. If Messi hadn't played it could have been a totally different result (Barca won 3-0).

"We have had to do without (Zaha, Sakho, Loftus-Cheek and Cabaye) for a long period of time and as I said about Lionel Messi, you watch a game (against Chelsea) and you wouldn't have to be too intelligent to work out that this guy is so important for his team and if you took him out of their team, they might not be quite as dominant as they have been.

"All four are definitely available and I have to pick what I think is the best starting 11 from this group - something I haven't been able to do for a long period of time.

"Having these guys come back has helped remove any lingering gloom there might have been, and most important of all it stops you feeling sorry for yourself, because that's a very dangerous thing to do.

"They are mechanically fit to start, but they are very short of match practice. But this will be a high-tempo game, a game where any mistake is going to be potentially costly."

David Wagner

"It's a big game, but what gives us confidence is in other big games and moments, the players performed. We are focused on the chance to collect three points. Tomorrow it is Terriers against a team with individual quality.

"The players are in a very positive mood, but they know tomorrow is another game. We have seen it is possible to beat Crystal Palace, but that doesn't matter tomorrow as it's another game.

"We are still in a good position in the league with plenty of points to play for - there is no pressure. Whatever the result we will still be ahead of Crystal Palace. Of course it's a massive game, but it's not as massive as people think."

Huddersfield Town - league stats

Full league table

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
19/09/2017	League Cup	Crystal Palace	1 - 0	Huddersfield Town
12/08/2017	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 3	Huddersfield Town
30/01/2013	League	Huddersfield Town	1 - 0	Crystal Palace
22/12/2012	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 1	Huddersfield Town
03/04/2001	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 0	Huddersfield Town

All time results

Last meeting

Palace 1-0 Huddersfield Town

Tuesday September 19 2017

Palace: Speroni, Sakho (Delaney, 70), Tomkins, Kelly, van Aanholt, Milivojevic, Schlupp (Souare, 45), Townsend, Riedewald (Cabaye, 80), Lee, Sako

Subs not used: Hennessey, Mutch, Ward, Benteke

Goals: Sako (13)

Bookings: Tomkins, Sakho

Huddersfield Town: Coleman, Hefele, Malone, Hadergjonaj, Cranie, Hogg (Whitehead, 70), Ince (Mooy, 69), van La Parra, Lolley, Billing, Kachunga

Subs not used: Lowe, Lossl, Jorgensen, Sabiri, Smith

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