Wolves v Palace

Molineux, Tuesday 7.45pm

Peter Ramage

Team news

Peter Ramage could return after making a good recovery from his thigh injury but skipper Paddy McCarthy is still missing. Forward David Goodwillie is set to remain on the subs' bench. Centre half Danny Gabbidon is still short of match fitness.

Wolves winger Razak Boukari is sidelined but Stephen Ward should be available for selection. Midfielder Stephen Hunt (hip), Wayne Hennessey (knee), Jamie O'Hara (hernia) and Steven Mouyokolo are all out.

Quotes

Roy Hodgson

"Every week people tell me we have a tough game coming up, I don't know if it's because people feel sorry for us, if so, they shouldn't.

"Last week people were telling me that Nottingham Forest were wonderful, Nottingham Forest do this and that, Nottingham Forest have spent £10m. That is not bad, but we ain’t bad either.

"Then comes Cardiff, and they’ve spent £20m on this player and that player. That is not bad, but we ain’t bad either.

"Bolton and Wolves are good teams with experienced players but the way we’re playing right now and the confidence we’ve got among the players, these are winnable games.

"And we have a good squad – if someone gets an injury I have the resources to shuffle things around so I feel if we approach it the right way we can come away with good results."

Stale Solbakken

“I’ve been impressed by what they’ve done, especially in their last two games in beating Cardiff and Bolton. That shows how difficult this game will be. We’ve controlled the last two games against Peterborough and Sheffield Wednesday quite well.

“But in this division, every game has a life of its own in a way! It’s hard to predict anything. Hopefully we can work at what we’ve done in the last two weeks.

“I think the players are quite up for it at the moment – their bottom level has got higher and that’s important because they feel a little more secure in what they’re doing.

“When we played Cardiff, we dropped down to a level we shouldn’t have but we haven’t done that since. I think that has provided security for the players – they feel four wins in a row has given them a certain level.

“It’s not there all the time but we haven’t dropped down to the levels we showed at Cardiff. I can’t see that we’re going to drop to those levels again.

“I can’t guarantee we’re going to play a certain way against Palace three days after playing Sheffield Wednesday, but I think we’ll have a certain level.”

Wolves - league stats

Position	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
3rd	8	5	1	2	16

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Wolves - current form

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
8	5	1	2	12	7

Full form table

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
02/02/2010	FA Cup	Crystal Palace	3 - 1	Wolves
23/01/2010	FA Cup	Wolves	2 - 2	Crystal Palace
03/03/2009	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 1	Wolves
16/09/2008	League	Wolves	2 - 1	Crystal Palace
23/02/2008	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 2	Wolves

All time results

Last meeting

Palace 3-1 Wolves

Tuesday February 02 2010

Palace: Speroni, Hill, Butterfield (Djilali, 88), Davis, Lawrence, Clyne, Ambrose, Carle (Comley, 83), Derry, Danns, Lee (Andrew, 74)

Subs not used: Scannell, Wynter, Mann

Goals: Butterfield 62, Butterfield 65, Butterfield 68

Bookings: Derry, Lee

Wolves: Hennessey, Foley, Stearman, Berra, Craddock, Mancienne (David Jones, 76), Zubar, Henry, Milijas, Mujangi Bia (Ebanks-Blake, 59), Vokes (Iwelumo, 58)

Subs not used: Halford, Surman, Castillo, Hahnemann

Goals: Henry 90

Bookings: Ebanks-Blake