Leeds United v Palace

Elland Road, Saturday 3.00pm

Antonio Pedroza

Team news

Anthony Gardner may be match-fit to play, while new signing Antonio Pedroza could also feature after he recieved international clearance. Mile Jedinak will be assessed after he returned from a long flight playing for Australia in midweek.

Nathaniel Clyne (foot), ALEX MARROW (ankle), Kagisho Dikgacoi and Steffen Iversen (both hamstring) are still missing for the Eagles.

Leeds United could hand a debut to Mikael Forssell after the former Crystal Palace striker agreed to join them until the end of the season.

Defender Aidy White is suspended for the match. Luciano Becchio (hamstring), Billy Paynter (shin) and Michael Brown (calf) face fitness tests.

Quotes

Roy Hodgson

"The match at Elland Road will be a big test for us. They haven't started the season well but that will probably make things even harder.

"There will be 25-30,000 passionate fans in there demanding a performance from their team. We'll have to be at our best that's for sure.

"But one thing I think we've proved already this season is that we are no longer a push over for anyone. We are competing well in this division now and are more than a match for even the best sides on our day."

Simon Grayson

"Dougie has Palace well organised and they know what they’re doing. They’re building off what they did at the back end of last season.

"I spoke to another manager earlier in the week and he was saying that you’ll find no easy games in this division. Palace obviously aren’t an easy touch and they’ve got players who can win matches. But we’ve got players who can hurt them too.

"The results haven’t gone for us and neither have a few decisions. But as a manager you look at how your players are performing and I’m really pleased in that respect.

"The league table doesn’t lie because these are the points we’ve got, but anyone who’s watched all of our games would say circumstances have been dictated by other people and certain refereeing decisions.

"But we’re not just sitting here waiting for our luck to change. If we do 90 per cent of what we’ve done for the past month, then we’ll start getting results regularly. Ultimately, as a manager you’re judged on results and I’d take winning tomorrow by playing poorly. Winning is what the game’s all about and I know what we need to be doing."

Owen Garvan

"We've only played a few matches so it's hard to tell where we are yet. We are pleased to have the points on the board but we've probably had a bit of luck too.

"I was very impressed with Blackpool, I thought they looked a very good team and competing with the likes of them and West Ham is going to be tough.

"There's loads of work to do for the team to do but I think we can get better and better.

"Quite a few people didn't fancy our chances at the start of the season but we're doing well so far and hopefully we are beginning to prove those doubters wrong.

"You've seen it so many times in this division before that the teams who haven't got big players and the household names have done well and can end up getting promotion. Just look at Blackpool. They've shown it can be done.

"So why not? You've got to set your sights as high as possible. We're a confident group and we believe in ourselves."

Leeds United - league stats

Position	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
19th	5	1	1	3	4

Full league table

Leeds United - current form

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
5	1	1	3	8	9

Full form table

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
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
10/02/2007	League	Leeds United	2 - 1	Crystal Palace
13/08/2006	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 0	Leeds United

All time results

Last meeting

Palace 1-0 Leeds United

Monday April 25 2011

Palace: Speroni, Gardner, Wright, McCarthy, Moxey, Clyne, Danns, Dikgacoi (Agustien, 77), Easter (Vaughan, 73), Iversen (Davis, 81), Zaha

Subs not used: Price, Counago, Cadogan, Garvan

Goals: Danns (2)

Bookings: McCarthy, Danns

Sent off: Danns (90)

Leeds United: Schmeichel, Connolly (Watt, 46), Naylor, O'Brien, Lichaj, Johnson, Howson, Livermore (Kilkenny, 46), Gradel, Paynter (Somma, 73), Snodgrass

Subs not used: Higgs, McCormack, Bannan, Bromby

Bookings: Connolly, O'Brien, Kilkenny