Newcastle United v Palace

St James' Park, Saturday 3.00pm

Alan Pardew

Team news

Eagles winger Wilfried Zaha is rated as 50-50 for the match at Newcastle due to a buttock injury. Marouane Chamakh, Brede Hangeland and Paddy McCarthy are still missing for the Eagles.

Newcastle's Fabricio Coloccini (calf) and Daryl Janmaat (groin and hand), plus Tim Krul, Rob Elliot (both knee), Steven Taylor (muscle strain) and Massadio Haidara (knee) are all out. Defender Kevin Mbabu is available after recovering from a thigh injury.

Newcastle (from): Darlow, Woodman, Dummett, Mbemba, Lascelles, Mbabu, Gibson, Colback, Wijnaldum, Sissoko, Shelvey, Townsend, Saivet, De Jong, Anita, Gouffran, Aarons, Obertan, Mitrovic, Cisse, Perez, Doumbia, Riviere.

Palace (from): Hennessey, A McCarthy, Speroni, Ward, Kelly, Dann, Delaney, Mariappa, Souare, Lee, Jedinak, Ledley, Zaha, Puncheon, Bolasie, Cabaye, Mutch, Campbell, Adebayor, Sako, Wickham.

Quotes

Roy Hodgson

"At the moment things aren’t going well, so it’s a big bear we’ll have to fight. It isn’t about me. It really is about Newcastle, and us trying to get three points.

"I want them to stay up. Those players are close to me. A lot of them I managed there and I’ve been through a lot with those guys on the pitch — and off it too with one or two of them.

"I’m desperate they stay up. But my job is to get the three points for Crystal Palace. That’s what my professional head will do.

"Emotionally I want them to stay in the division, but that doesn’t mean I want to let Norwich down, or Sunderland down. I wouldn’t be doing my job."

Rafael Benitez

"Everybody knows what it means to play in that final. When you are there, you have to be careful. I don't see any player saying 'I don't care about the final'. I am sure they will be thinking about it.

"It's normal when you're in the final. Players are thinking if they pick up an injury, they can't play, so it's in the back of their heads."

Newcastle United - league stats

Position	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
19th	35	7	9	19	30

Full league table

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
28/11/2015	League	Crystal Palace	5 - 1	Newcastle United
11/02/2015	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 1	Newcastle United
24/09/2014	League Cup	Crystal Palace	2 - 3	Newcastle United
30/08/2014	League	Newcastle United	3 - 3	Crystal Palace
22/03/2014	League	Newcastle United	1 - 0	Crystal Palace

All time results

Last meeting

Palace 5-1 Newcastle United

Saturday November 28 2015

Palace: Hennessey, Dann, Ward, N'Diaye Souare, Delaney, Bolasie, Zaha (Jedinak, 67), Y Cabaye (Lee, 75), McArthur, Puncheon, Wickham (Bamford, 86)

Subs not used: Speroni, Kelly, Ledley, Chamakh

Goals: McArthur (14, 90), Bolasie (17, 47), Zaha (41)

Bookings: Zaha

Newcastle United: Elliot, Janmaat, Dummett, Mbemba, Coloccini, Perez (Lascelles, 45), Anita, Wijnaldum (de Jong, 70), Sissoko, Colback (Gouffran, 70), Cisse

Subs not used: Mitrovic, Darlow, Sterry, Thauvin

Goals: Cisse (10)

Bookings: Mbemba