Derby County v Palace

Pride Park, Saturday 3.00pm

Claude Davis

Team news

Crystal Palace star Edgar Davids returns to the squad after spending time off on compassionate leave after the death of his father.

Darren Ambrose (leg) is still sidelined and on-loan defender Anthony Gardner (ankle) is a doubt, so CLAUDE DAVIS should keep his place in defence.

Full-backs David Wright (calf) and Lee Hills and winger Sean Scannell (both knee) are all still injured.

Derby left-back Gareth Roberts was injured for the last two matches with calf and ankle problems and hopes to be fit enough to play.

Striker Chris Porter is still missing with a hip problem and defenders Russell Anderson and Jake Buxton have groin injuries.

Quotes

Roy Hodgson

"I really enjoyed my time at Derby, the fans were terrific and it was a great club to work for. In football you move on and I've been at a number of good Championship sides over the years where I've been very fortunate to be the manager.

"But they are very loyal fans, great traditions since the Brian Clough era, they really love their football and there's always a good atmosphere at Pride Park."

Derby County - league stats

Position	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
20th	7	1	2	4	5

Full league table

Derby County - current form

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
6	0	2	4	5	10

Full form table

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
17/04/2010	League	Derby County	1 - 1	Crystal Palace
19/09/2009	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 0	Derby County
18/04/2009	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 0	Derby County
06/12/2008	League	Derby County	1 - 2	Crystal Palace
29/04/2007	League	Crystal Palace	2 - 0	Derby County

All time results

Last meeting

Derby County 1-1 Palace

Saturday April 17 2010

Derby County: Bywater, McEveley, Hunt, Anderson, Barker, Tonge, Savage, Cywka (Davies, 71), Martin, Green, Porter

Subs not used: Deeney, Teale, Croft, Moxey, Pringle, Sunu

Goals: Anderson 6

Bookings: Davies

Palace: Speroni, Hill, McCarthy, Butterfield, Ertl (N'Diaye, 77), Hills (Clyne, 33), Ambrose, Carle (John, 46), Derry, Danns, Scannell

Subs not used: Lawrence, Comley, Mann, Zaha

Goals: John 86

Bookings: Hill, N'Diaye