Palace v Preston North End

Selhurst Park, Monday 3.00pm

Dougie Freedman

Team news

Caretaker manager Dougie Freedman is in charge of the team for this huge match with bottom club Preston after the departure of George Burley.

Striker Steffen Iversen could make his Eagles debut if international clearance is received in time after signing from Rosenborg on an initial six-month contract.

David Wright is back from suspension, but Alex Marrow (ankle) and CLAUDE DAVIS (hamstring) are doubts.

Preston defender Wayne Brown is doubtful after coming off injured against Barnsley, while Jamie Douglas may start ahead of Paul Parry up top.

Quotes

Assistant caretaker boss Jamie Hoyland

"It is disappointing when managers lose jobs but it is the nature of the game and when you are down at the bottom it usually happens that way. So they will be in a little bit of turmoil but I'm sure whoever takes over in the interim will try and get them going.

"It might be a good time for us to go and play them and if we have the same reaction as we have had against Derby - the work-rate, the desire and the attitude - then we've got a great chance of getting three points.

"The players know that this is what it is like at Christmas - you're tired mentally as well as physically. But, you are paid to be fit and paid to be footballers so whoever gets picked on Monday should be ready to go."

Preston North End - league stats

Position	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
24th	23	5	4	14	19

Full league table

Preston North End - current form

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
6	1	2	3	5	9

Full form table

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
23/10/2010	League	Preston North End	4 - 3	Crystal Palace
05/04/2010	League	Crystal Palace	3 - 1	Preston North End
31/10/2009	League	Preston North End	1 - 1	Crystal Palace
07/03/2009	League	Crystal Palace	2 - 1	Preston North End
16/08/2008	League	Preston North End	2 - 0	Crystal Palace

All time results

Last meeting

Preston North End 4-3 Palace

Saturday October 23 2010

Preston North End: Lonergan, Brown, Jones, Davidson, St. Ledger, Russell (Gray, 86), Treacy (Barton, 86), Coutts, James, Parkin, Hume

Subs not used: Hayes, Parry, Mayor, Arestidou, McLaughlin

Goals: Parkin 13, Parkin 25, Treacy 36, Davidson 66 (pen)

Bookings: Barton, Brown, Parkin, Russell

Palace: Speroni, Gardner, McCarthy, Bennett, Clyne, Garvan, Dorman (Cadogan, 75), Djilali (Counago, 63), Marrow (N'Diaye, 88), Vaughan, Zaha

Subs not used: Wright, Price, Andrew, Barrett

Goals: Garvan 20, Dorman 69, Vaughan 80 (pen)

Bookings: McCarthy