Nottm Forest v Palace

City Ground, Saturday 3.00pm

Darren Ambrose

Team news

Palace manager George Burley should be boosted by the return of star man Darren Ambrose after he missed last weekend's draw against Hull City with a dead leg.

Striker Calvin Andrew - recalled from his loan stint at Millwall - replaces JAMES VAUGHAN in the squad after the Everton striker returned to his parent club.

Wilfried Zaha is a doubt after aggravating an existing ankle injury against Hull. Alex Marrow is sidelined with an ankle injury, while Lee Hills is still out with a knee problem.

On-loan left-back Julian Bennett cannot play under the terms of his agreement with Forest, while fellow loanee Anthony Gardner is available after sitting out last week's fixture with Hull for the same reason.

Paul McKenna (groin) and Dele Adebola (knee) will have checks on their fitness before the game.

Quotes

Roy Hodgson

"They have got a good home record but we have to go there and do our best. We went to Leeds and almost won it and the other two before that so we just want to go there and do our best.

"Darren's injury has been coming along nicely and we're optimistic he'll be available for Saturday. There was a lot of swelling but it's gone down and he started jogging on Tuesday. If it continues progressing the way it is, he should be ok for the weekend. There is a bit of inflammation on Wilfried's ankle but we will give him every chance."

Nottm Forest - league stats

Position	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
15th	19	6	9	4	27

Full league table

Nottm Forest - current form

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
6	2	2	2	6	5

Full form table

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
23/03/2010	League	Nottm Forest	2 - 0	Crystal Palace
24/10/2009	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 1	Nottm Forest
28/10/2008	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 2	Nottm Forest
04/10/2008	League	Nottm Forest	0 - 2	Crystal Palace
13/03/2004	League	Nottm Forest	3 - 2	Crystal Palace

All time results

Last meeting

Nottm Forest 2-0 Palace

Tuesday March 23 2010

Nottm Forest: Camp, Chambers, Morgan, Wilson, Gunter, Anderson (McGoldrick 90), Moussi, Majewski (McCleary 74),Cohen, Earnshaw (Tyson 80), Blackstock.

Not Used: Smith, McGugan, Adebola, Boyd.

Palace: Speroni, Butterfield (Scannell 5), Lawrence, Hill, Hills, Danns, Derry, Ertl, Ambrose, Lee (Djilali 85), John (Andrew 80).

Not Used: Manns, N'Diaye, Comley, Cadogan.