Having rested GM at weekend feel sure he will be fired up for tomorrow. Bound to score at least one - probably their winner - unless somehow we manage two or three ! Hopefully a draw.

But Duffy & Dunk's (so-called) aerial prowess will mean sod all at the business end of the pitch if we attack like Saturday. They just don't look like they can cope with a mobile attack.

I've already lumped cash on Luka converting an almost inevitable penalty.

Will this be five? It's gonna be five! It IS five!

Very pumped for this!

I'm worried, Brighton are a better side now. But we're coming into this game on a high and our players will give it everything.

I think we can beat them.

I hope we win by 2 goals or more so I 'opes for at least 2-4 palace away win.

On our recent form I think we will score, Zaha will be targeted and wound up, poss yellow for dissent. They will prob score from set piece. Lots of probables I know.

COYP

A freak goal put us ahead the other day and was the ticket to further control of the game, we're not going to be so lucky this time. B&H aren't going to allow us the same 29 shots to get that goal so it's hard to say how it's going to go. Sense says 0-0 but heart says there'll be some goals in it.

OTOH they don't have Hart in goal and their defenders are designed for marking out target men - there's no way they will function with Zaha, Townsend, Meyer and van Aanholt dancing about in their box.

Night off for Sørloth therefore. Use Ayew if one of those gets tired.

Hennessey
Wan-Bissaka Tomkins Sakho van Aanholt
McArthur Milivojevic Meyer Kouyate
Townsend Zaha

... again.

Edited by chateauferret (03 Dec 2018 8.15pm)

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