Palace v Coventry City

Selhurst Park, Wednesday 3.00pm

Tommy Black

Team news

Defender Darren Powell looks set to miss the match after suffering a groin injury against Preston on Saturday.

Powell came off at half time to be replaced by Aki Riihilahti, and Hayden Mullins moved to the back to partner Tony Popovic and Kit Symons.

Francis talked about his injury after the Preston game. He said: "Powell has been playing for a while with a groin injury and needs a rest now."

Andy Johnson is still out with a broken toe, so Tommy Black will hope to continue his good form with Dele Adebola up front.

Coventry, who are on equal points with Palace, will be without Craig Hignett and Barry Quinn.

Hignett fractured his shin bone during their draw against Sheffield United and midfielder Quinn fractured his toe in their Boxing Day win over Reading.

Coventry City - league stats

Position	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
8th	26	11	7	8	40

Full league table

Coventry City - current form

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
5	4	1	0	9	1

Full form table

Our home record v Coventry City

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
41	13	15	13	50	50

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
06/11/2002	League Cup	Crystal Palace	3 - 0	Coventry City
24/08/2002	League	Coventry City	1 - 0	Crystal Palace
29/01/2002	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 3	Coventry City
28/11/2001	League	Coventry City	2 - 0	Crystal Palace
28/02/1998	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 3	Coventry City

All time results

One to watch

Jay Bothroyd

Coventry City's top scorer

Jay Bothroyd - 10 goals

Coventry City's bad boy

Youssef Safri - 6 1

Palace old boys

Dean Gordon, Richard Shaw

Bothroyd is a raw (but talented) striker. Palace fans will remember the cracking volley he scored at Selhurst in Coventry's win last season.

Probable line-up

Black

Adebola

Granville

Gray

Riihilahti

Derry

Butterfield

Symons

Mullins

Popovic

Kolinko

Last meeting

Palace 3-0 Coventry City

Wednesday November 06 2002

Palace: Kolinko (Michopoulos, 45), Butterfield, Powell, Popovic, Granville, Mullins, Riihilahti (Thomson, 62), Derry, Adebola, Freedman (Gray, 25), Johnson

Subs not used: Symons, Black

Goals: Johnson 20, Johnson 75, Gray 89

Coventry City: Hyldgaard, Gordon, Konjic, Davenport, Caldwell (Eustace, 82), Partridge, McAllister, Safri, Kerr (Chippo, 58), Hignett, Mills (Bothroyd, 55)

Subs not used: Debec, Shaw

Bookings: Bothroyd , Safri