Burnley v Palace

Turf Moor, Saturday 3.00pm

The Football League

Team news

Steve Kember is hopeful Michael Hughes will have signed in time for tomorrow's match up at Turf Moor.

Kember said: "We hope to finalise the deal and register him in time to play. He will be a great asset to us. He is a wide player with immense experience."

Tony Popovic (groin) and Darren Powell (back) are both fit to play.

Danny Granville and Hayden Mullins wil miss the game due to hernia operations and Curtis Fleming is still not match fit.

Kember said: "He (Fleming) was injured during pre-season and he is still a week away from full fitness.

"Otherwise I have a full strength squad from which to pick. The mood is a confident one. We have had a good preseason and I am happy."

Former Palace mis-fit striker Gareth Taylor is out with an eye injury sustained in a recent pre-season friendly.

Ian Moore is suspended for the first three games of the season, defender Mark McGregor (knee) is out, while on-loan winger Luke Chadwick could start.

Our away record v Burnley

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
12	1	3	8	10	27

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
18/01/2003	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 1	Burnley
31/08/2002	League	Burnley	0 - 0	Crystal Palace
01/12/2001	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 2	Burnley
23/10/2001	League	Burnley	1 - 0	Crystal Palace
10/02/2001	League	Burnley	1 - 2	Crystal Palace

All time results

One to watch

Luke Chadwick

Burnley's bad boy

- - 0 0

Palace old boys

Gareth Taylor

The Manchester United midfielder signed a year-long loan contract during the summer, and is hoping to repeat the good performances that he put in for Reading when he was on-loan to them last season.

Last meeting

Palace 1-1 Burnley

Saturday January 18 2003

Palace: Berthelin, Derry, Symons, Popovic, Gray (Granville, 71), Riihilahti (Routledge, 62), Mullins, Butterfield, Black, Johnson, Adebola (Akinbiyi, 62)

Subs not used: Cronin, Borrowdale

Booking: Black

Goal: Popovic 62 (pen)

Burnley: Beresford, West, Diallo, Gnohere, Branch, Taylor, Grant (McGregor, 88), Cook (Alan Moore, 73), Briscoe, Ian Moore, Blake (Papadopoulos, 66)

Subs not used: Michopoulos, Payton

Bookings: Beresford, Branch, Ian Moore, Taylor

Goal: Taylor 44