Sheffield Wednesday v Palace

Hillsborough, Saturday 3.00pm

The Football League

Team news

Crystal Palace midfielder Nick Carle is available for selection after sitting out his one-match suspension in the midweek triumph over Plymouth. But winger Paul Ifill is a worry after picking up a hamstring injury during that match.

Claude Davis, who will now be staying on loan at Palace until the end of the season, will continue in defence in place of Paddy McCarthy who is still out with a shoulder injury.

Sheffield Wednesday star Lewis Buxton sits the game out through suspension but Mark Beevers should return. Francis Jeffers is aiming for a starting role in attack.

Quotes

Brian Laws

"The cheeky sod [Neil Warnock] sent me a text message having a go at me when we beat Sheffield United the other week, so that shows he's still got something against Wednesday!

"I get on well with Neil and I know not to expect any favours as they will do anything they can to damage us. We've got to treat this like a derby game as Neil will wind his players up, because his passion for the game is still there."

Sheffield Wednesday - league stats

Position	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
13th	33	11	9	13	42

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Sheffield Wednesday - current form

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
6	2	1	3	8	7

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Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
01/11/2008	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 1	Sheffield Wednesday
22/03/2008	League	Sheffield Wednesday	2 - 2	Crystal Palace
15/12/2007	League	Crystal Palace	2 - 1	Sheffield Wednesday
31/03/2007	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 2	Sheffield Wednesday
31/10/2006	League	Sheffield Wednesday	3 - 2	Crystal Palace

All time results

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Last meeting

Palace 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday

Saturday November 01 2008

Palace: Speroni, Lawrence, McCarthy, Fonte, Hill, Oster, Watson, Derry, Ifill, Beattie (Scannell, 78), Kuqi (Andrew, 88)

Subs not used: Carle, Moses, Ertl

Goals: Watson 54 (pen)

Bookings: Watson

Sheffield Wednesday: Grant, Spurr, Beevers, Wood, Buxton, Tudgay, Watson, McAllister, O'Connor, Esajas (Johnson, 70), Clarke (Sodje, 70)

Subs not used: Gilbert, Jeffers, Burton

Goals: Clarke 7