May 4 2001

Rodger - set to return

Eagles caretaker-boss Steve Kember is hoping to have David Hopkin and Simon Rodger back for Saturday's clash with Stockport County at Edgeley Park. Both players missed Wednesday's 2-4 win over Portsmouth with an injury.

Hopkin is struggling with an Achilles tendon injury and Rodger is recovering from a ankle injury. Both will need a fitness test on Saturday.

Steve Kember is set to field a side with three strikers in Dougie Freedman, Mikael Forssell and Clinton Morrison.

Ricardo Fuller, Andrew Frampton and Andrejs Rubins (injury) are all out of the squad.

Palace will probably start with these players: Kolinko, Smith, Austin, Mullins, Freedman, Morrison, Thomson, Forssell, Carlisle or Hopkin, Berhalter and Riihilahti.