Bristol City v Palace

Ashton Gate, Tuesday 3.00pm

Alex Marrow

Team news

The postponed Boxing Day match against Norwich City has given Pablo Counago and Alex Marrow a couple of extra days to shake off knocks.

Counago is nursing a hamstring strain and Marrow has an ankle injury. Long term casualty Lee Hills (knee) still misses out.

Palace go into the match refreshed after the match on Saturday failed to go ahead while City will be smarting after a 4-1 defeat at Reading.

Bristol City's Jamie McAllister (calf), Liam Fontaine (ankle), Louis Carey (virus) are all sidelined.

Quotes

Keith Millen

"Crystal Palace have struggled so far this season. George Burley went in there and things have slowly settled down financially behind the scenes.

"They will be desperate to improve their league position and are sure to come here and make it difficult for us.

"They have a lot of pace in their team and some good players on their books still. However, it's a home game and we've won our last three so we'll be looking for that run to continue."

Bristol City - league stats

Position	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
19th	22	7	5	10	26

Full league table

Bristol City - current form

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
6	3	0	3	9	9

Full form table

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
09/03/2010	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 1	Bristol City
15/08/2009	League	Bristol City	1 - 0	Crystal Palace
28/12/2008	League	Bristol City	1 - 0	Crystal Palace
22/11/2008	League	Crystal Palace	4 - 2	Bristol City
13/05/2008	League	Bristol City	2 - 1	Crystal Palace

All time results

Last meeting

Palace 0-1 Bristol City

Tuesday March 09 2010

Palace: Speroni, Clyne, Hill, Lawrence, Butterfield, Ambrose (Danns 67), Derry, Carle (John 81), Ertl, Andrew, Lee.

Not Used: Manns, Scannell, Hills, Djilali, N'Diaye.

Booked: Butterfield.

Bristol City: Gerken, Orr, Fontaine, Carey, Nyatanga, Johnson, Hartley, Skuse, Maynard (McAllister 90), Iwelumo (Akinde 86), Campbell-Ryce.

Not Used: Henderson, Clarkson, Williams, Sproule, Haynes.

Booked: Campbell-Ryce, Akinde.