Palace v Middlesbrough

Selhurst Park, Tuesday 8.00pm

Glenn Murray

Team news

Glenn Murray, Wilfried Zaha, Lewis Price and Jonathan Williams could return to the Crystal Palace starting XI after starring in last week's Carling Cup win over Premier League Wigan. All four were on the bench for Saturday's Championship defeat to Middlesbrough but may begin the cup tie.

Midfielder Alex Marrow (ankle) and forward Steffen Iversen (hamstring) plus Anthony Gardner are now fit and available for selection.

Nathaniel Clyne (foot) and midfielders Kagisho Dikgacoi (hamstring) and Owen Garvan (hip) are still sidelined.

Boro full-back Joe Bennett is suspended after his red card against Palace at the weekend and goalkeeper Carl Ikeme is ineligible to play under the terms of his loan deal. Midfielder Malaury Martin is a doubt due to illness, while Seb Hines is missing due to a knee injury.

Julio Arca is available after recovering from a foot problem, while Connor Ripley and Alex Tchuimeni-Nimely go into to the squad.

Quotes

Roy Hodgson

"I think Tuesday will be close match again, the way both teams are playing. I expect it to be another similar game. Tactically they are very good so I need to be spot on."

Tony Mowbray

"The main priority is league points, but we want to keep the momentum going forward. The Palace players won't want to lose two games at home to the same team in four days."

Middlesbrough - league stats

Position	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
2nd	7	5	2	0	17

Full league table

Middlesbrough - current form

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
6	5	1	0	11	3

Full form table

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
17/09/2011	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 1	Middlesbrough
05/02/2011	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 0	Middlesbrough
06/11/2010	League	Middlesbrough	2 - 1	Crystal Palace
03/04/2010	League	Middlesbrough	1 - 1	Crystal Palace
07/11/2009	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 0	Middlesbrough

All time results

Last meeting

Palace 0-1 Middlesbrough

Saturday September 17 2011

Palace: Speroni, McCarthy, Ramage, Moxey, Tunchev, Ambrose (Zaha, 66), Wright (Williams, 80), Jedinak, Parr (Murray, 68), Easter, Scannell

Bookings: Jedinak

Middlesbrough: Ikeme, Hoyte, Bates, McMahon, Haroun (McManus, 79), Robson, Bailey, Williams, Bennett (s/o 75), McDonald (Thomson, 76), Emnes

Goals: Marvin Emnes (65)

Bookings: Bennett, Robson

Sent off: Bennett (75)