Millwall v Palace

The Den, Tuesday 7.45pm

Owen Garvan

Team news

Midfielder Owen Garvan is in contention for a starting role after his substitute appearance against Blackburn on Saturday following four months out with a knee injury. Jon Williams is also available after his recent knee problem. Jonathan Parr is out for the rest of the season due to ankle ligament damage.

Millwall duo Danny Shittu and Shane Lowry return to the squad after serving suspensions. Midfielder Liam Trotter is doubtful due to a knee injury, while winger Chris Taylor is still out with a groin problem.

Striker Jermaine Easter, who is on loan at Millwall, won't be eligible to face his parent club Palace. Nathan Tyson, Andy Keogh, Shaun Batt, John Marquis and Dany N'Guessan will compete for two spots up front.

Quotes

Roy Hodgson

“We’ll be going out and we’ll be going out there to win. That’s a pride for Crystal Palace and for how we do things, and more importantly an overall target of what we want to achieve, which is being one of the four play-off teams.

“It’s an unbelievable privilege to have a chance to still go up at this time of the year. Realistically, everybody at Palace would have taken that if they could get taken back to this time last year when we were trying to stay up.

“I don’t know how Kenny’s done it because it was pretty hostile down there and then they went 2-1 down (to Blackburn) and the feeling was pretty intense.

“I’m learning about that, I had none of that at Blackpool so I’m going to have to get used to it. We want to produce for our fans and it’s important that we do, so let’s start doing it. It’s all about passion in football.

“There’s no more passionate place than Millwall but I think you’ll find that if you stand 20 or 30 Palace fans up on the terraces, they want to win as much as any fans I’ve ever seen.

“This is going to be a London derby with no room for the faint hearted. You’ve got to go over there and do your job and stand up to be counted.”

Kenny Jackett

"If we go into the last day needing something we will do what's needed, but it's very, very important that we do get the job done on Tuesday.

"Palace are not on a great run but with two games left they're in a play-off place, which constitutes a good season. The way they've handled the Wilfried Zaha situation has been excellent really.

"To be able to sell him and then keep him for the rest of the season and potentially finish off what is a crucial opportunity for them was a fantastic bit of business.

"He has obviously got a lot going for him as does Glenn Murray, who is another key player for them. Is it a good time to be playing them? Well, first off we need to play better ourselves.

"Our own performance, as much as analysing the opposition, is of paramount importance. I won't disregard the other side's strengths but at this level everyone has their strengths.

"It's a very close division. But the main thing for us is focusing on ourselves and this London derby - it's a key game for both clubs and it will be a great occasion."

Alan Dunne

"So many times in football we say 'this is the biggest game' - but it has come to the stage now where this really will be the biggest game of our season.

"It is more important than an FA Cup semi-final. The league is our bread and butter and it's what we get paid for. We all want to play in the Championship.

"We should have had it done by now but it hasn't worked out that way. Both teams need the points so it's a London derby with a huge amount at stake. It's going to be an incredible atmosphere.

"There's a little bit of naivety and inexperience within the team that's costing us sloppy goals but we have to learn fast from that. If we'd scored three or four more goals since Christmas we'd be safe.

"But it is still in our own hands. We have six points to play for and we're facing a Palace side who are not on form at the moment - neither are we - but I think we've been solid of late."

George Saville

"It's a very big game and we need a point or a win to stay in the division. We need everyone - the squad, the staff and the fans - to get behind us. It was disappointing to lose to Forest but I thought we battled hard and stayed together.

"There was frustration and disappointment, but the gaffer told us to to keep going, to keep doing what we're doing and it will come."

Millwall - league stats

Position	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
20th	44	15	10	19	55

Full league table

Millwall - current form

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
8	2	2	4	5	9

Full form table

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
20/10/2012	League	Crystal Palace	2 - 2	Millwall
31/12/2011	League	Millwall	0 - 1	Crystal Palace
26/11/2011	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 0	Millwall
01/01/2011	League	Millwall	3 - 0	Crystal Palace
16/10/2010	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 1	Millwall

All time results

Last meeting

Palace 2-2 Millwall

Saturday October 20 2012

Palace: Speroni, Ramage, Moxey (s/o 43), Delaney, Garvan (Parr, 43), Blake (Ward, 65), Dikgacoi, Bolasie (Williams, 82), Jedinak, Murray, Zaha

Subs not used: Wilbraham, Easter, Moritz, Price

Goals: Jedinak (35), Delaney (39)

Bookings: Zaha, Jedinak, Bolasie, Delaney, Moxey

Sent off: Moxey (43)

Millwall: Forde, Smith, Beevers, Shittu, Dunne, Malone (Feeney, 56), Taylor, Trotter, Abdou (Wright, 68), Henderson, Wood (Batt, 83)

Subs not used: Wilbraham, Easter, Moritz, Price

Goals: Trotter (pen 42), Beevers (77)

Bookings: Dunne, Shittu, Smith, Trotter, Abdou