Watford v Palace

Wembley Stadium, Sunday 4.00pm

Scott Dann

Team news

Crystal Palace should see welcome returns from Scott Dann, Yannick Bolasie, Joe Ledley and Joel Ward after they missed the midweek defeat at Manchester United.

James McArthur made a long-awaited comeback as a substitute that night after recovering from an ankle ligament injury and is likely to be named on the bench again. Marouane Chamakh, Paddy McCarthy and Brede Hangeland are all still out.

Watford's Nordin Amrabat is banned for the game after getting sent off during Wednesday night's loss at West Ham.

Palace (from): Hennessey, McCarthy, Speroni, Ward, Kelly, Dann, Delaney, Mariappa, Souare, Lee, Jedinak, Ledley, Zaha, Puncheon, Bolasie, Cabaye, Mutch, Campbell, Adebayor, Sako, Wickham.

Watford (from): Gomes, Britos, Paredes, Holebas, Ekstrand, Behrami, Capoue, Watson, Ighalo, Deeney, Abdi, Nyom, Anya, Prodl, Guedioura, Suarez, Pantilimon, Cathcart, Jurado.

Quotes

Roy Hodgson

“One of them could end up like I was as a player. As a manager you are never going to be the hero. The real hero is going to be the one who scores the winning goal or has a great game. That is who the fans remember.

“And I want it to be James McArthur or Yohan Cabaye or Wilfried Zaha or Yannick Bolasie. I want it to be one of my players. They have that opportunity and I really hope it comes to one of our players.

“When I look back to 1990 I remember our fanbase for that game and it was completely different after. We had grabbed the community a little bit. And I hope we do that again this time. I think we need to win the semi-final to really grab it.

"But you can see in our fans and younger fans want to come and grab that taste of professional football with us rather than Fulham or Charlton or West Ham or Arsenal.

“So it is a great opportunity for us. And on the playing side we have an opportunity to win a trophy that does not come around very often. We have to understand that this is special in the history of this club.

“It is huge for us and we are looking forward to it. It is going to be a game of tight margins and I just hope the margins are with us this time.”

Watford - league stats

Position	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
12th	34	11	8	15	41

Full league table

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
13/02/2016	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 2	Watford
27/09/2015	League	Watford	0 - 1	Crystal Palace
27/05/2013	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 0	Watford
08/02/2013	League	Watford	2 - 2	Crystal Palace
18/08/2012	League	Crystal Palace	2 - 3	Watford

All time results

Last meeting

Palace 1-2 Watford

Saturday February 13 2016

Palace: Hennessey, Delaney, Dann, Ward, Souare, Zaha, Mutch (Campbell, 73), Jedinak, Cabaye, Wickham (Lee, 45), Adebayor

Subs not used: Kelly, Boateng, Speroni, Mariappa, Chamakh

Goals: Adebayor (45)

Sent off: Souare (90)

Watford: Gomes, Nyom, Prodl, Cathcart, Ake, Watson, Capoue (Suarez, 71), Behrami, Deeney, Ighalo, Amrabat (Abdi, 62)

Goals: Deeney (pen 16, 82)

Bookings: Suarez