Hull City v Palace

KCOM Stadium, Saturday 3.00pm

Yohan Cabaye

Team news

Crystal Palace midfielder Yohan Cabaye returns from a one-match ban and could replace Joe Ledley in the middle of the park.

Goalkeeper Steve Mandanda has had surgery on his knee problem which will keep him on the sidelines for around five weeks.

On-loan Chelsea striker Loic Remy (calf) is at least three weeks away from a comebck, while forward Connor Wickham (knee) and defender Pape Souare (broken thigh bone) are out for the season.

Hull midfielder Shaun Maloney is available after recovering from a back injury.

Abel Hernandez (groin), Will Keane, Moses Odubajo and Allan McGregor are out. Forward Dieumerci Mbokani completes the second match of a three-game ban.

Hull: Marshall, Jakupovic, Robertson, Dawson, Maguire, Davies, Elmohamady, Meyler, Clucas, Mason, Huddlestone, Weir, Snodgrass, Livermore, Henriksen, Maloney, Diomande, Tymon, Bowen.

Palace: Hennessey, Ward, Tomkins, Delaney, Dann, Zaha, McArthur, Ledley, Townsend, Puncheon, Benteke, Speroni, Lee, Fryers, Campbell, Sako, Flamini, Kelly, Cabaye

Quotes

Roy Hodgson

"We are all finding it difficult to turn the top teams over, so the rest of us are fighting amongst ourselves. That level between the bottom and middle-tier teams is down to fine margins to get results. A win is gold dust in this division at the moment.

"We have a game at Hull which could define the first half of our season because we have two very difficult fixtures after Hull, we need to get something there, then we can look at Man United and Chelsea, to relish that challenge. The first job, though, is Hull, and it will be a big game for both teams.

"We saw last week a reaction to what was a kind of freakish game at Swansea, it kind of jolted us a little bit, and we need to continue in that 'jolt period' to take that same kind of attitude to Hull.

"They will have the disappointment of their result against Middlesbrough (on Monday), they will be hungry for a home win - and we have to match that desire."

Mike Phelan

"It's a big thing - to be out of the bottom three. It gives you breathing space and the opportunity to progress on. We've had occasions in the past to be able to do that and we haven't taken them. We're all well aware that opportunities come along and you have to improve and take them. We haven't done that; hopefully that will change."

Hull City - league stats

Position	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
19th	14	3	2	9	11

Full league table

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
25/04/2015	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 2	Hull City
04/10/2014	League	Hull City	2 - 0	Crystal Palace
28/01/2014	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 0	Hull City
23/11/2013	League	Hull City	0 - 1	Crystal Palace
05/03/2013	League	Crystal Palace	4 - 2	Hull City

All time results

Last meeting

Palace 0-2 Hull City

Saturday April 25 2015

Palace: Speroni, Delaney, Dann, Kelly, Souare, Jedinak (Lee Chung-Yong, 64), Puncheon, McArthur, Bolasie, Zaha (Gayle, 73), Murray (Sanogo, 59)

Subs not used: Hangeland, Mutch, Hennessey, Ledley

Hull City: Harper, McShane, Dawson, Chester, Quinn (Ramirez, 74), Livermore, Brady (Rosenior, 84), Huddlestone, Elmohamady, Aluko (Bruce, 85), N'Doye

Subs not used: Hernandez, McGregor, Sagbo, Figueroa

Goals: N'Doye (51, 90)