Palace v Manchester United

Selhurst Park, Wednesday 8.00pm

Jason Puncheon

Team news

Palace midfielder Jason Puncheon sits the game out with a one-game ban after getting his fifth yellow card of the season against Hull City at the weekend. Yohan Cabaye is set to come into the side in his place.

Defender James Tomkins and Bakary Sako (both groin) are out till mid January. Steve Mandanda (knee) is sidelined for at least another month, while on-loan striker Loic Remy (calf) won't be available until the New Year.

Connor Wickham (knee) and defender Pape Souare (broken thigh bone) are out for the season.

Manchester United midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan won't play after getting stretchered off in Sunday's win over Tottenham. Defender Antonio Valencia is suspended after picking up his fifth booking.

Palace (from): Hennessey, Ward, Delaney, Dann, Zaha, McArthur, Ledley, Townsend, Benteke, Speroni, Lee, Fryers, Campbell, Flamini, Kelly, Cabaye, Phillips, Wynter.

United (from): De Gea, Romero, Johnstone, Fosu-Mensah, Jones, Bailly, Rojo, Darmian, Blind, Young, Fellaini, Carrick, Herrera, Pogba, Lingard, Mata, Martial, Rashford, Rooney, Ibrahimovic.

Quotes

Roy Hodgson

"We've scored ten goals in three games but obviously we need to tighten up at the back. Perhaps the Southampton game was a benchmark in terms of a defensive display and we need to reproduce that against a Man United team that has found a bit of form.

"The defenders who are here have been the defenders for the last three years, it's not like there's anyone new in there – they have done a brilliant job in the past.

"Sometimes it's a bit of confidence and luck here and there. Of course, defending is a team duty, never more so than now in the Premier League, everyone has a responsibility to defend, even substitutes.

"That's a little area we're looking to improve on. Sometimes our substitutes have come on and not shored us up as well as they should have. We have to find solutions. It's easy to say someone or something is wrong.

"We were pleased with the way we defended set-pieces against Southampton, so we have crossed one box and now we need to get back to how we performed again in that game."

Manchester United - league stats

Position	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
6th	15	6	6	3	24

Full league table

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
21/05/2016	FA Cup	Crystal Palace	1 - 2	Manchester United
20/04/2016	League	Manchester United	2 - 0	Crystal Palace
31/10/2015	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 0	Manchester United
09/05/2015	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 2	Manchester United
08/11/2014	League	Manchester United	1 - 0	Crystal Palace

All time results

Last meeting

Manchester United 2-1 Palace

Saturday May 21 2016

Manchester United: de Gea, Smalling (s/o 105), Blind, Rojo (Darmian, 66), Valencia, Mata (Lingard, 89), Carrick, Martial, Rooney, Fellaini, Rashford (Young, 72)

Subs not used: Schneiderlin, Romero, Jones, Herrera

Goals: Mata (81), Lingard (110)

Bookings: Rooney, Rojo, Smalling, Mata, Fellaini

Sent off: Smalling (105)

Palace: Hennessey, Dann (Mariappa, 89), Delaney, Ward, Souare, McArthur, Jedinak, Zaha, Cabaye (Puncheon, 72), Bolasie, Wickham (Gayle, 86)

Subs not used: Kelly, Speroni, Sako, Adebayor

Goals: Puncheon (78)

Bookings: Dann, Delaney, McArthur