Palace v Swansea City

Selhurst Park, Saturday 3.00pm

Selhurst Park

Team news

Eagles midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek is sidelined with a groin problem. Centre half Jairo Riedewald is aiming for a recall following his groin injury, but Wilfried Zaha (knee) is out.

Swansea midfielder Sam Clucas is set for his debut after joining from Hull City this week and Leon Britton has recovered from a back strain.

However, striker Fernando Llorente is still missing due to a broken arm, while centre-back Kyle Bartley is also out with medial ligament damage.

Quotes

Roy Hodgson

"Yes, of course it's a must win. But it is for Swansea also. I think the team that shows the most hunger is going to win. Swansea is always a team I love to watch. They play very organised football, on the floor, they also have maybe some difficulties right now but still I think it's a very good squad again we respect them very much and we have to do our own job to get results."

Paul Clement

"In all our games last year, there wasn't one where I thought afterwards that we'd created loads of chances. But the games we won were the ones where we were clinical.

"That's what you have to be when you are playing against well-organised teams who are hard to break down.

"He [Palace boss Frank de Boer] is trying to change the culture and how they play and that is not an easy thing to do. It takes time to develop, but he was a great player and has a lot of experience as a manager too."

Swansea City - league stats

Position	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
15th	2	0	1	1	1

Full league table

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
03/01/2017	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 2	Swansea City
26/11/2016	League	Swansea City	5 - 4	Crystal Palace
06/02/2016	League	Swansea City	1 - 1	Crystal Palace
28/12/2015	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 0	Swansea City
24/05/2015	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 0	Swansea City

All time results

Last meeting

Palace 1-2 Swansea City

Tuesday January 03 2017

Palace: Hennessey, Ward, Kelly (Mutch, 89), Tomkins, Delaney, Townsend (Sako, 53), Y Cabaye, Zaha, Puncheon, Ledley, Benteke (Campbell, 45)

Subs not used: Phillips, Flamini, Speroni, Lee

Goals: Zaha (83)

Bookings: Tomkins, Kelly

Swansea City: Fabianski, Taylor (Rangel, 71), Mawson, Naughton, Fernandez, Fulton (Fer, 69), Ki, Cork, Routledge (Dyer, 80), Llorente, Sigurdsson

Goals: Mawson (42), Rangel (88)

Bookings: Llorente