Swansea City v Palace

Liberty Stadium, Saturday 3.00pm

Luka Milivojevic

Team news

Palace striker Christian Benteke will sit the game out with a one-match suspension after collecting his fifth booking of the season against Leicester last time out.

Midfielder Luka Milivojevic is available after serving his suspension at the weekend and boss Roy Hodgson must decide whether to bring him in at the expense of James McArthur.

Defenders Mamadou Sakho (calf), Joel Ward (groin) are still out, along with long-term absentee Connor Wickham (knee).

Swansea striker Wilfried Bony won't play due to a hamstring problem. Meanwhile, Ki Sung-yeung (calf) and Leroy Fer (back) will both be assessed on their fitness, along with Wayne Routledge (leg) and Kyle Bartley (knee)

Quotes

Roy Hodgson

"The last few games have probably exceeded our realistic thoughts on what might have been possible and over the last seven games have overachieved in respect of the number of points we have taken from those matches.

"Expectation is a dangerous word because we expect quite a lot from them and we think there are some good quality players in the squad and are looking for quite big things from the group.

"I don’t like to say it has exceeded my expectations but with no points after seven games and someone said you would have 17 points after 18 games, I would have said that is not too bad for a return."

Caretaker boss Leon Britton

"The natural reaction for the players too is disappointment, if a manager leaves they understand it is because they have not performed as they should be.

"It’s a results business and if you don't perform the manager will go. We don't have time to dwell on it, there is a big game ahead.

"But players have to take their share of the blame, take responsibility when a manager leaves. "It is everyone together when things go well, it is the same when things do not go well."

Swansea City - league stats

Position	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
20th	18	3	3	12	12

Full league table

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
26/08/2017	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 2	Swansea City
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

All time results

Last meeting

Palace 0-2 Swansea City

Saturday August 26 2017

Palace: Hennessey, Fosu-Mensah, Dann, Tomkins (Kelly, 41), McArthur, Puncheon, Ward, Milivojevic (Cabaye, 58), van Aanholt (Lee, 45), Townsend, Benteke

Subs not used: Schlupp, Lokilo, Anderson, Speroni

Bookings: Ward, Puncheon, Benteke, Cabaye

Swansea City: Fabianski, van der Hoorn (Routledge, 70), Fernandez, Mawson, Carroll, Clucas, Naughton (Rangel, 88), Olsson, Fer, Abraham (McBurnie, 78), Ayew

Subs not used: Fulton, Nordfeldt, Mesa, Narsingh

Goals: Abraham (44), Ayew (48)

Bookings: Fer