Palace v Rotherham United

Selhurst Park, Saturday 3.00pm

Crystal Palace

Team news

After knocking Southampton out of the FA Cup, Rotherham will be looking to make it five league matches unbeaten in a row when they travel South on Saturday.

Millers’ boss Ronnie Moore knows how important Saturday’s game is for the Yorkshire club, “That's a big game for us because we've got to stay in the First Division."

With strikers Mark Robins, Andy Monkhouse, Alan Lee, and FA Cup scorer Richie Barker all available for Saturday’s clash, Moore will have a though decision over who to play up front.

After having missed the Millers’ last league game against Watford last week, Martin McIntosh should once again play at centre back instead of ex-Leicester defender Guy Branston.

After beating Gillingham on Wednesday night, Palace are now in joint 7th place, level on points with Birmingham.

Trevor Francis is likely to name the same line up which beat the Gills 3-1. This means that even though Matt Clarke is fit again after recovering from a cut hand, Latvia’s number 1 Alex Kolinko will continue in goal after putting in another impressive display on Wednesday.

Up front, Trevor Benjamin will be playing his last game of his loan spell before returning to Leicester, some fans may say ‘Thank God’, however Francis has already stated that he is not of the same opinion. Speaking at the post-match press conference he said, “It's something I’ll have to speak about with Leicester and Trevor tomorrow (Thursday) or Friday. I want to try and extend his loan for another month.”

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Rotherham United - current form

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Our home record v Rotherham United

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
11/08/2001	League	Rotherham United	2 - 3	Crystal Palace
03/01/1983	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 1	Rotherham United
04/09/1982	League	Rotherham United	2 - 2	Crystal Palace
27/02/1982	League	Rotherham United	2 - 0	Crystal Palace
10/10/1981	League	Crystal Palace	3 - 1	Rotherham United

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One to watch

Mark Robins

The former Manchester United and Norwich striker has been on of the main reasons for Rotherham's ability to spring a few surprises this season. Though not greatly skillful, Robins is a hardworking striker who scores the majority of his goals from inside the 6 yard box. His eye for goal is dangerous and should not be underestimated this Saturday!

Last meeting

English Division 2 (old)

C Palace 1 (0) Rotherham 1 (0) 03-01-1983

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