Norwich City v Palace

Carrow Road, Saturday 3.00pm

Crystal Palace

Team news

Norwich manager Nigel Worthington has various injury and suspension worries which could jeopardise his hopes of clinching a play-off spot this season.

Top scorer Iwan Roberts is out injured having aggravated a hamstring problem, which has kept him out of the past five games, during which Norwich have only scored three goals.

Meanwhile, fellow striker Marc Libbra will also not play as he begins a two-match ban.

Another player who will not feature on Saturday is former Palace captain Andy Roberts after club and player failed to agree a deal to extend his current two-month loan arrangement. Roberts has now returned to Wimbledon where his contract runs out at the end of the season.

Three points against Norwich is the only option available for Trevor Francis if Palace are to have a chance of making the play-offs.

In defence, Curtis Fleming has recovered from his hamstring problem and with fellow right back Jamie Smith suffering from a slight knee problem, Fleming is the favourite to be in the starting XI on Saturday.

Kit Symons has been injured for the past two months with a serious groin problem which he picked up against Coventry earlier this season. However, the Welshman has fully recovered and could even feature in the starting line up ahead of either Shaun Murphy or Dean Austin.

Tony Popovic, another casualty of that same Coventry game that saw Symons get injured, is still recovering from a groin injury which is set to keep him out for yet another couple of weeks at least.

In midfield, Simon Rodger has recovered from a back problem, however Palace’s longest-serving player is unlikely to make the starting line up as Aki Riihilahti and Hayden Mullins are expected to play in central midfield.

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Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
28/10/2001	League	Crystal Palace	3 - 2	Norwich City
17/02/2001	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 1	Norwich City
16/09/2000	League	Norwich City	0 - 0	Crystal Palace
11/03/2000	League	Norwich City	0 - 1	Crystal Palace
23/11/1999	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 0	Norwich City

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One to watch

Phillip Mulryne

The Northern Ireland international has become a firm favourite with the Norwich fans since his transfer from Manchester United. A very competant midfielder, who is at home on the wing has provided the Norwich strikers with their ammunition and he is one of the main reasons the Canaries are nearer the top than the bottom this year. As well as being a good provider of goals, he weighs in with his fair share too, with 5 goals in 34 games this season, though his 6 yellow cards show he can be a little over zealous at times. If Palace are to stop the Canaries scoring at Carrow Road on Saturday, they must make sure Mulryne gets as little space as possible, if we don't, he will cause us a lot of problems.

Last meeting

English Division 1

Norwich 0 (0) C Palace 0 (0) 16-09-2000

Norwich: Marshall, Sutch, Derveld, Fleming, McGovern, Marshall, Whitley (De Waard,63), Russell, Nedergaard (Forbes,45), Iwan Roberts, Cottee (Giallanza,75) Subs not used: Green, Mackay

C Palace: Taylor, Austin, Fan Zhiyi, Ruddock, Mullins, Morrison, Black, Gray (McKenzie,74), Pollock, Harrison, Kitson Subs not used: Linighan, Harris, Steve Evans, Forssell

Bookings: Derveld (Norwich)

Attendance: 16828

Referee: U D Rennie (Sheffield)

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