Oliver Glasner’s Crystal Palace host Burnley at Selhurst Park in a huge clash in the race for Premier League survival.
With Bournemouth not in action until teatime, victory could lift Palace as high as 13th in the table.
Burnley meanwhile will stay second bottom regardless of the result with Sheffield United not in action until Sunday.
Team News
Marc Guehi (knee) and Will Hughes (knock) could return for Crystal Palace if pass late fitness checks.
Michael Olise, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, Eberechi Eze (all hamstring), Rob Holding (ankle) and Cheick Docoure (Achilles) remain absent.
Burnley will be Aaron Ramsey for rest of season after he suffered a serious knee injury in their defeat against Arsenal.
Jordan Beyer (thigh), Nathan Redmond (hamstring), Lyle Foster (unspecified) and Luca Koleosho (knee) remain absent.
When is Kick-Off?
Palace host Burnley at Selhurst Park in a 3pm GMT kick-off on Saturday 24 February, untelevised live in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Crystal Palace have won one of their last six meetings against Burnley (W1, D2, L3).
- Burnley have won three of their seven Premier League visits to Crystal Palace (W3, D2, L2).
- Palace have failed to keep clean sheets in their last three home games against Burnley.
- Palace have scored first in three of their last five league matches at home (W2, D1, L2).
- Burnley have won one of their three league matches away to London-based opposition this season (W1, L2).
Prediction
With Glasner now in full charge following his appointment just hours before Palace battled to a 1-1 draw at Everton despite having taken the lead, this game will be a huge test of how well the squad have adapted to some of his tactics even without key players who remain sidelined.
Burnley meanwhile were totally outclassed by Arsenal with their defence completely played off the pitch by an aggressive attack, so they just need to put that performance behind them and reset mentally if want to stand any chance of gatecrashing Glasner’s home bow.
I however do feel like such a turnaround is a tough ask because Palace really should have too much for them, whilst the new manager bounce will only motivate the hosts further to get the win and move away from the drop.
Prediction: Crystal Palace 2-0 Burnley
Result: Crystal Palace 3-0 Burnley
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