Crystal Palace are set to be without Aki Riihilahti for tomorrow’s Barclays Premiership clash with Birmingham at Selhurst Park.

Crystal Palace manager Iain Dowie will have to shuffle his starting XI for the Barclays Premiership trip to Manchester City, with Danny Granville and Michael Hughes suspended after picking up five cautions.

Crystal Palace will give fitness checks to Vassilis Lakis and Gonzalo Sorondo ahead of the short Barclays Premiership trip to Fulham tomorrow.

Crystal Palace are hopeful striker Wayne Andrews will have shrugged off a flu bug in time to travel with the squad for tomorrow’s Barclays Premiership clash at Manchester United.

Crystal Palace boss Iain Dowie is planning to raise transfer cash by making Shaun Derry the first of many players to be sold at Selhurst Park.

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Leeds captain Gary Kelly wants his team-mates to “do it for the gaffer” and keep their FA Cup run going after beating Crystal Palace 2-1 to reach the sixth round.

Harry Kewell provided the touch of class which enabled Leeds to make the most of their good fortune and scrape past Crystal Palace into the sixth round of the FA Cup.

Crystal Palace wing-back Julian Gray continued against Leeds where he left off against Liverpool as he secured his side a first-half FA Cup fifth round equaliser at Selhurst Park.

Dietmar Hamann returned to a Liverpool side unbeaten in six games, with only three goals conceded, for the FA Cup tie with Crystal Palace.

Liverpool goalkeeper Chris Kirkland was taken off on a stretcher with what appeared to be a serious leg injury after a sickening collision with Crystal Palace striker Dele Adebola in the first-half of this afternoon’s fourth round FA Cup tie at Selhurst Park.

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