EPL: Crystal Palace v Liverpool preview

Crystal Palace v Liverpool preview

Crystal Palace hope to have Wilfried Zaha available for their Premier League clash at home to Liverpool.

Palace have lost all 10 of their Premier League matches this season without Zaha in the starting line-up.

But the winger is a doubt with a knee injury and Palace are set to make a decision on his involvement on Friday.

Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson revealed Wilfried Zaha has not trained fully and is a doubt to feature against Liverpool

"We've had to be very cautious after the Huddersfield game as he came back from injury much earlier than he should have done," said manager Roy Hodgson.

Palace boosted their survival hopes with a 2-0 win at Huddersfield last time out. However, they are still only two points above the relegation zone with seven games left to play.

Liverpool are third in the table and could move up a place with victory as Manchester United are not in action until Saturday afternoon.

They beat Watford 5-0 in their last match before the international break and have the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Manchester City to look forward to next Tuesday.

Jeffrey Schlupp is out for Palace due to an ankle injury while Hodgson will check on Zaha, James Tomkins and Alexander Sorloth (hamstring).

Doubts also persist around Mamadou Sakho (calf) but Joel Ward, Scott Dann, Jason Puncheon, Bakary Sako and Connor Wickham - who this week suffered a minor groin injury - remain long-term absentees.

Liverpool will be without midfielder Emre Can (back) and defender Joe Gomez (ankle).

Dominic Solanke and Andy Robertson should be available despite suffering minor issues while representing their countries. Nathaniel Clyne could also return to the squad.