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Confirmed Crystal Palace line up vs Norwich City : Martin Kelly returns to Eagles side

Roy Hodgson has named one change to the side that drew against Wolverhampton Wanderers for the visit of Norwich City.

The Crystal Palace boss had relatively few injury worries heading into the fixture with only Connor Wickham being ruled out of the match by the manager, though he is back in training.

In his pre-match press conference Hodgson noted that Mamdou Sakho suffered a 'slight strain' which would be checked on Saturday morning ahead of the Selhurst Park clash and has not made the squad.

James Tomkins played an hour for the Eagles' Under-23 team earlier in the week but he has to settle for a place on the bench, while Martin Kelly returns to the side in the place of Sakho.

Elsewhere, the Eagles look to continue with the same set up with Jeffrey Schlupp and Wilfried Zaha providing support for Jordan Ayew and James McArthur, Cheikhou Kouyate and Luka Milivojevic making up the midfield.

Norwich on other hand have been plagued with injuries coming off the back of their incredible win over Manchester City. Daniel Farke is without first choice goalkeeper Tim Krul, Christoph Zimmermann and Timm Klose, while Mario Vrancic and Onel Hernandez are also both still out along with Tom Trybull and Alex Tettey

Max Aarons does return the team in the place of Sam Byram however, while Moritz Leitner replaces the injured Tettey.

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Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Ward, Kelly, Cahill, van Aanholt, McArthur, Milivojevic, Kouyate, Zaha, Schlupp, Ayew

Norwich City XI: Fahrmann, Aarons, Amadou, Godfrey, Lewis, Mclean, Leitner, Buendia, Stiepermann, Cantwell, Pukki

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