Roy Hodgson has confirmed that he will be without at least three players for Crystal Palace's match with Newcastle United at Selhurst Park.
The Eagles welcome the Magpies to south London as Palace look to try and bounce back from three straight defeats in the top flight, having lost out against Southampton, Sheffield United and Everton in recent weeks, prior to the winter break.
But Hodgson will be without a few key players for the game against Steve Bruce's men.
That includes James Tomkins, who was substituted in Palace's 3-1 defeat at Everton two weeks ago with a hamstring problem.
And Hodgson has confirmed that he will not be fit to face Newcastle, with Tomkins joining two other players on the injury list, while Palace also face some late decisions over two other players.
"[James] Tomkins is added to the list I suppose, but Cenk Tosun is now back fit again, which is good," Hodgson said, speaking at his pre-match press conference.
"We won’t have [James] Tomkins, we won’t have [Jeffrey] Schlupp and we won’t have [Mamadou] Sakho, so they are the three definite absentees.
"We have been hit this week unfortunately by a bit of sickness, so there are a couple of players who maybe aren’t at their absolute best, and we might have to make a late decision on which of those may be fit to start and who may have to be on the bench.
"It is two players with sickness and fever, I have no reason to believe it is a virus, but it is two separate incidents."
