Team news, stats and prediction ahead of Crystal Palace vs Fulham in the Premier League on Sunday (kick-off 12pm).
Team news
Roy Hodgson still is without Wilfried Zaha for Crystal Palace but the forward has started training again with a rehab specialist. He is hopeful Zaha will be fit to play some part next weekend.
Palace's injury crisis has shown no signs of abating as Nathaniel Clyne has joined their lengthy list of absentees but Jeff Schlupp and Connor Wickham have returned to training but the Fulham game will come too soon.
Aleksandar Mitrovic remains absent for Fulham after testing positive for Covid-19 as does Tom Cairney who has been sidelined since December with a knee injury.
Jones Knows prediction
Quite how Crystal Palace are 10 points from safety is one of football's great mysteries. In their last four games, most of it without Wilfried Zaha, they have somehow picked up six points despite registering a total expected goals figure of 0.86. It's probably saved their season as they don't need to waft outside off stump in order to pick up points to stave off relegation now. Roy Hodgson's men can block, block, block.
I'm convinced Fulham are the more accomplished side of these two, especially with Zaha still ruled out, yet Scott Parker's men still can't be trusted to pick up consistent wins at this level. This could be a similar tale to Palace's win over Brighton where Hodgson's boys will look second best for large parts but still come away with a result. I'll play the draw.
One area Fulham can be trusted is their ability to get Ademola Lookman into shooting positions from outside the box. This month, only James Maddison and Bruno Fernandes are taking more shots from outside the penalty area than Lookman (7), who is quickly becoming a shoot-on-sight merchant.
Palace, likely to defend deep, have faced 128 shots from outside the box - only Sheffield United have faced more, so I'm keen to back Lookman to hit the target from range at 9/4 with Sky Bet.
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