Crystal Palace handed double injury boost as Eberechi Eze returns to squad

Forwards Eze and Nketiah person missed the past 3 and 2 matches respectively due to the fact that of hamstring issues.

Boss Oliver Glasner said astatine his pre-match property league connected Friday: "Ebere volition beryllium successful the squad tomorrow, and Eddie Nketiah arsenic well.

"They worked beauteous hard successful their rehab, and besides the aesculapian unit did an astonishing job, truthful that's wherefore they are disposable earlier than expected."

Palace person what Glasner has described arsenic a "very aggravated week" up of them, facing Ipswich distant 3 days aft the Newcastle lucifer and past Manchester City astatine location different 4 days connected from that.

And helium said: "I cognize Ebere can't play each 3 games implicit 90 minutes.

"It's bully that helium is back, and the aforesaid with Eddie. We person to negociate the minutes they get, but it's bully conscionable to person the accidental erstwhile you request it."

They person won lone 1 of those, astatine the ninth attempt, and the 3 outings since past person been 2 draws, 2-2 astatine Wolves and Aston Villa, either broadside of a 2-0 location nonaccomplishment to Fulham.

Glasner said: "We cognize we are not blessed with being 19th successful the table. This is the truth. Having 8 points aft 12 games, it's not that we tin say: 'It's fine, it's a bully position.'

"I think, yes, the performances are getting amended and better, but the output is inactive not bully enough.

"If we people 2 goals astatine Villa, if we people 2 goals astatine Wolves, astatine slightest successful 1 of those games, we should person taken the win, but we conceded excessively galore goals. We conceded 3 times successful a enactment 2 goals, truthful this is what we person to improve.

"But connected the different side, yes, we tin spot that with the players getting back, we person much opportunities and however we privation to play gets clearer and clearer for astir of the guys.

"Many players are successful a amended carnal signifier than erstwhile they started - I mentioned it rather often, with pre-season and the precocious arrival.

"So we person galore signs giving america confidence, but connected the different side, we person to judge and respect particularly the concern successful the table, and that is not good."

Palace look a Newcastle broadside lying 10th with 18 points from their 12 games.

Additional reporting from Reuters