Leeds United head to the capital as they face Oliver Glasner’s Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Sunday afternoon in the Premier League.
Following a 3-0 victory over Norwich City in the Emirates FA Cup, Daniel Farke will be returning to the dugout as his side aims to take three points back to Yorkshire.
In the reverse fixture, the Whites displayed one of their best performances of the season in a 4-1 win at Elland Road under the lights which saw Anton Stach curl a late free kick past Dean Henderson, as well as a Dominic Calvert-Lewin brace and Ethan Ampadu finish.
Last time out in the Premier League, Leeds fell to defeat at home to Sunderland through a Habib Diarra penalty which followed Joe Rodon’s header being ruled out by VAR.
United’s previous match away from home featured another stunning Stach free kick, this time in a 1-1 draw with Aston Villa, to earn a valuable point on the road.
Crystal Palace are coming into the clash in strong form, with recent wins over Wolves and Tottenham firing Glasner’s side further away from the drop zone.
An Ismaïla Sarr brace and Jørgen Strand Larsen close range finish was enough to defeat Tottenham Hotspur away from home last time out in the Premier League, after coming from 1-0 down in North London.
The Eagles were in European action midweek, held to a goalless draw by Cypriot outfit AEK Larnaca in the first leg of their UEFA Conference League Round of 16 tie.
Over the decades, Leeds have faced Crystal Palace a total of 69 times in all competitions, with the Whites winning 32 and drawing 17 of those matches.
Most memorably in recent years, United snatched a late victory thanks to Brazilian attacker Raphinha’s stoppage time penalty at Elland Road!
Action from Selhurst Park gets underway at 2pm and you can follow it all across leedsunited.com, as well as on LUTV.
We've met before:
Team News:
Ahead of the clash, Farke says Calvert-Lewin is a slight doubt after a slight knee injury but is in contention to feature. Noah Okafor had returned to team training but the boss expects the match to come too soon for the Swiss international.
How to follow:
Monthly audio subscribers around the world can listen to every minute of Sunday’s fixture LIVE on LUTV. Bryn Law will be joined by Tony Dorigo on commentary. Pre-match build up begins at 1:30pm with Simon Grayson and Dom Matteo in the studio! The match has also been selected for television coverage in the UK by Sky Sports.
The view from inside the camp:
Speaking before the match, Ilia Gruev said: “We know our strengths, we know we are in a good position at the moment. But of course also we know that we will have to get some more points to stay in the league and we go there with confidence.
“We had really good last months and of course the Sunderland result was not the best but you have to keep going. We will continue and go there with confidence and we want to win this game there.”
Read the full interview HERE.
Important supporter information:
Please note, there is no available parking at the stadium. There are strict parking regulations in operation on the streets immediately surrounding the stadium. Local parking enforcement will be in operation and supporters who do not adhere to the relevant restrictions run the risk being issued with a fine along with the possibility of having their vehicle removed/relocated by Croydon Council.
A full list of prohibited items can be found below. More supporter info can be found HERE.
Discriminatory language or chanting, including tragedy chanting, is not acceptable, and you could be breaking the law. The club condemns this behaviour and has a zero-tolerance policy towards discrimination abuse of all kinds.
To report an incident, text LEEDS along with any relevant information including ticket details, your name and description of an incident to 60006. You will then receive an automated response which means that your report has been logged and will then be looked into.
Tough measures and sanctions are in place across all English football leagues to tackle dangerous and illegal behaviours within football grounds, and this involves but is not limited to, discriminatory behaviour, tragedy chanting, fans entering the pitch, the use of pyros and throwing objects.
What has Daniel Farke said ahead of the match?
League Position:
Leeds: 15th
Crystal Palace: 13th
Top Scorer:
Leeds: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (10)
Crystal Palace: Jean-Philippe Mateta (8)
Officials
Referee: Thomas Bramall
Assistant referees: Lee Betts & Matthew Wilkes
Fourth Official: Paul Tierney
Video Assistant Referee: James Bell
Additional Video Assistant Referee: Craig Taylor
