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TEAM NEWS
Crystal Palace loanee Mamadou Sakho could miss the remainder of the season with strained knee ligaments.
Scott Dann and James Tomkins are also sidelined, so Martin Kelly and Damien Delaney might be paired at centre-back.
Burnley will be without Joey Barton, who has been banned for 18 months, while defender Ben Mee is a doubt with a shin injury.
Stephen Ward should be fit after a knee problem, and Sam Vokes and Scott Arfield could also be available.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- Crystal Palace are unbeaten in 10 league games at home to Burnley, keeping seven clean sheets (W4, D6).
Crystal Palace
- Palace have won six of their last nine league matches (D1, L2).
- Defeat by Tottenham in midweek ended Palace’s four-game unbeaten home run (W3, D1).
- However, they have failed to score in four of their last eight home games in all competitions.
- Only three of Christian Benteke’s 14 Premier League goals this season have come at Selhurst Park.
Burnley
- Burnley are aiming to avoid a third consecutive defeat.
- The Clarets have the worst away record in the Premier League, earning just four points from a possible 51.
- They have scored twice in their last six games, including a penalty.
- Only Sunderland and Middlesbrough have scored fewer goals than Burnley’s 33 this season.
- Burnley have lost 13 of their 15 Premier League visits to London, drawing the other two. They have scored just eight goals in those games.
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