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A look at the injury news surrounding Crystal Palace and Brighton ahead of the derby.
Crystal Palace are in derby action on Sunday when they take on Brighton on the South coast. The Eagles have been on a torrid run, and a forgettable winter transfer window has not helped their case. Nor have injuries, with Oliver Glasner challenged by a number of absences, including star striker Jean-Philippe Mateta.
But Adam Wharton will return here, and Palace will have new forwards Jorgen Strand Larsen and Evann Guessand available. Speaking ahead of this one, Glasner said: “For us, it's pressing the reset button.
“With all the results, we were not really pleased. Daichi Kamada is back and trained the full week – he will be available for the Brighton game – and really, it feels like a new team, with three new players coming in, and now it's really to start.
“I told the players at the beginning of this week, because this group of players will now be together until the end of the season, it feels a little bit the mood around the club is not the best one, to be honest (...) So same situation, and now it's our job, the team's job, to make the best of it, and get the turnaround to finish the season as good as last year.”
These two sides are separated by just two points in the league, and ahead of what should be another hard-fought M23 derby, we have rounded up the injury news surrounding both sides.
Stefanos Tzimas - Out
Tzimas ruptured his ACL back in December and will be absent for much of this year.
Adam Webster - Out
Webster suffered his serious knee injury in July and will likely be out for the season.
Solly March - Out
March is hoping to return by March. Hurzeler said last week when asked when the winger could return: “No, not yet. Too early. I hope [he'll be involved soon], but it's really difficult to predict.”
Yasin Ayari - Out
Hurzeler has confirmed: “Yasin Ayari is unfortunately out for the game. He had a small shoulder issue [vs Everton], it's nothing big, but for this game he will be out.”
Mats Wiefer - Out
Wiefer won’t make this one, but he is ‘close’ to returning, according to Hurzeler, and is expected to return next week.
Diego Gomez - Fit
Hurzeler has confirmed: “Diego Gomez will be back, he will be an option.”
Cheick Doucoure - Out
Glasner said in his last update: “The only ones are Cheick - there's still a long way to go for him - and Eddie Nketiah.”
Eddie Nketiah - Out
The same update applies.
Jean-Philippe Mateta - Out
Mateta has a knee injury, as revealed by his failed AC Milan medical. Glasner has simply said: “He won't play on Sunday at Brighton, and he won't play against Burnley.” A return some time in February is likely.
Justin Davenny - Out
Davenny is almost certainly out, with Glasner saying: “Justin Devenny is close - maybe Sunday is too early, but the Burnley on Wednesday, he should be fine.”
Daichi Kamada - Fit
In a fresh boost for Palace, Glasner has confirmed that Kamada will be available, He said: “Daichi Kamada is back and trained the full week - he will be available for the Brighton game.”
Borna Sosa - Fit
Glasner has also confirmed that Sosa will return here.
Rio Cardines - Out
Cardines is not expected back from his injury until later in the month.
Kporha has been dealing with a back injury for some time and there has been no update on his potential return.
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