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Crystal Palace have approached Chelsea about signing 23-year-old Ukraine winger Mykhailo Mudryk on loan in January. (Football Transfers), external

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Former Crystal Palace full-back Martin Kelly believes the current side "have a really good manager" and backed the Eagles' home form to help them survive in the Premier League this season.

Despite Palace being mired in the relegation zone, Kelly told BBC World Service's Sportsworld programme he does not believe their top-flight status is in danger.

"They've got a really good manager in Oliver [Glasner]," he said, "and the home form at Palace always gets them over the line. They always manage to get results against the big sides and it's the sides who are in and around the same position as Palace they'll be looking to try and get the results against.

"The injuries aren't great for Palace at the minute, but they've still got a really good squad."

Kelly spent eight years at Selhurst Park and experienced a wide range of managers during his time. He explained that certain philosophies were better suited than others to the group of players at the club.

"When a manager comes in, you know if you have the right players to play his tactics," Kelly said. "We went from Sam Allardyce, who really simplified the game of football to Frank [de Boer], who was total football at Ajax and tried implementing that in Inter but that never worked out and then came to us.

"It was the first big risk that the chairman at Palace and the board took with us as players and it was probably four or five seasons too early. If Frank was back now, it may have been different.

“The most modern manager we had was Patrick [Vieira] who was trying to imprint his philosophy and style of play of was playing out from the back and it was at probably the right time.

"The difficulty with Frank was we didn't have the players to play out from the back and in the Premier League you don't get time. We had the pre-season - that was it."

"The rest of the managers were all sort of similar, quite structured and Roy [Hodgson] was ultra defensive. Roy was very big on not conceding and never scored that much, which ultimately probably cost him his job in the end. Palace stayed up for so many years but wanted to see more football. Fair play to the fans for wanting that."

Crystal Palace are among a number of clubs, including Chelsea and Newcastle United, who are keen on Benfica's 22-year-old Portuguese centre-back Tomas Araujo. (O Jogo - in Portuguese), external

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Former Crystal Palace captain Peter Wall has died at the age of 80.

The defender made 208 appearances for the south London club across eight seasons, scoring four goals.

He also had spells at Shrewsbury Town, Wrexham and Liverpool before finishing his playing career in the United States - where he became a manager.

A statement on Palace's official website, external said: "The club are deeply saddened by Peter’s passing, and the thoughts of everyone are with his family at this time."

Alex Pewter
Fan writer

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In keeping with last week, the Fulham result on Saturday came with several asterisks.

Once again, these do not help Crystal Palace's cause - a costly error from Maxence Lacroix and a red card for Daichi Kamada offering a helping hand to the visitors.

Thee strong VAR detractors within the Palace fanbase may also now be reconsidering their view, given that it saved the club from facing double the deficit at full-time and yet more blushes.

Currently, it seems unlikely that my pre-season prediction of 10th will quite happen - fortunately, BBC chief football writer Phil McNulty is going down on that ship with me. The Opta supercomputer, external suggests a 1.2% chance of reaching that spot. We'll take it.

Yet it is interesting how sentiments and performances have failed to meet expectations in the three months since. Of course, injuries are a variable, but the final two weeks of the transfer window have played a significant role.

After 11 matches, it is difficult to see most of the summer acquisitions as net positives based on performances and costs.

The apparent exceptions are Lacroix and loanee Trevoh Chalobah, despite their respective individual errors in the past two matches.

That may be why fan discontent is directed squarely at the club's ownership rather than Oliver Glasner in the dugout, which seems a rarity for a team in the bottom three spots.

One bright spot from the game was Justin Devenny's debut. Promoted and starting for the senior team in central midfield, he performed with the maturity and composure we have come to expect based on his performances for the under-21s. Given Kamada's suspension, he has likely earned an extended stay in the first team - and on merit.

Once again, the international break offers Palace the chance to regroup and get numerous players back from injury. Player availability is now paramount in both the short and long term.

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David Moyes is eyeing a return to Premier League management with Crystal Palace, Wolves, Southampton and Leicester all potentially interested. (Talksport), external

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Opta's supercomputer has tipped promoted Southampton, Ipswich Town and Leicester City as the three most likely teams to get relegated from the Premier League this season.

Southampton are bottom and winless after 10 games since returning to the top flight, with the computer giving them 94.9% chance of being relegated.

Despite climbing out of the bottom three with an impressive first win of the season against Tottenham at this weekend, Ipswich are the next side being tipped to go down with a 70.7% chance.

While Leicester are 15th, three points clear of the drop zone, they are the third most likely side to get relegated according to Opta, with a 46.9% chance.

Wolves, Everton and Crystal Palace are the remaining sides that have an 18% or more chance of falling down to the second tier by May.

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We asked for your thoughts after Saturday's Premier League game between Crystal Palace and Fulham.

Here are some of your comments:

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Moggy: So disappointing. Definitely our worst home game this season. On the plus side, it was great to see new players doing well. I liked that Oliver Glasner saw all the injuries as an opportunity. Felt sorry for Maxence Lacroix as his mistake changed the game but Daichi Kamada was poor. Dean Henderson always slows the game down by holding the ball way too long. DON'T SACK GLASNER, PLEASE!

Paul: Another disappointing afternoon at Selhurst Park. Too many errors, too little confidence, too many important players missing and all this exposed by a fine Fulham team. The reset button needs pressing during the international break and we need our best players fit and firing if it's not going to be a huge relegation fight.

Gary: Obviously a very poor performance. Kamada is not Premier League quality. I'm pleased he's banned for three games. Jeffrey Schlupp should be starting more. Marc Guehi is not a midfielder. We have to go back to basics with four at the back. We don't have the players at present to play 3-4-3.

Fulham fans:

James: Fulham were clearly the better team from the first whistle, and the result should never have been in doubt. Scoring just before half-time was crucial, as against a stronger strike force, we might have paid the price for not being more clinical. Emile Smith Rowe was the difference, and there’s a very positive atmosphere around Fulham at the moment.

Lucas: To describe this game in one word would be 'inevitable'. We were great from the start and of course Smith-Rowe, Raul Jimenez and Alex Iwobi were good, as well as Reiss Nelson. I also thought Andreas Pereira had a good game, after some criticism from the past few performances by fans (myself included).

David: A good follow up to the nerve-shredding Brentford game. Palace were obviously affected by loss of key players to injury. Every Fulham player had a solid game, especially Harry Wilson even though he came on late again. I couldn't spot any weaknesses. Plenty of noise from our fans too.

Highlights and analysis from Saturday's six Premier League fixtures.

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• Wolves 2-0 Southampton

• Brighton 2-1 Man City

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The biggest consolation for a struggling and depleted Crystal Palace was that the damage was limited to just two goals in their defeat to Fulham.

Oliver Glasner’s side have now collected just five points from the last 21 available and with so many key players absent they rarely looked capable of taking anything from their contest against the Cottagers.

Without the suspended Will Hughes, as well as Eddie Nketiah, Adam Wharton, Eberechi Eze and Jefferson Lerma there was an unfamiliar feel to Glasner's starting XI.

And while there was a proud moment for Justin Devenny making his Palace debut, the makeshift midfield partnership between the 21-year-old and England central defender Marc Guehi, only exposed the difficulties the Eagles are currently facing.

Unable to gain any real forward momentum, Palace spent most of their afternoon chasing the ball and were repeatedly carved open at the back by their fluent opponents.

Maxence Lacroix’s mistake on the stroke of half-time and the second-half dismissal of Daichi Kamada certainly did not help either but neither moment felt like it conclusively altered the outcome.

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Oliver Glasner spoke to BBC Match of the Day after Crystal Palace lost to Fulham: "I don't look for excuses. I think we had a competitive squad available. We have to be honest, Fulham were the better team today. We made too many mistakes, we gave them the chances and goals too easily. When we had our two or three chances we didn't take them. Overall they were the better team and this is what we have to expect today."

On Justin Devenney making his debut: "I think it was okay for him but I didn't expect that he was the leader in our midfield. He did well, he tried everything. It was also difficult for him today. I think several players it was not their best day and it's also a tough for a young player having their debut."

On Marc Guehi playing out of position: "You can't always choose the situations. It happens and then you have to be here. Fulham played really well, very aggressive, very direct, a lot of pace in their attack. It was a difficult game and when you make too many mistakes it's tough coming back and coming back."

On struggling to come back after the red card: "It's too many mistakes and then you lose your confidence. We didn't pass quick enough, we were not accurate."

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Six matches make up Saturday's Premier League action, and we will bring you every moment.

• Brentford v Bournemouth

• Crystal Palace v Fulham

• West Ham v Everton

• Wolves v Southampton (listen on BBC Radio 5 Live)

• Brighton v Man City - 17:30 (listen on BBC Radio 5 Live

• Liverpool v Aston Villa - 20:00

Kick-off 15:00 GMT unless stated

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Chris Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League matches this season, against a variety of guests.

For week 11 he takes on Mylee and Tate from CBBC football drama Jamie Johnson FC (JJFC).

Sutton's prediction: 1-1

Palace's form has started to pick up and they almost got their second win in a row last week - they had a 96th-minute winner disallowed against Wolves, when it should have stood - or at least as far as I could see.

Fulham are always stronger at home, but they are a nicely balanced team and they have picked up a few points on the road too.

Apologies to everyone for sitting on the fence again, but I am going for another draw.

Mylee's prediction: 2-1

Palace to take this one.

Tate's prediction: 1-2

Fulham have been good this season.

Read the full predictions and have your say here

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Earlier, we asked you to identify the former Crystal Palace player from their Premier League statistics playing for the club.

The correct answer was Andros Townsend.

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Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Fulham (kick-off 15:00 GMT).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• Eberechi Eze, Adam Wharton, Jefferson Lerma and Eddie Nketiah are among the Palace players who will miss the game because of injury.

• Glasner said Nketiah has a hamstring problem and the Palace boss said it was "his fault" not to have substituted the striker earlier during the game at Wolves.

• On the challenges of dealing with a number of injuries within the squad: "You can see the glass half empty or half full. Any manager at any club wants all their players fit and available, but it's also a chance for other players to step up and show we can work as a team. Our team were excellent last week, during a tight schedule of three games in six days."

• Assessing Palace's recent uptick in form, Glasner said: "We've had better results, especially the win against Tottenham. But we have to be honest - we could have won games before which we didn't win, and we could have maybe drawn against Tottenham because they had chances at the end. We were always close to getting better results and in the past games we have got better results."

• On Saturday's opponents: "They have had an excellent start and also haven't have some of the results they wanted, but they are a good team with a clear structure and a great manager. But we're at home and feel in good shape. We have confidence and it will be a tough game for both teams."

• On former Palace defender Joachim Andersen's return with Fulham: "I'm looking forward to meeting him again. He's a great guy. He had a very good time at Palace and he was a great player for me and my staff since we arrived. But there will no friendship during the 90 minutes."

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Guess the former Crystal Palace player from their Premier League statistics at the club:

• Years at club: 2016-2021

• National team: England

• Position: Winger

• Appearances: 168

• Goals: 13

Answer will be revealed at 17:00 GMT

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Fulham boss Marco Silva was full of praise for "top player" Eberechi Eze before his side's trip across London to face Crystal Palace on Saturday.

Speaking in his pre-match press conference, Silva said of the England international: "Everyone who loves football should enjoy seeing Eze on the pitch. He is a top, top young player and has so much quality with everything he does on the pitch."

Oliver Glasner's side were made to do without Eze, 26, for their draw at Wolves last Saturday, after he limped out of their Carabao Cup win over Aston Villa a few days earlier.

However, Eze is in line to return to the Palace side when they host Fulham at Selhurst Park.

Silva added: "Even though he is on the opposite team, I really enjoy watching him play, the great talent that he has to work with. For Crystal Palace, it is of course much better to have him there with them."

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England interim manager Lee Carsley has named a 26-man squad for the upcoming Nations League games against Greece and Republic of Ireland.

Newcastle left-back Lewis Hall and Southampton centre-back Taylor Harwood-Bellis have received their first call-ups to the senior side, with Saints' Aaron Ramsdale one of three goalkeepers selected.

The only other uncapped player in the squad is Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones, while there is no place for Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers.

These will be Carsley's final two matches in charge before Thomas Tuchel becomes Gareth Southgate's full-time successor from 1 January.

Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Aaron Ramsdale (Southampton).

Defenders: Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Levi Colwill (Chelsea), Rico Lewis (Manchester City), Kyle Walker (Manchester City), Lewis Hall (Newcastle), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton).

Midfielders: Conor Gallagher (Atletico Madrid), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Cole Palmer (Chelsea), Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest), Angel Gomes (Lille), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Curtis Jones (Liverpool).

Forwards: Jack Grealish (Manchester City), Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Noni Madueke (Chelsea), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), Dominic Solanke (Tottenham).