Sunderland striker Steven Fletcher: "We need to keep doing the right things and cut out the mistakes. We need to keep the ball more. It is important to take points off those teams around us in the table, so we'll be looking to do that tonight."

Guy Mowbray
BBC Match of the Day commentator

"Connor Wickham should be doing what Harry Kane is doing for Spurs. He did it fleetingly last season but he's been poor this season."

Wickham has two goals in 10 appearances for Sunderland this season.

Crystal Palace: Speroni, Kelly, Hangeland, Dann, Ward, Bolasie, Jedinak, Ledley, Zaha, Campbell, Chamakh. Subs: Mariappa, Doyle, Hennessey, Gayle, McArthur, Bannan, Puncheon.

Sunderland: Pantilimon, Vergini, O'Shea, Reveillere, Van Aanholt, Larsson, Cattermole, Gomez, Buckley, Fletcher, Wickham. Subs: Bridcutt, Brown, Johnson, Altidore, Mavrias, Graham, Mannone.

Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)

Jo Harman:, external It was American Samoa that lost 31-0 to Australia. Samoa had beaten American Samoa 8-0 in their previous match.

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There looks to be plenty of fans who have braved the cold to get to Selhurst Park as the atmosphere starts to build, helped by some thumping dance tunes.

I wonder if Jose Mourinho has gone along to sample the atmosphere, having been unhappy with it at Stamford Bridge at the weekend.

BBC Radio 5 live wants to know if there is a quieter ground in the Premier League than Chelsea? Tweet @bbc5live or text 85058.

Steve Claridge
BBC Sport

BBC Radio 5 live are currently looking ahead to Liverpool's clash with Real Madrid in the Champions League tomorrow evening:

"You have Real Madrid at their absolute best and Liverpool who are playing poorly and are still deciding on their best personnel and system. We saw what happened in the first game at Anfield. Is Brendan Rodgers getting the best out of what he has got? No. Does he know his best system? No."

Sunderland were relegated at Selhurst Park in 1997 when playing against the ground's former tenants Wimbledon. Were you there that day? Let us know #bbcfootball, external

Sunderland have not won a game on a Monday night for 12 years - that's a total of 20 games without a win in a Premier League weekend's final fixture. What are the worst unwanted records in football?

Will:, external Torquay have two. Shortest managerial tenure (Leroy Rosenior, 10 mins, 2007) and quickest own goal (vs Cambridge, 1977)

Marley Marl:, external Jamie Carragher scoring more own goals than goals.

Stephen Vincent:, external #unwantedrecords? Andy Williams - Love Story. Not my style of music if I'm honest!

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It may be Sunderland tonight, but not quite as you know them.

The Black Cats are wearing a one-off all-white strip to avoid a kit clash with the hosts.

Apparently, Sunderland's blue away kit has been deemed too similar to Palace's home strip - they both have the same colour shorts and socks - so a special kit will be used.

Don't get too attached to it, Sunderland fans, it's not for sale.

Faron Bloomfield:, external Poyet did the right thing keeping Mannone after the 8-0 loss, but he didn't respond well in the next game so has to be dropped.

Bibhash Dash:, external My batting card for Howden's village cricket team in 2014... 4, 0, 1, 0, 0, 2. Probably the worst in our history.

James Amos:, external I play for Tunstall Town... 171 games without a win ended in February 2014!

Sunderland boss Gus Poyet on his decision to swap Vito Mannone for Costel Pantilimon in goal: "It was a very difficult decision but I have to think of the team first. Pantilimon has waited for his chance."

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A bit of excitement for the band of journalists at tonight's game as Crystal Palace unveil their new media centre, opened by Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore.

If I was there I probably wouldn't have noticed a change. I'm straight over to the pies before I see anything else.

"Both of these sides are in the bottom five but Crystal Palace are proving very difficult to beat under Neil Warnock. Sunderland are the team with bigger problems right now.

"They did not show much of a response against Arsenal after getting beaten 8-0 by Southampton, which surprised me, and should be a worry for their manager Gus Poyet. Aside from the mistakes that gifted the Gunners their goals, they were relatively uncompetitive.

"In the mini-league they are in, in the bottom eight of the Premier League, that is the very least they have got to be. I expect Palace will show them that on Monday night."

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Crystal Palace players have just ventured out on to the pitch as the Selhurst Park stands slowly start to fill up. Neil Warnock may not be too concerned about his side's form in the league so far, but they have only picked up one more win than Sunderland.

Home fans will be expecting a win tonight.

Here are some of your #unwantedrecords:

Owynn Palmer-Atkin:, external Leicester City have never won the FA Cup, despite being in 5 finals...

Robert Ginn:, external Man Utd and Blackburn have finished the lowest (7th) as defending champions.

Manjeevan Cheema:, external Australia 31-0 Samoa

Crystal Palace manager Neil Warnock, speaking to Sky Sports: "We were unlucky last weekend at West Brom but we played very well.

"Apart from the Hull game away, I've been very pleased so far. Anything you can get off the top four teams is a bonus, so everyone needs to take points off everyone else in the other games."

Sunderland boss Gus Poyet feels two successive defeats and 10 goals conceded is just a bit of a blip for his side.

Speaking to Sky Sports, he says: "A win tonight would show we are in a good run and we had a terrible accident.

"We will try to recover from that. Victory will be very important."

We're asking for your unwanted records:

Iain in Swindon: Swindon Town 93-94 season, most goals conceded in a Premiership season! 100! But not the worst points total.

Don't forget that there is some top action from Scotland tonight, where Ross County host Aberdeen.

You can follow all the action on that match on our dedicated live text commentary.

In the Argentine top flight I see that Defensa y Justicia are hosting Newell's Old Boys, but we won't be doing a live on that unfortunately.