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Huge miss for Hull out of the blue. Robbie Brady puts in a dangerous cross and Dame N'Doye, ghosting in the six-yard area, can't make proper contact.

Bright start by Palace. They have responded well to losing 2-0 against West Brom last time out. The hosts can still realistically secure a top-eight finish but they will have to beat Hull to keep their hopes alive.

Jonny Young: Hull are down. Tactics and team selection have been terrible for about 18 months, six points minimum to stay up. Bruce is rubbish

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Awful defending by Hull as they fail to deal with a free-kick whipped into the area, the ball bobbling to Glenn Murray six yards out but Hull goalkeeper Steve Harper makes a smart save. The sign of things to come?

Five minutes in and Wilfried Zaha and Yannick Bolasie are already causing Hull's defence problems. Zaha whips in a low cross intended for Glenn Murray which is just about hacked clear.

Poor by Sone Aluko as his attempted cross into the Palace penalty area with Hull shirts lining up flies high and wide. Let's hope that's not a sign of things to come.

Under way at Selhurst Park.

Out come the teams...Steve Bruce is dressed all in black and looks pretty grumpy. Alan Pardew, his Palace side chasing a top-eight finish, waves to the crowd as he makes his way along the touchline to the dug-out. We're moments from kick-off.

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Crystal Palace XI: Speroni, Kelly, Dann, Delaney, Souare, Jedinak, McArthur, Zaha, Puncheon, Bolasie, Murray.

Hull City XI: Harper, Chester, Dawson, McShane, Elmohamady, Livermore, Huddlestone, Quinn, Brady, Aluko, N'Doye.

Hull have scored 29 Premier League goals this season - just nine more than Tottenham's Harry Kane - but just one has been scored by an English player, Enfield-born Jake Livermore against Spurs in November.

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Hull's players are not only playing for their Premier League lives, they are also playing for their pay packets. Boss Steve Bruce says his side will take a wage cut of up to 50% if the club are relegated. Bruce's side are 17th in the Premier League with six games left and out of the relegation zone by just one goal.

"The club has a strict policy that if we do get relegated then we don't fall into drastic times," said the former Wigan and Birmingham manager. "Everybody concerned takes a huge reduction in salary, and most players take a 40% or 50% reduction."

That huge eagle they fly around Selhurst Park before kick-off? It looks bigger than ever. And hungry! If you're eating a pie, watch out!

Ermm...it's safe to say Crystal Palace can forget about entering Europe through the Fair Play League.

The sun is beaming down on Selhurst Park. Hull City's players are going through their pre-match routines. It all looks fairly relaxed but the faces of the fans who have made the journey to south London give it away. They look anxious. And so they should. Just over 15 minutes to kick-off.

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John Motson
BBC Match of the Day commentator at Selhurst Park

"Hull City are not helped by the dreadful record they have against Palace. They did beat them earlier in the season, but that was just their second victory in their last 17 meetings with the Eagles.

"Palace suffered a blip in form when they were undone by wily former boss Tony Pulis last weekend. They will be keen to get that 2-0 defeat to West Brom out of their system and get back on track for a top-10 finish that would have been unthinkable at Christmas."

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This time last year life was good for Steve Bruce. His Hull City team had an FA Cup final appearance to prepare for and they were within touching distance of achieving their goal - surviving a first season back in the Premier League. Passports were being dusted down and the Europa League was on the horizon.

But the smiles have faded, the continental adventure has come and gone, and Bruce's side are embroiled in a desperate battle to stay in the top flight.

Failure to pick up a point at Selhurst Park and the Tigers will drop into the relegation zone with just five games remaining. Little wonder Hull fans young and old are looking a little gloomy.

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Crystal Palace make two changes to the side that lost to West Brom last Saturday and they are both at full-back. Martin Kelly and Pape Souare replace Joel Ward and Joe Ledley.

Hull look like they will play with two centre-backs instead of three. Defender Alex Bruce makes way for Irish midfielder Robbie Brady.

Crystal Palace XI: Speroni; Kelly, Dann, Delaney, Souare; Jedinak, McArthur; Zaha, Puncheon, Bolasie; Murray

Hull XI: Harper, Chester, Dawson, McShane, Elmohamady, Livermore, Huddlestone, Quinn, Brady, Aluko, N'Doye