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  • FT: Leeds 2-0 Crystal Palace - Harrison's deflected strike opens scoring

  • Bamford scores his 100th career goal as he converts a rebound

  • Both sides would move into top 10 with a win

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  1. Postpublished at 19:21 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2021

    Heavy night for Liverpool yesterday wasn't it?

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    MOTD 2 analysis: Liverpool are Premier League lockdown losers

  2. 'Only Man City collapse will stop title win'published at 19:18 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2021

    Alan Shearer column

    Alan Shearer
    Former England striker and MOTD pundit

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    The only thing that can stop Manchester City winning the Premier League now is themselves - if they collapse for any reason. The problem for their rivals is that it does not look like that will happen.

    Sunday's emphatic 4-1 victory over defending champions Liverpool at Anfield was City's 10th in a row in the league and I just don't see another team capable of putting together a winning run like that to challenge them.

    On this evidence, City are not going to crack either, whatever is thrown at them.

    Pep Guardiola's side are still in all four major competitions so their busy schedule in an already hugely demanding campaign is not going to ease up, but they have a strong squad that has been playing twice a week all season so it is nothing new to them.

    Read more from Shearer here.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 19:17 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2021

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    Aashish: Leeds win 7-0 in honoring "The GOAT" Tom Brady.

  4. Breaking into the top 10?published at 19:14 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2021

    Leeds v Crystal Palace (20:00 GMT)

    There's not much separating the two teams at the moment.

    Leeds go into the match in 11th place, level on points with Palace, who are 13th on goal difference.

    Both sides are comfortably clear of the relegation zone - job done from a Leeds' point of view - and are only two points off Arsenal in 10th. A win for either side will see them move into the top half tonight. Leeds have a few games in hand too.

    Still a long way to go yet but a top 10 finish will be in the minds of both of these clubs come the end of the season, surely.

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  5. A lot apparently...published at 19:11 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2021

    Leeds v Crystal Palace (20:00 GMT)

    Palace have lost 16 of the past 18 Premier League matches without Wilfried Zaha, winning the other two.

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  6. How much will Palace miss Zaha?published at 19:08 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2021

    Leeds v Crystal Palace (20:00 GMT)

    Crystal Palace

    Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson says forward Wilfried Zaha could be out for a long time with a hamstring injury.

    Zaha was forced off in the 58th minute of Palace's win over Newcastle on Tuesday.

    "We don't know how long it's going to keep him out but he certainly won't be available for this game and it could even be much longer than that," said Hodgson.

    "You never know with these hamstring injuries, Wilf is incredible in terms of recovery so I wouldn't want to put a definite timeline on it, but it is a muscle strain and all muscle strains take time to heal."

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    Get Involvedpublished at 19:06 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2021

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    Thoughts on the team news? How much of a miss will Wilfried Zaha be for Crystal Palace? Will Patrick Bamford get on the scoresheet again?

    Tweet us on #bbcfootball or text in.

  8. Full team newspublished at 19:03 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2021

    Leeds v Crystal Palace (20:00 GMT)

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    Leeds are unchanged from the side that began the 2-1 loss to Everton on Wednesday.

    Leeds XI: Meslier, Ayling, Cooper, Struijk, Alioski, Dallas, Klich, Phillips, Harrison, Raphinha, Bamford.

    Subs: Casilla, Davis, Cresswell, Gelhardt, Shackleton, Jenkins, Roberts, Costa, Huggins.

    Crystal PalaceImage source, .

    Crystal Palace make two changes from the side that began the 2-1 win at Newcastle on Tuesday as the injured Wilfried Zaha misses out, with Michy Batshuayi on the bench.

    In come Jean-Philippe Mateta and Tyrick Mitchell for the Eagles, who have only six substitutes.

    Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Van Aanholt, Cahill, Dann, Clyne, Mitchell, Milivojevic, Riedewald, Eze, Mateta Ayew.

    Subs: Butland, Batshuayi, Kelly, Kouyate, Townsend, Benteke.

  9. Mateta makes Palace debutpublished at 19:00 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2021
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    Leeds v Crystal Palace (20:00 GMT)

    Jean-Philippe Mateta will make his debut for Palace tonight. The striker joined on an 18-month loan from Mainz in January. He was on the bench against Newcastle and Wolves. Michy Batshuayi and Christian Benteke are substitutes tonight.

    Full team news to follow.

  10. Postpublished at 18:58 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2021

    Leeds v Crystal Palace (20:00 GMT)

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  11. Hello!published at 18:55 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2021

    Hope you didn't all stay up too late to watch last night's SuperBowl...

    We've just got the one Premier League game to look forward to tonight but hopefully it's a good one.

    Leeds v Crystal Palace coming up at 8pm. We can have a good chat about both teams beforehand.

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