Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson: "They've both been tight games against Brighton. Last time we probably both had an eye on the league and we had been hampered by injuries. It will be a much different team to the one we put out last time.

"At this stage of the season, these five games have enormous importance regardless of who you play. But given that it's Brighton I can't deny it gives an extra edge, but we must not let our hearts rule our heads.

"Alexander Sorloth trained for the first time today and Christian Benteke joined in the first part before being monitored by the sport scientists. We'll know tomorrow, but we hope they'll be available.

"Options up front are a nice problem to have. Last week we had Wilf Zaha and Andros Townsend up top, an 18 year old on the bench. With those two forwards hopefully coming back we'll have options. Hopefully Jeffrey Schlupp will be back in contention in the next couple of weeks.

"Jeffrey Schlupp is progressing quicker than anticipated given the injury he had."