Crystal Palace vs Hull City: In-form Glenn Murray and Yannick Bolasie to lead the line

A look ahead to this weekend's Premier League fixture at Selhurst Park

James Walters
Friday 24 April 2015 21:18 BST
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Yannick Bolasie in action for Crystal Palace
Yannick Bolasie in action for Crystal Palace (GETTY IMAGES)

Hull travel to Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon needing three points to give themselves hope of staying in the Premier League.

Steve Bruce’s side have an incredibly tough run of fixtures ahead and still have to play Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham and Manchester United.

The Tigers are currently one spot above the relegation zone but are level on points with Leicester in 18, thus making this weekend’s clash vital to their survival.

Palace had been on a remarkable run winning four consecutive matches but their streak came to an abrupt end last week when Tony Pulis and West Brom won 2-0 at Selhurst.

However, Alan Pardew and the Palace faithful will be expecting a response from his side with in-form Glenn Murray and Yannick Bolasie expected to lead the Eagles to a victory.

Bruce will also be keeping an eye on the Burnley vs Leicester scoreline as a winner in that fixture would put Hull in the bottom three if they fail to win against Palace.

The Eagles have been a different side since Pardew took over but with them having nothing to play for compared to Hull scrapping at the foot of the table, don’t be shocked to see an upset on Saturday afternoon.

KICK-OFF: Saturday, 3pm

PAST THREE MEETINGS…

Hull 2 (Diame, Jelavic) Palace 0, Premier League, October 2014

Palace 1 (Puncheon) Hull 0, Premier League, January 2014

Hull 0 Palace 1 (Bannan), Premier League, November 2013

STATS…

Palace have won eight of their 13 Premier League games under Alan Pardew.

Yannick Bolasie is the only player to ever score a Premier League hat-trick for the Eagles.

Hull’s last win came just over two months ago against Queen’s Park Rangers (2-1) and are without a win in six games.

ODDS…

Crystal Palace: 2.05

Hull: 4.3

Draw: 3.4

TV: Highlights on BBC One at 10:30pm

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