Crystal Palace vs Manchester City - Milivojevic back from ban for Palace

Posted Friday, October 18, 2019 by PA

Crystal Palace will have captain Luka Milivojevic available again for the visit of Manchester City on Saturday.

The Eagles midfielder served a one-match ban in the 2-1 win at West Ham, after picking up his fifth caution of the season in the home victory over Norwich at the end of September.

Roy Hodgson is still without defender Mamadou Sakho, though, who has a thigh problem and Connor Wickham now joins him on the sidelines with an injury.

Manchester City hope to have Kevin De Bruyne, John Stones and Benjamin Mendy available for Saturday’s Premier League trip to Crystal Palace.

Playmaker De Bruyne (groin) and defenders Stones (thigh) and Mendy (hamstring) have all been back in training this week after spells on the sidelines.

Sergio Aguero is also fit after a minor niggle prevented him linking up with Argentina last week but the champions are still without long-term casualties Aymeric Laporte and Leroy Sane.

Crystal Palace provisional squad: Guaita, Ward, Van Aanholt, Schlupp, Cahill, Kelly, McCarthy, Milivojevic, Kouyate, McArthur, Ayew, Zaha, Hennessey, Tomkins, Dann, Meyer, Townsend, Camarasa, Benteke.

Manchester City provisional squad: Ederson, Bravo, Walker, Cancelo, Stones, Otamendi, Fernandinho, Zinchenko, Mendy, Angelino, Gundogan, Rodri, De Bruyne, D Silva, B Silva, Sterling, Mahrez, Foden, Aguero, Jesus.