“Connor Wickham has been terrific”, Pardew said at a pre-match news conference.
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“Liverpool got turned over by Crystal Palace at Anfield in November and the Eagles know they are stronger than them, even if they are not a better team than the Reds”, Lawrenson told BBC Sport.
Palace are now in 14th place in the Premier League table, with their next match coming against Liverpool on Sunday. Left foot, right foot, pace and power.
In-form striker Wickham will undergo a scan on a thigh problem he picked up at Sunderland this week.
James McArthur (Ankle) and Jason Puncheon (Hamstring) are ruled out for Palace, with Kwesi Appiah thought to be almost match-fit, which would result in his first game for Palace since joining from Reading in the summer.
Liverpool have won just one of their last seven Premier League away games against London teams (W1 D3 L3).
Liverpool come into the game on the back of last weekend’s penalty shoot-out defeat to Manchester City in the League Cup final, and then a revenge 3-0 win over the Blues in the Premier League on Wednesday.
Jordon Mutch has scored three goals in four Premier League appearances against Liverpool.
Liverpool have arguably been the most impressive team over the last couple of weeks and are now only six points off the top four.
And conceding an injury-time equaliser in a 2-2 draw at Sunderland on Tuesday night didn’t really help matters. But they also have that Europa League game in midweek against Man Utd, so it depends how you balance things out.
Pardew said: “Liverpool were terrific against Manchester City”.
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“So we’re going to have to check him out and he’s probably touch and go for Sunday”.
