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Predicted Crystal Palace line-up vs Leeds United with the Eagles looking to bounce back

Leeds United's opponents on Monday night, Crystal Palace, will be looking to return to winning ways against the Whites after a disappointing 1-0 loss to high-flying Newcastle United during the week. Patrick Vieira's side were defeated by a Miguel Almirón goal scored in the 32nd minute, that sent the Magpies ahead of them in the table.

Leeds will be looking to take a step closer to survival when they visit Selhurst Park, with the added boost of key man Kalvin Phillips set to make his first start for the club in over four months. They will take on a Palace side who looked disjointed for large parts of their midweek loss at St. James' Park.

With Palace being outplayed, Vieira made a change after just 40 minutes on Wednesday night, when he swapped Michael Olise for Jordan Ayew. This did improve things, with the Eagles offering much more threat in parts of the second half.

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It remains to be seen whether Vieira will start with Olise again, having commented that the French Under-21 player had sustained a foot injury whilst away on international duty. Should he play, Viera will be looking for a much-improved performance from Olise, who did not play well against Newcastle.

Connor Gallagher has been instrumental for Palace this season, but looked out of sorts on Wednesday, and was substituted in the 60th minute. However, Vieira will surely looking to extract the maximum out of him before he returns to parent club Chelsea in the summer.

Crystal Palace's biggest threat is, of course, Wilfried Zaha. The Ivorian has notched 12 goals this season, making him Palace's top scorer, and his trickery on the left will be something to keep an eye on for Jesse Marsch's men.

Predicted line-up: Guaita; Clyne, Andersen, Guéhi, Mitchell; Kouyaté, Schlupp, Olise, Gallagher, Zaha; Édouard

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