Palace team news: Veltman still out

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Albion head to Selhurst Park on Saturday.

Charlie Hanson

2025-04-04T11:30+01:00

Joel Veltman will miss Saturday's game against Palace. 📷 by Paul Hazlewood.

Albion travel to Crystal Palace on Saturday looking to bounce back from their midweek defeat to Aston Villa.

Team news

Lewis Dunk has made 20 Premier League appearances so far this campaign. 📷 by Paul Hazlewood.

Fabian Hurzeler reported no new injury worries at his pre-match press conference. "The squad will be the same as Aston Villa," he said.

Fabian's thoughts

On responding to defeat in our last game against Palace, "I think it's also our responsibility to give the fans something back. In the first derby we weren’t at our highest level. We didn't give the fans what they deserve. Tomorrow it's an opportunity for us, and it’s our responsibility to make it better than the last time."

On Palace's threats, "They are one of the best teams in transition, one of the best teams at set pieces. They have a clear style of play. They press high, their press is intense. They are a physical team. They are quite good in transition. We have to pay attention to all these things."

On Eiran Cashin's Premier League debut, "It's not easy to come into the game as a sub, especially as a centre-back. Then of course, he looked a bit unlucky in a personal duel, but overall he made a good impression and it's about us helping him.

"The players and staff understand we were also once in a situation where we had our first start. And the starts are not always easy, but one of the values of this club is to always support the players and we will support Cashin. We will give him the environment where he can improve and adapt."

Match facts

Following their 3-1 win at the Amex Stadium in December, Crystal Palace are looking to complete their first league double over Brighton since 1932-33 (Third Division South), and for the first time ever in the top-flight.

Each of Albion's last five Premier League away games against Crystal Palace have been drawn – the last exact top-flight fixture to finish level in more consecutive meetings was Charlton at home to Coventry between 1986 and 2000 (six).

Each of the last five Premier League meetings between Crystal Palace and Brighton at Selhurst Park has finished 1-1. No specific fixture in English top-flight history has finished by the exact same scoreline in six consecutive meetings before.

Crystal Palace have won their last two home Premier League matches, while under Oliver Glasner, they’ve won 41% of home games (P22 W9) and average 1.50 points-per-game. Only Tony Pulis can better both of those totals as Eagles boss (3+ games) in the competition (54% win rate, 1.77 points-per-game).

Albion’s only away Premier League defeat in their last eight on the road (W3 D4) was in their 7-0 hammering at Nottingham Forest. They are averaging 1.53 points-per-game away from home this season (23 points in 15 games), never bettering that in a top-flight season (also 1.53 in 2021-22).

Crystal Palace have won each of their last three Premier League matches kicking off at 3pm on Saturday, keeping a clean sheet in wins over West Ham (2-0), Fulham (2-0) and Ipswich (1-0). The Eagles had only won three of their previous 19 games kicking off at this time (D9 L7).

Brighton are winless in their last 11 Premier League games in London (D5 L6) since a 3-0 win over Arsenal back in May 2023. It’s their worst winless league run in the capital since a run between 1933 and 1936, when they lost 15 out of 16 games (D1).

In all competitions, Albion have won five of seven away games in 2025 (D1 L1), only one fewer than they won in the entirety of 2024 (W6 D8 L10). They’re also already halfway to their away goal tally for 2024 (34) in 2025 so far (17).

Ismaïla Sarr has scored three goals in his last two home Premier League appearances for Crystal Palace, more than in his first 13 at Selhurst Park for the club (1). Sarr scored two and assisted the other of their three goals in a 3-1 win over Brighton in December, and the only Palace player to score more goals in the competition against the Seagulls than his two is Wilfried Zaha (5).

Brighton’s Carlos Baleba has scored two Premier League goals in London this season, netting against Chelsea and Fulham. The only Seagulls players to net three goals in the capital in a season are Glenn Murray (3 in 2017-18, 4 in 2018-19) and Leandro Trossard (3 in 2021-22).

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