Crystal Palace v Bristol City team news
Greg Cunningham and Albert Adomah were named in Bristol City's starting line-up for tonight’s npower Championship showdown against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
Ruled out of Saturday's 2-1 defeat at Cardiff by a minor hamstring strain, Republic of Ireland left-back Cunningham passed a morning fitness test in Bristol before the squad departed for the capital.
Charged with the task of subduing Palace wonder-kid Wilfried Zaha, Cunningham returned on the left side of an orthodox back four with Richard Foster dropping to the bench.
A second-half substitute at the Cardiff City Stadium at the weekend, Ghana winger Adomah started his first game in City colours since January 1.
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A target for Palace during the January transfer window, the 25-year-old Londoner was deployed on the right side of a 4-5-1 system.
Steven Davies made way for Adomah, leaving Jon Stead to operate as a lone striker.
Midfielders Neil Kilkenny and Brian Howard were again named among the substitutes.
Palace made one change from the side that beat Middlesbrough 4-1 on Saturday, former Bristol City winger Yannick Bolasie coming in for Stephen Dobbie.
Crystal Palace (4-2-3-1): Speroni; Richards, Ramage, Delaney, Parr; Jedinak, Dikgacoi; Zaha, Williams, Bolasie; Murray. Subs: Price (gk), Butterfield, Moxey, Marrow, Dobbie, Wilbraham, Phillips.
Bristol City (4-5-1): Heaton; Moloney, Fontaine, Nyatanga, Cunningham; Adomah, Kelly, Elliott, Pearson, Anderson; Stead. Subs: Davies, J Wilson, Burns, Foster, Kilkenny, Howard, Gerken (gk).
Referee: S.Hooper.
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