Crystal Palace pair Scott Dann and Bakary Sako are expected to remain sidelined by hamstring injuries.
Loic Remy and Mathieu Flamini are out with knocks but Jeffrey Schlupp is fit again after a hamstring problem.
Middlesbrough defenders Calum Chambers and George Friend are major doubts because of a stress fracture and calf injury respectively.
Another full-back, Antonio Barragan, is not expected to feature from a hamstring problem this weekend.
MOTD COMMENTATOR'S NOTES
Steve Wilson: "Fancy a goal-fest to brighten up your weekend? Probably best to stay clear of Selhurst Park then.
"Fancy a tense, tight, gritty battle with anxiety oozing from every pore?