Official Site of Crystal Palace · Feb 22, 2021
Team news: Five changes for Palace as Mateta starts
Roy Hodgson makes five changes to the Palace lineup for the trip to Brighton & Hove Albion, including handing Jean-Philippe Mateta his second start for the club.
Mateta, who made his debut against Leeds in at the beginning of the month, replaces Christian Benteke up front. The other change in attack sees Andros Townsend start ahead of Michy Batshuayi; both Benteke and Batshuayi are amongst the substitutes.
There are also three changes in defence. Joel Ward and Tyrick Mitchell replace Nathaniel Clyne and Patrick van Aanholt at full-back, while Gary Cahill replaces Scott Dann alongside Cheikhou Kouyate.