Yannick Bolasie could be Crystal Palace’s main goal-threat at Liverpool as yet another injury has potentially robbed Alan Pardew of another striker.
Connor Wickham and Marouane Chamakh remain on the sidelines, and they have been joined by Dwight Gayle – although the latter could be ready for the trip to Anfield.
However, Pape Souare is set to return to the Eagles side after missing the games against Leicester and Manchester City, as well as last weekend’s 0-0 draw with Manchester United.
Pardew said: “Connor is not 100 per cent, but he is training full time - as is Chamakh. It's probably a little bit early for both of those.
“We have another little scare with Gayle. He's struggling a little bit, but we'll see how he is tomorrow. Souare will play.”
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He added: “We're looking forward to the [Liverpool] game. We had a good performance against United – only one team deserved to win that, us - and we did well at Anfield last season.
“Yala's played as a striker a number of times for us and I thought he did ok. His pace and power caused Liverpool problems.
“The Anfield crowd gave him rare applause for an away player when he was substituted.”
Liverpool are unbeaten in 12 games in all competitions, and since Jurgen Klopp took over from Brendan Rodgers on October 8, the Reds have conceded only three goals in six games.
However, Pardew can see a chink in the renewed Liverpool armoury.
“Liverpool had a long trip to Russia last night, so we need to put them under pressure on Sunday,” he said.
“I think [Christian Benteke's] a terrific player. He's a different kind of threat to what they've had before and a great signing.
“Liverpool play a high pressure game under Klopp. We know that's coming and we can cope with that.”
He added: “Their two full backs push high and they have great pace. It isn't a single threat. They've got world class players.
“[Phillippe] Coutinho is probably their best player. He's probably in the Premier League's top five players, offensively, this year.”
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