Michael Olise is in line to make his first Crystal Palace start since May against Luton.
The winger came off the bench for the final 23 minutes of Palace’s 3-2 defeat at Everton before the international break, after just one week of full first-team training sessions following his recovery from a long-term hamstring injury.
Olise missed all of pre-season as well as Palace’s first 11 Premier League games this term, having been hurt while representing France at the European Under-21 Championship in June.
Fellow winger Jesurun Rak-Sakyi is still sidelined with a hamstring injury which scans have suggested could keep him out until December or January.
The 21-year-old picked up the injury in training on November 2, the same day manager Roy Hodgson had suggested that Rak-Sakyi could become “Palace’s next Wilfried Zaha.”
Meanwhile, Palace’s medical staff are assessing on Friday whether veteran centre-back James Tomkins has recovered from a month-long calf injury in time to face Luton.
Palace head to Kenilworth Road on Saturday in need of a win, having earned just one league victory since September’s 1-0 triumph over Manchester United at Old Trafford..
