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Crystal Palace v Sunderland

Crystal Palace have deadline-day acquisitions Luka Milivojevic and Mamadou Sakho in contention.

Jeff Schlupp and Bakary Sako will both miss Saturday's game because of hamstring problems.

Sunderland have no new fitness concerns but they remain without six injured players, while Papy Djilobodji is suspended.

New signings Bryan Oviedo and Darron Gibson are both available, with Oviedo the more likely to start on Saturday.

WHAT THE MANAGERS SAY

Sunderland manager David Moyes on striker Jermain Defoe: "We have got to get him opportunities to score, and that's probably been something in recent weeks we have not done.