Here are a handful of facts you can read in this evening's Carabao Cup third-round edition, before the first of our back-to-back matches against the club from the capital...
YOUNG TALENT
Look out for homegrown winger Jesurun Rak-Sakyi potentially appearing tonight. The highly rated 20-year-old starred at Charlton Athletic last season, scoring 15 goals and making eight assists on loan at Palace’s south-east London rivals, and he started in their second-round win over Plymouth Argyle.
ABSENT OLISE
Palace’s Players’ Player of the Year for 2022/23, Michael Olise, had targeted this match as a potential comeback from his current injury, but a recurrence of that hamstring problem in training looks likely to keep him out.