Wright-Phillips makes first Premier League start for 770 days as QPR bid for three points to take Ramsey's men out of drop zone

Crystal Palace host relegation-threatened QPR at Selhurst Park in the day's early kick-off. The Eagles find themselves eight points clear of the drop zone, while Chris Ramsey's men are 18th with just 22 points from 28 games. Alan Pardew will be without Mile Jedinak and Jordon Mutch, while Hoops midfielder Joey Barton completes a three-match ban.

QPR boss Ramsey speaks ahead of kick-off

Speaking to BT Sport ahead of kick-off, Chris Ramsey said: 'The players have really applied themselves in the last two games and if we can replicate that then we stand a good chance of getting a result.

'I've known him (Adel Taarabt) a long time and he's a very good player.

'We're going to have be really on our game today. It's a must-win game today.'

Palace boss Pardew speaks ahead of kick-off

Speaking to BT Sport, Pardew said: '(I've got a)Good set of players. They'd lost their way a little bit but good players get results.

'I'm a bit surprised (Bobby) Zamora isn't playing today. We need to be on guard and be wary of any little surprises.

'The game could be decided by the benches. There are options for both managers to change it.'

The woes have increased for Queens Park Rangers, with the club fearing they will lose star striker Charlie Austin in the summer and their accounts showing they could still face a Financial Fair Play fine of nearly £58million.

Manager Chris Ramsey admitted that Austin, whose contract runs out at the end of next season, could leave in the summer, but is adamant they will not let him go for a paltry fee.

To make matters worse, the club’s financial accounts for the 2013-14 season when they were in the Championship, filed at Companies House on Friday, show that their ‘real’ losses last season were almost £70m.

Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew has had his players training at Selhurst Park in the hope of exploiting a set-piece advantage over Queens Park Rangers in Saturday's lunchtime kick-off.

Palace’s home form this season is the second worst in the Barclays Premier League, with bottom-side Leicester City the only club worse than them on home turf.

The Selhurst Park pitch has been re-laid twice this season, and with Pardew admitting the surface ‘isn't perfect’, he has called his players into the stadium that they face QPR in on Saturday to practice their dead-ball routines.