West Brom 4-0 West Ham
Blackburn 4-1 Stoke City
Derby 1-2 Reading
Stoke City are out of the FA Cup after suffering a 4-1 hammering at the hands of Blackburn Rovers. Reading also progress, edging past Derby County and earlier today West Brom sealed their place in the fifth round in style, thrashing West Ham 4-0 at the Hawthorns.
Liverpool have two enforced changes with Joe Allen coming in for the injured Steven Gerrard while Jordon Ibe, cup-tied from his showings for Derby County, is replaced by Lallana. Might Rodgers have been tempted to deploy Emre Can there after his powerful performance further up the pitch against Tottenham mid-week? It seems not.
Confirmed #LFC team v @CPFC: Mignolet, Skrtel, Can, Sakho, Allen, Henderson, Moreno, Markovic, Coutinho, Lallana, Sturridge
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) February 14, 2015 Quite the attacking line up from Alan Pardew this evening. Chamakh, Bolasie and Gayle all support Campbell who leads the line. Wilfried Zaha and Glenn Murray wait on the bench.
BREAKING: Pape Souare makes his Crystal Palace debut
Crystal Palace team to play Liverpool: Speroni, Kelly, Dann, Hangeland, Souare, Bolasie, Ledley, Ward, Gayle, Chamakh, Campbell.
Subs: Hennessey, Mariappa, Delaney, Guedioura, Puncheon, Zaha, Murray.
BREAKING: Daniel Sturridge leads Liverpool's attac again this evening with Adam Lallana coming in for the injured Raheem Sterling.
Liverpool team to face Crystal Palace: Mignolet, Skrtel, Can, Sakho, Allen, Henderson, Moreno, Markovic, Coutinho, Lallana, Sturridge
Subs: Ward, Johnson, Lovren, Lambert, Manquillo, Borini, Balotelli
Elsewhere today, West Brom's rise under Tony Pulis continues after the Baggies thrashed West Ham United 4-0 at the Hawthorns. Blackburn are currently handing out a similar beating on Stoke City who trail 4-1 at Ewood Park with Joshua King hitting a hat-trick. Derby and Reading meanwhile are currently tied at 1-1.
Liverpool have visited Crystal Palace twice since the Eagles returned to the top flight in 2013. On both occasions, they've shipped three goals. In a way, the 3-1 thrashing they received earlier this season was far less harrowing than the 3-3 last April, where their title dream crumbled. It is not a place they like going to.
The FA Cup history between these two sides memorably favours Palace, with a 4-3 semi-final victory over the Reds in 1990 one of the most fondly remembered results around south east London. A place in the quarter-finals of the competition is on the line this time around.
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