Crystal Palace star ruled-out of Newcastle United match following Liverpool incident

Crystal Palace will be without Jefferson Lerma for the visit of Newcastle United on Wednesday night. The Eagles will welcome the Magpies to Selhurst Park on the back of a commanding 5-2 win over West Ham on Sunday - a win that followed their 1-0 triumph at Anfield a week previous.

However, they will certainly be without the Colombian midfielder for Wednesday’s game after he suffered a hamstring injury late-on during that game at Anfield. Lerma missed their win over the Hammers and Oliver Glasner confirmed that he would be ruled-out of action until next month. “We will miss him for at least until Manchester United.” Glasner said on Lerma. “So for this week where we have three games in six or seven days.”

He continued: “It's his hamstring. It was a bit unlucky. It was a sprint against [Mo] Salah, one of the 30 he had made, and he made a long step and then he felt it.

“He wanted to be substituted but we couldn't do it. It was at the end of the game. So then he said, ‘OK, you finish the game with us’, but he could feel it afterwards and so we got now the results.”

Since being appointed as Roy Hodgson’s successor at Selhurst Park, Glasner has seen his side win three, draw three and lose three of their nine league matches. Newcastle United, meanwhile, have won just once at Selhurst Park in the last decade - and that came in an empty stadium back in November 2020.