Crystal Palace suffer injury blow on eve of Aston Villa and Wolves matches

Crystal Palace will be without midfielder Cheick Doucoure for their next match against Aston Villa, with Wolves also on the horizon.

Under-fire Eagles boss Oliver Glasner ruled the Mali international out of their Carabao Cup tie with the Villains on Wednesday (October 30) during his pre-match press conference.

Doucoure has been missing since the middle of September because of a tendon injury on his toe. He's played four games this season for Palace, earning just one league start.

The former Lens midfielder was sidelined for a majority of last season after rupturing his Achilles tendon, and so far has been unable to get a consistent run of games under his belt. Daichi Kamada made a two-minute appearance off the bench at the weekend, and could earn a start. Will Hughes is also an option.

Midfield is an area of concern for Palace as Adam Wharton could require surgery. He played against Spurs at the weeknd, and is available against Villa and Wolves. But after that Palace will be faced with the decision of sending him for surgery.

The south London side are also sweating on the fitness of Jefferson Lerma. The 30-year-old was withdrawn after just 22 minutes in Palace's first Premier League win of the season against Spurs.

Villa have no injury concerns and report a clean bill of health. Unai Emery could make some changes to freshen things up for Wednesday, though, as he manages his squad across three competitions.

Wolves will have one eye on the fixture as they are due to host Palace at Molineux on Saturday at 5.30 pm.

Gary O’Neil has several injury concerns, with Yerson Mosquera, Enso Gonzalez and Sasa Kalajdzic all long-term absentees. Boubacar Traore, Hwang hee-Chan, Sam Johnstone, Mario Lemina, and Bastien Meupyiou are also either doubts or ruled out.