Claude Davis is set to return to the Crystal Palace side as they host promotion-chasing Leicester in the Championship on Tuesday night.

The Jamaican centre-half has served a two-match ban for picking up 10 yellow cards and boss Paul Hart could hand him an instant recall.

That would see newly-crowned Football League Young Player of the Year Nathaniel Clyne revert to his usual right-back spot and Danny Butterfield drop out.

Paddy McCarthy is still struggling with a shoulder injury and he is not expected to return until April, though Darren Ambrose managed a full 90 minutes in Saturday's 0-0 draw at Barnsley following an injury scare and he is set to continue.

Striker Stern John is pushing for a start in attack following his return from his loan spell at Ipswich as Hart contemplates a shake-up.