Crystal Palace will be determined to return to winning ways when they travel to West Bromwich Albion to take on Slaven Bilic's side in the Premier League on Sunday.

The Eagles face a tough trip to the Premier League strugglers having won just one game out of their last four to lie just three points above Brighton towards the bottom of the table.

After narrowly being beaten by Manchester United, the Baggies bounced back with a 1-0 win over Sheffield United at home.

Roy Hodgson faces one of the toughest challenges of his managerial career as he bids to get the Eagles fully firing on all cylinders, but he should have an easy choice to make over who should lead the line at the Hawthorns.

The former England manager has made some pretty questionable decisions in the past but this is a selection call he literally cannot afford to get wrong. Losing to a newly-promoted side who already find themselves struggling for Premier League survival would cast doubt over his future at the club.

Hodgson has options aplenty in the striking department but that doesn't make his job any easier as it's fair to say that some are more viable than others.

The Palace boss has heavily relied on Michy Batshuayi to shoulder the burden so far this season but he hasn't reaped the rewards - no goals and just two assists in total in seven appearances in the Premier League, via Transfermarkt.

There's a very real possibility he'll give Christian Benteke a run of games but he ought to hedge his bets and stick with Jeffrey Schlupp instead.

Schlupp started upfront as Palace were beaten by Newcastle United at Selhurst Park. But, whilst we were well within our rights to lampoon his disastrous display, that doesn't mean that anyone should write him off almost entirely.

Let's face it, anything is better than Batshuayi or Benteke, so why not give it another go?

Valued at £9m via Transfermarkt, the 27-year-old has often been used as a left winger since he first arrived at the club, but he is yet to taste defeat against West Brom, which will no doubt be giving Bilic sleepless nights.

Last season, Schlupp enjoyed his most prolific spell in the top flight, having scored three goals and supplied two assists in 17 appearances, which is a pretty decent return when you consider the fact that he has mostly played as a left-back or central midfielder. That's one more goal than Benteke, who played 24 games in the Premier League last term.

It surely makes most sense to give the speed demon a fair crack of the whip upfront alongside Jordan Ayew whilst Wilfried Zaha works his way back to fitness after testing positive for coronavirus. This means that Eberechi Eze could start on the left wing and allows Andros Townsend to line up on the opposite flank.

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