We do play a 4231/433 most of the time, sometimes reverting to a 451 when we need to just tighten up. 442 is our Hail Mary, chucking Mateta and Eduoard on at the same time.

Will Hughes is a tidy backup central midfielder. What exactly are you expecting of him?

Indeed. We wouldn’t even be in the Premier League if he hadn’t made it his personal mission to beat Brighton in the playoffs.

Palace would not be an established Prem team if it wasn’t for Zaha over the last decade. Not necessarily every season, but there were times he single handedly dragged us out of the relegation mire through sheer dogged persistence.