Speaking at his pre-match press conference, the manager said: “[With] Wilfried [Zaha], there is still a couple of weeks before he can start training with the team.
“[Joel] Wardy will start training with the team next Monday, and Macca [James McArthur] is still progressing well. He had another really good week with the team, so he will be part of the squad.”
Speaking in the written section of the press conference, released later on Friday (February, 17th), Vieira added: "[Will Hughes] struggled this week. He just had light training with the team yesterday, and he trained with the team today. He's fine - he will be travelling with the team.
"Chris [Richards] is still not 100 percent. He trained this morning, but we just need to wait and to assess how he's going to be tomorrow.
"[Joachim Andersen] trained in the last couple of days and again, with the issues that he had, we have to wait to see if there will be a reaction the next day or not. He has trained the last couple of days with the squad.”
Queried about a possible start for recent loan arrival Sambi Lokonga, who has appeared twice for Palace as a substitute thus far, Vieira answered: “I think he’s been training well since he’s been with us, and I still have until tomorrow to really decide and look at the starting XI, but I’m happy with what he’s been doing lately in training.”
