Town’s second round Carabao Cup tie with Crystal Palace will take place at Selhurst Park, not Portman Road as initially announced after confusion during the draw.

A third ball was drawn to indicate whether the first team out of the hat would be home or away and after Palace were drawn, a red ball denoting a home tie followed.

However, the game was announced as an away match for Palace in error by former Eagle John Salako before they were subsequently paired with Town. The match has now been confirmed for Selhurst Park as should initially have been the case.

The teams last met in the Championship at Portman Road in April 2013 when the Blues won 3-0. Earlier that season the Eagles had beaten Town 5-0 at Selhurst Park.

The sides have met once before in the League Cup back in 1996 when the Blues won 4-1 with Alex Mathie and Paul Mason both scoring twice. Carl Veart netted for the visitors.

Let's meet halfway? 😅– Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) August 10, 2017

The game could see ex-Blues defender Damien Delaney face his old club along with former loanees Jonny Williams and Andros Townsend. One-time Town striker Connor Wickham is still recovering from a cruciate knee ligament injury sustained last season.

The tie will be played in the week commencing Monday 21st August.

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dirtydingusmagee added 17:39 - Aug 11 Carry on up the Caraboa !
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blueboy1981 added 17:48 - Aug 11 ......... bit of a marker in the sand match - as to what we can expect this season, and where we are at.
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blueboy1981 added 17:53 - Aug 11 ....... simplicity made complicated - unnecessarily so. How could it be simpler than such a draw has ever been previously ? Don't we just see that wherever we look these days ?
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blueboy1981 added 17:53 - Aug 11 ...... common sense is no longer common.
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