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title: "Palace Midfielder Could Face Long Spell Out"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Matt Lynch"
section: "Crystal Palace News"
published: "2015-08-26T10:12:20Z"
modified: "2015-08-26T10:12:20Z"
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# Palace Midfielder Could Face Long Spell Out

Crystal Palace captain, Miles Jedinak could face a spell on the sidelines after going off with a hamstring strain in the second half of the Eagles 4-1 victory over Shrewsbury Town in the second round of the Capital One Cup last night, as [reported by Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11706/9966219/mile-jedinak-suffers-hamstring-injury-in-crystal-palace-win).

Palace manager, Alan Pardew believes it may be a ‘long term’ injury but said that the club will have to assess the Socceroos captain before the extent of the damage done can be known.

The manager said:

“I’m a little bit worried about the skipper, he might have done a hamstring, but we’ll have to wait and see. We think he might have done something a little bit long-term, but we’ll have to assess him in the morning.”

The 31-year old has been a mainstay in midfield for Palace for over five seasons proving to be an instrumental figure on and off the pitch. Despite being a mainstay Jedinak has featured sparingly so far in Palace’s opening three Premier League encounters coming on as a late substitute in their 2-1 victory over Aston Villa at the weekend.

The Eagles also have slight concerns over knocks picked up by Dwight Gayle and Wilfried Zaha in their extra-time victory over the Shrews last night ahead of their trip to Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon.