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Crystal Palace boss will make another 11 changes from his UEFA Conference League side – and tell his side to prevent crosses reaching the in-form Leeds forward\"WOLVERHAMPTON,Oliver Glasner will again change his complete team for the Premier League game at Leeds<\/p>\n

Oliver Glasner happily announced his starting team to face Leeds on Saturday night – and then admitted the key to stopping the in-form Dominic Calvert-Lewin is also no secret.<\/p>\n

The Crystal Palace<\/a> boss made 11 changes from his Premier League<\/a> team for the UEFA Conference League home draw with Finnish side KuPS.<\/p>\n

And 10 regular starters sat on the bench with only Nathaniel Clyne, 34, given the night off with two more games to play before Christmas<\/a>. The South London club play eight games in December.<\/p>\n

The FA Cup<\/a> holders are back on the Elland Road pitch in under 48 hours to face Leeds and then visit Arsenal<\/a> in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

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And Glasner, who ran through his team at the end of his light-hearted press conference, said: \u201cThe 11 players who did not start (against KuPS), they will start at Leeds – Daniel Farke will know it now – and then I don’t know what happens and who will be available for the Arsenal game.<\/p>\n

“If I know this, I would be David Copperfield. And I told you on day number one, I’m not. I don’t know what happens at Leeds, to be honest.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"LEEDS,Dominic Calvert-Lewin has scored four goals in the last four Premier League games to push his claim for an England recall(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

What is more predictable will be Leeds looking to find Calvert-Lewin in the box as he seeks to score in a fifth consecutive game. The former England striker scored a superb headed equaliser at Brentford on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we are one of the teams defending the crosses in the box very well with our centre backs who are very good at heading,\u201d said Glasner. \u201cWe conceded one against Manchester City<\/a> with (Erling) Haaland but we don’t give them very often free headers in our box but sometimes you can\u2019t and you have to defend the box. This is more or less the same with Calvert-Lewin. He is having a great time. And yes, we want to avoid the crosses.<\/p>\n

\"ErlingErling Haaland scored twice at Selhurst Park on Sunday, including a header(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

“We want to avoid the headers in the box. But you have to accept that you play in the Premier League against good opposition and there may be a few. And football is sometimes crazy because we conceded three against City. And we conceded two against KuPS from three. It looks like the opposition are quite efficient against us. It’s time that this changes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Palace are seeking a fourth consecutive Premier League win after victories at Wolves<\/a>, Burnley<\/a> and Fulham<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"OliverOliver Glasner has told Daniel Farke – and the world – his starting team at Elland Road(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Leeds will be seeking a fourth game without defeat since Farke changed to a 3-5-2 formation<\/p>\n

Asked if he would rather have played the Whites before this tactical switch, Glasner said: \u201cI would have preferred not to have played them within 48 hours!\u201d<\/p>\n

The South London club play eight games in December and now face a two-legged UEFA Conference League playoff in February against either Bosnia and Herzegovina’s HSK Zrinjski Mostar or Czech side SK Sigma Olomouc.<\/p>\n

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