Marcus, following his fantastic shot-stopping endeavours against Preston in the Royals' last outing, hopes to continue to play his part in Reading's push for a playoff spot. Reading currently sits in eighth place, just a couple of points behind Ipswich Town in sixth spot, as the Royals venture to Selhurst Park to face Crystal Palace. Kickoff's at 7 a.m. PT/10 a.m. ET (and 2 a.m. Melbourne time for me here). The news round-up's coming right up...
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Marcus starts for Reading. Lineups, as per sportinglife.com's matchtracker... CRYSTAL PALACE 13. Cedric Berthelin 4. Danny Butterfield 6. Tony Popovic 20. Mark Hudson 3. Danny Granville 22. Wayne Routledge 10. Shaun Derry 17. Michael Hughes 21. Julian Gray 8. Andrew Johnson 9. Dougie Freedman Subs 12. Jamie Smith 16. Tommy Black 18. Gary Borrowdale 24. Mikele Leigertwood 28. Tom Soares READING 1. Marcus Hahnemann 11. Andy Hughes 16. Ivar Ingimarsson 8. Adrian Williams 3. Nicholas Shorey 7. Scott Murray 14. Steven Sidwell 15. James Harper 17. John Salako 9. Shaun Goater 31. Lloyd Owusu Subs 12. Dave Kitson 20. Basir Savage 23. Dean Morgan 24. Paul Brooker 26. Jamie Young (GK)
Credit for Reading's goalscorer has changed to Owusu. However, Freedman has levelled matters for the hosts on 33 minutes. 1-1, at present.