The Baggies are currently 19th in the table, eight points from the safety of 17th position, while Palace occupy 13th spot, eight points clear of the relegation zone.
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Spurs finally appear to have found some momentum but are still down in eighth in the table, while Palace are five places worse off following back-to-back stalemates.
Eze, who signed from QPR for £19.5 million last summer, made a flying start to life in the Premier League but has not been hitting the same heights of late.
Ola Aina, Ademola Lookman, Josh Maja, Tosin Adarabioyo and Josh Onomah are expected to be listed for Fulham.
The 22-year-old is fast becoming famous for his dribbling ability, creating goals and his spectacular strikes.
Palace, who lost 2-0 at Leeds United on Monday night, occupy 13th position in the table, while Burnley currently sit 17th but are eight points above the relegation zone heading into the next set of fixtures.
Eze kick-started January with his Premier League Goal of the Month-nominated strike against Sheffield United and rounded it up with his fizzing effort against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
For Premier League this weekend, Leeds United will face Crystal Palace on Saturday by 4pm and on Sunday, Wolverhampton Wanderers will clash with Leicester City at 3pm.
“It’s been a long time coming,” he said in his post-match interview. “We work hard all the time and it’s not come off for us, but today it worked so I’m grateful.
Wolves had knocked Palace out of the cup by the same scoreline when they met earlier this month.
Palace will enter today’s contest off the back of a 3-2 home defeat to West Ham United on Tuesday, while Wolves held Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea to a goalless draw at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.
City can go top if they win their game in hand over their local rivals and take full advantage of dropped points for both their biggest title challengers after United and Liverpool played out a disappointing 0-0 draw earlier on Sunday.
Pep Guardiola’s side have won their last four in the league to rise into fourth spot in the table, while Palace, who picked up a point at Arsenal on Thursday night, are currently down in 13th.
Mikel Arteta saw the Gunners’ Premier League winning run come to an end as they lacked inspiration in north London, while Roy Hodgson will feel aggrieved that Palace left with only a point after creating the better chances.
But Hodgson has dismissed suggestions that Eze should be dropped and the midfielder is in the Palace squad to face Arsenal on Thursday.
Palace are understood to be furious with Eze’s former club, from which he joined the Eagles for £20 million last year, for approving the 22-year-old’s request to attend their FA Cup tie against Fulham without consulting them first.
It could leave the ex-QPR midfielder facing a potential FA rap as it comes just 24 hours after the Premier League wrote to all clubs to remind them to reinforce coronavirus protocols.
Eze, a £20 million signing from QPR, scored a goal of the season contender when carrying the ball almost the full length of the pitch before beating Blades keeper Aaron Ramsdale.
“I thought I may as well take the chance and see if I can beat someone,” he said.
Roy Hodgson’s side had not tasted success since thrashing West Brom at the start of December but two first-half goals coupled with a professional display helped them to triumph in their first match of the year.