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Emmanuel Adebayor will face a late fitness test ahead of Crystal Palaces pivotal relegation clash with Norwich at Selhurst Park. Despite both Palace and Norwich sitting above the relegation zone, neither can afford to slip up with Sunderland and Newcastle desperate to remain in the top flight.Palace have not tasted victory in the Premier League since December 19, and have been dragged into a relegation battle, when earlier in the campaign it seemed the only way was up for Alan Pardews men. The Canaries would be in a far worse predicament if they hadnt mustered a spirited last-gasp victory over Newcastle last time out.With Norwichs woeful record on the road, and the Eagles six-game losing streak at Selhurst Park, picking a winner here is a tall order, but the loser will be looking nervously over their shoulders come Saturday evening.Team newsCrystal Palace striker Emmanuel Adebayor will face a last-minute fitness test before their clash with fellow strugglers Norwich.The forward suffered a slight knock in training this week and could be unavailable on Saturday but manager Alan Pardew is confident he will be available for Wednesdays game with Everton.James McArthur (ankle) and Brede Hangeland (knock) are the only players still on the sidelines due to injury.Norwich will have captain Russell Martin back in the squad for the clash while winger Nathan Redmond could be in contention to start after recovering from a hamstring injury.Full-back Ivo Pinto had been struggling with a virus, but should return.Opta statsCrystal Palaces win over Norwich in the reverse fixture in August was their first victory over the Canaries in the Premier League (D4 L4).Norwich are winless in 14 away league games against Crystal Palace, last winning away to them in May 1996 (D5 L9).Crystal Palace remain the only team in the top four tiers who are yet to win a game in 2016 (D3 L9).The Eagles have now gone 14 league games without tasting victory; they last went 15 matches without a league win in March 1998.A league-high nine of Crystal Palaces Premier League goals this season have been scored by defenders.Five of Palaces nine league goals from defenders have come courtesy of Scott Dann, a league-high figure for a defender this season.On home soil, the Eagles have now lost six Premier League games in a row. No team has lost seven home games in a row in the top-flight since Wolves in April 2012 (nine consecutive games).The Canaries have scored a joint-league low one goal in the first 15 minutes of their games (level with Aston Villa), which equates to an outright low three per cent of their total goal haul.Mersons predictionsThis is a massive game. If Norwich win this and Sunderland and Newcastle lose, youd think that would be it really. Both of them are a fluke result away from being relegated. Norwich did well on Saturday, I watched the game and it was a good result. Crystal Palace picked up a decent result as well, so it will be an interesting one.PAUL PREDICTS: 2-1 (Sky Bet odds 15/2)BettingCrystal Palace are 11/10 with Sky Bet with Norwich 5/2 and the draw trading at 12/5 ahead of their Premier League clash on Saturday. Palace (16/1) have been sucked into the relegation picture after a winless run in their last 14 league matches, while Norwich are now 1/2 to stay up after claiming seven points out of the last nine. The Eagles won convincingly at Carrow Road earlier in the season and are 11/4 to secure a victory by exactly one goal and 9/4 to win to nil. Check out tips from our Sky Sports pundits and bet here.Crystal Palace v Norwich is included in this weeks Super 6. Make your predictions here for the chance to win £250,000. Bobby Orr Bruins Jersey . He wants to seize that opportunity. The trouble is, Firus has had more bumps on the road to Sochi than most. Last year, Firus had the skate of a lifetime in the short program at the Canadian championships when he landed his first triple Axel in competition and finished third in a stacked field. Zdeno Chara Jersey . He will just have to wait a little longer. 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Although Spain could still advance out of the group stage, the game may have signalled the end of the run by a generation of Spanish stars whose quick passing, "tiki-taka" style delighted the world and helped them win the last three major tournaments.North Carolina coach Roy Williams denied allegations of academic wrongdoing Friday by former player Rashad McCants connected to the schools long-running academic scandal. In an interview with ESPNs "Outside the Lines" to air Friday, McCants -- the second-leading scorer on Williams first NCAA championship team in 2005 -- said tutors wrote papers for him and that Williams knew about no-show classes popular with athletes. "I thought it was a part of the college experience, just like watching it on a movie from He Got Game or Blue Chips," McCants said. "... When you get to college, you dont go to class, you dont do nothing, you just show up and play. Thats exactly how it was, you know, and I think that was the tradition of college basketball, or college, period, any sport. Youre not there to get an education, though they tell you that. "Youre there to make revenue for the college. Youre there to put fans in the seats. Youre there to bring prestige to the university by winning games." McCants also said Williams told him he could swap a failing grade from one class with a passing one from another to stay eligible during the 2004-05 season, according to the report. He entered the NBA draft as a junior after that season. "I strongly disagree with what Rashad has said," Williams said in a statement Friday. "In no way did I know about or do anything close to what he says and I think the players whom I have coached over the years will agree with me.dddddddddddd "I have spent 63 years on this earth trying to do things the right way and the picture he portrays is not fair to the University or me." McCants comments are the latest allegations levied against UNC in an academic fraud scandal that began as an offshoot of an NCAA investigation into the football program beginning in summer 2010. Those findings centred on the formerly named Department of African and Afro-American Studies, most notably with lecture classes featuring significant athlete enrollments that did not meet and were instead treated as independent study courses requiring only a research paper at semesters end. Former UNC learning specialist Mary Willingham, who has questioned the literacy of Tar Heel athletes, has said "paper classes" were designed to keep players eligible despite many reading at below-grade levels. The fraud findings also unauthorized grade changes and possibly forged signatures on grade rolls. By 2012, an investigation led by former Gov. Jim Martin found the problems in the AFAM department ran back at least to the late 1990s. That probe found no evidence of athletic department involvement, though another probe led by former U.S. Justice Department official Kenneth Wainstein is underway. ' ' '