Crystal Palace striker Connor Wickham has been handed a three-match ban.

Wickham is to serve a three-match suspension after the Football Association charged him with violent conduct following an incident with Tottenham's Jan Vertonghen.

The striker appeared to catch Vertonghen with an elbow in the 69th minute of Spurs' 3-1 Premier League victory at Selhurst Park last Saturday, but was only seen doing so on video and not by match officials.

Wickham admitted the charge but mitigated against the standard three-match suspension. However, that was rejected by an Independent Regulatory Commission and he has now been ruled out of Saturday's FA Cup fourth-round fixture with Stoke.

An FA statement read: "Following an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing today [Friday 29 January], Connor Wickham will serve a three-match suspension with immediate effect."