Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson aims to test some youngsters in tonight's Carabao Cup clash at Plymouth Argyle.

Palace travel to Devon to take on the Pilgrims at Home Park, over 13 years since the two teams last met in the Championship.

Hodgson said: “There's a balance we have to sort out.

“It's the usual balancing act: we don't want to send a reserve team down there and get beaten by a very good Plymouth side, because we know how good they are. If we're going to get a result down there then we're going to have to play a good team.

“It'll presumably be some sort of balancing act where we don't jettison anyone we think is a first-team player from the last three games just to give [a chance to] someone who hasn't had a kick of a ball yet – you'll have to deserve it.

“You'll have to deserve a kick of the ball and you'll have to deserve a place in the team in place of anyone that I decide to leave out."