Windass, signed on loan from Bradford during the week, is on the bench. Phil Brown continues with the same front three of Steve McPhee, Jon Parkin and Nicky Forster.
Andy Dawson is fit after missing training with a thigh injury and keeps his place in an unchanged back four.
Ryan France comes in for the suspended David Livermore in the only change to the starting eleven that lost 4-3 at Middlesbrough.
Peter Taylor makes no changes to his Palace side. Ex-Tigers Leon Cort and Stuart Green both start.
City line-up (4-3-3): Boaz Myhill; Sam Ricketts, Michael Turner, Damien Delaney, Andy Dawson; Dean Marney, Ian Ashbee, Ryan France; Steve McPhee, Jon Parkin, Nicky Forster.
Subs: Matt Duke, Danny Coles, Stuart Elliott, Dean Windass Darryl Duffy.