The club kick off a second Roy Hodgson tenure with just one aim for the remaining ten games he will be in charge – get the results that will keep the Eagles in the Premier League, starting with the Foxes.
TIME/ DATE/ VENUE
- 3pm
- 1st April 2023
- Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU
PREVIOUS MEETING
The last time Leicester came to South London, they meant business with first half goals from Kelechi Iheanacho and Jamie Vardy giving them a half time lead. Michael Olise started the revival early in the second half followed by an equaliser by Jeffrey Schlupp with less than twenty left to play.
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Kelechi Iheanacho (7.8)
OFFICIALS
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Referee: Tim Robinson
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Assistants: Adam Nunn, Scott Ledger
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Fourth official: Robert Jones
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VAR: Michael Salisbury
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Assistant VAR: Ian Hussin
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Vicente Guaita and Sam Johnstone are both expected to be back fit for this fixture while Nathan Ferguson and Chris Richards miss out through injury
LEICESTER – Youri Tielemans is absent due to injury while Jonny Evans, Harry Souttar and Victor Kristiansen will face late fitness tests
DISCIPLINARY THIS SEASON
RED CARDS – Tyrick Mitchell (1), James Tomkins (1), Cheick Doucoure (1), Wout Faes (1)
YELLOW CARDS (6+) – Cheick Doucoure (9), James Maddison (8), Marc Guehi (7), Joachim Andersen (6)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 15/10/22 Leicester 0-0 Palace
- 10/04/22 Leicester 2-1 Palace
- 03/10/21 Palace 2-2 Leicester
- 26/04/21 Leicester 2-1 Palace
- 28/12/20 Palace 1-1 Leicester
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 19/03/23 Arsenal 4-1 Palace
- 15/03/23 Brighton 1-0 Palace
- 11/03/23 Palace 0-1 Manchester City
- 04/03/23 Villa 1-0 Palace
- 25/02/23 Palace 0-0 Liverpool
Last FIVE results for Leicester;
- 18/03/23 Brentford 1-1 Leicester
- 11/03/23 Leicester 1-3 Chelsea
- 04/03/23 Southampton 1-0 Leicester
- 28/02/23 Leicester 1-2 Blackburn
- 25/02/23 Leicester 0-1 Arsenal
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 12th in the Premier League with 27 points from 28 games played while Leicester are 17th with 25 points from 27 games played.
RECORD AGAINST LEICESTER
- Played 78
- Won 27
- Drawn 21
- Lost 30
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- James Maddison 7.30
- Youri Tielemans 6.86
- Joachim Andersen 6.84
- Wilfried Zaha 6.80
ONE TO WATCH
JAMES MADDISON
FORMER CLUBS – Coventry City, Norwich City, Aberdeen (loan)
The attacking midfielder made his first start for England against Ukraine at Wembley last Sunday and will be on a high as a result. He has just passed 150 appearances for the Foxes, the most for any club that Maddison has played for.
KEY CLASH
WILFRIED ZAHA v RICARDO PEREIRA
We are all expecting, and hoping, Wilf to become the talisman yet again as we kick off the run in and we know he is good enough to take on any full back. He will likely be up against the talented yet injury prone Portuguese international.
PRE-MATCH FACTS
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After winning 4 consecutive league games against Leicester between 2017 and 2019, Palace are now without a victory in their past 7 meetings
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Having kept a clean sheet in 5 of their 6 league games before the World Cup break, the Foxes are the only side without one since the competition’s resumption and they have conceded 22 goals in 12 matches
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Harvey Barnes is Leicester’s joint-top scorer in the league this season with 9 goals. He’s only reached double figures in a league campaign once before – that was in 2018-19 and included 9 goals for West Brom in the Championship
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Wilfried Zaha (6)
- ASSISTS – Michael Olise (5 – 14th in PL)
- PASSES – Marc Guehi (1494 – 15th in PL)
- TACKLES – Cheick Doucoure (66 – 4th in PL)
- TOUCHES – Marc Guehi (1819 – 17th in PL)
- SHOTS – Wilfried Zaha (51)
- FOULS – Jeffrey Schlupp (42 – 4th in PL)
- DISPOSSESSED – Wilfried Zaha (78 – 1st in PL)
- SAVES – Vicente Guaita (84 – 4th in PL)
DID YOU KNOW?
Leicester City hold the joint record for most second-tier title triumphs. The Foxes have won the First Division six times and the Championship once, meaning they are level with Manchester City on seven.
PREDICTION
Roy Hodgson will want to get off to a flyer after his surprise return to the club following teh sacking of Patrick Vieira. This game is the first of a number of winnable fixtures against teams below Palace in the table but that does not make things any easier. Three wins, maybe four, are needed between now and the end of the season and we are backing the fans to get behind Roy and his team at Selhurst to get them over the line in this one, but it will be tight.
FINAL SCORE: 2-1
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