The Eagles head to Elland Road on Easter Sunday looking for their first back to back wins since November.
TIME/ DATE/ VENUE
- 2pm
- 9th April 2023
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Elland Road, Beeston, Leeds LS11 0ES
PREVIOUS MEETING
Palace have not had to make the trip up to Leeds since a midweek trek back in November 2021, and it was not a fun trip back as an injury time penalty from Raphinha ensured the Eagles returned empty handed.
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Stuart Dallas (7.7)
OFFICIALS
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Referee: Simon Hooper
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Assistants: Adrian Holmes, Mark Scholes
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Fourth official: Graham Scott
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VAR: Jarred Gillett
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Assistant VAR: Neil Davies
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Wilfried Zaha, Nathan Ferguson, Chris Richards, and Vicente Guaita will all miss out due to injury.
LEEDS – Max Wober, Stuart Dallas, Adam Forshaw and Tyler Adams are all absent through injury.
DISCIPLINARY THIS SEASON
RED CARDS – Tyrick Mitchell (1), James Tomkins (1), Cheick Doucoure (1), Tyler Adams (1), Luis Sinisterra (1)
YELLOW CARDS (6+) – Cheick Doucoure (9), Marc Guehi (8), Joachim Andersen (6), Robin Kock (6)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 09/10/22 Palace 2-1 Leeds
- 25/04/22 Palace 0-0 Leeds
- 30/11/21 Leeds 1-0 Palace
- 08/02/21 Leeds 2-0 Palace
- 07/11/20 Palace 4-1 Leeds
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 01/04/23 Palace 2-1 Leicester
- 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
Last FIVE results for Leeds;
- 04/04/23 Leeds 2-1 Forest
- 01/04/23 Arsenal 4-1 Leeds
- 18/03/23 Wolves 2-4 Leeds
- 11/03/23 Leeds 2-2 Brighton
- 04/03/23 Chelsea 1-0 Leeds
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 12th in the Premier League with 30 points from 29 games played while Leeds are 13th with 29 points from the same amount of games.
RECORD AGAINST LEEDS
- Played 67
- Won 19
- Drawn 17
- Lost 31
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Pascal Struijk 6.87
- Joachim Andersen 6.84
- Michael Olise 6.81
- Rasmus Kristensen 6.77
ONE TO WATCH
WESTON MCKENNIE
FORMER CLUBS – FC Phonix Otterbach, FC Dallas, Schalke 04, Juventus
The American international arrived at Elland Road on loan from Juventus in January and has been a valuable addition to the Leeds squad, and taking advantage of the situation the Italian giants currently find themselves in.
KEY CLASH
JOACHIM ANDERSEN v PATRICK BAMFORD
The former Palace striker has only recently returned to the starting line up following a lengthy spell out injured and will be a big factor if Leeds are to stay up this season. He will come face to face with the Danish international who himself had a short spell out recently due to injury but will be keen to put in a performance that helps Palace grab a point or three.
PRE-MATCH FACTS
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Roy Hodgson has lot 5 of his last 6 league matches against Leeds, his highest losing percentage against a team he has faced more than once
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Since returning to the Premier League in 2020, Leeds have won both of their home matches against Palace without conceding a goal
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Palace won against Leicester in their first league game of Roy Hodgson’s second spell in charge, as many wins as they had had in their previous 15 league games (W1 D5 L9). The Eagles most recently won consecutive games in November
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Leeds manager Javi Gracia is unbeaten in all 3 of his league meetings against Palace and Roy Hodgson (W2 D1), all as Watford boss. It is the joint most he has faced a side without losing (along with Southampton) and the most often he has faced a manager without losing in the competition
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Wilfried Zaha (6)
- ASSISTS – Michael Olise (5 – 14th in PL)
- PASSES – Marc Guehi (1570 – 14th in PL)
- TACKLES – Cheick Doucoure (67 – 6th in PL)
- TOUCHES – Marc Guehi (1905 – 18th in PL)
- SHOTS – Wilfried Zaha (58 – 18th in PL)
- FOULS – Jeffrey Schlupp (43 – 4th in PL)
- DISPOSSESSED – Wilfried Zaha (80 – 1st in PL)
- SAVES – Vicente Guaita (85 – 5th in PL)
DID YOU KNOW?
Don Revie was a superstitious man, and there was no better example than in September 1970. In a game at Stoke City, Leeds were forced to wear a different colour away kit, orange, for the first time ever. They lost 2-0 and Revie was so annoyed, he reportedly burned them after the game, never to be seen again.
PREDICTION
Both teams head into the fixture off the back of home wins which will have rejuvenated their fortunes, especially as they were against teams in and around them. The Eagles to not have a great record at Elland Road but at the same time, we are expecting them to follow up the win against Leicester with something from this fixture.
FINAL SCORE: 1-1
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