A busy week of action sees the Eagles make a midweek trip to a struggling Leicester side under new management desperate for points.
MATCH INFORMATION
| 15 January 2025 – 7.30pm |
| King Power Stadium, Filbert Way, Leicester LE2 7FL |
PREVIOUS MEETING
| 15/10/2022 – The last trip up to Leicester was a rather drab affair as the two sides played out a goalless draw with very little excitement for either set of fans. |
| WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Vicente Guaita (8.8) |
MATCH OFFICIALS
| Referee | Andy Madley |
| Assistant | Nick Hopton |
| Assistant | Craig Taylor |
| Fourth Official | Will Finnie |
| VAR | Stuart Attwell |
| Assistant VAR | Mark Scholes |
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Matheus Franca, Adam Wharton, and Rob Holding remain unavailable. Will Hughes and Dean Henderson will both be assessed.
LEICESTER – Issahaku Fatawu, Wilfred Ndidi, Mads Hermansen, Odsonne Edouard, and Ricardo Pereira will all miss out. Jannick Vestergaard will face a late fitness test.
DISCIPLINARY RECORD
This is the section of our match preview that highlights those that have not been the best of friends with match officials as the season goes on. Of course, they all begin with a clean slate, but we will start to see those that will be heading for a ban or two as the campaign progresses.
| RED CARDS – Daichi Kamada (1) |
| YELLOW CARDS (over 4.5) – Boubakary Soumare (8), Will Hughes (7), Daniel Munoz (5), Marc Guehi (5), Facundo Buonanotte (5) |
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
| 14/09/2024 | Palace 2-2 Leicester |
| 01/04/2023 | Palace 2-1 Leicester |
| 15/10/2022 | Leicester 0-0 Palace |
| 10/04/2022 | Leicester 2-1 Palace |
| 03/10/2021 | Palace 2-2 Leicester |
Last FIVE results for Palace:
| 12/01/2024 | Palace 1-0 Stockport |
| 29/12/2024 | Palace 2-1 Southampton |
| 26/12/2024 | Bournemouth 0-0 Palace |
| 21/12/2024 | Palace 1-5 Arsenal |
| 18/12/2024 | Arsenal 3-2 Palace |
Last FIVE results for Leicester;
| 11/01/2025 | Leicester 6-2 QPR |
| 04/01/2025 | Villa 2-1 Leicester |
| 29/12/2024 | Leicester 0-2 Manchester City |
| 26/12/2024 | Liverpool 3-1 Leicester |
| 22/12/2024 | Leicester 0-3 Wolves |
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 15th in the Premier League with 21 points from 20 games played, while Leicester are 19th with 14 points from the same amount of games.
RECORD AGAINST LEICESTER
| Played | 80 |
| Won | 28 |
| Drawn | 22 |
| Lost | 30 |
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
This is the section of our match preview where we list two players from each side that are top of the ratings by our friends over at Who Scored. Obviously, there are no ratings to share at the moment but that will soon change!
| Ebere Eze | 7.05 |
| Daniel Munoz | 7.04 |
| Adbul Fatawa | 6.96 |
| Wilfred Ndidi | 6.90 |
ONE TO WATCH
| ABDUL FATAWA |
| FORMER CLUBS – Tamale Utrecht Academy, Steadfast, Dreams (loan), Sporting |
| The Ghanaian winger initially joined the Foxes on loan in August 2023, a deal that was made permanent last summer after impressing in his 40 appearances and 6 goals. |
THE NUMBERS
Palace’s solitary victory over Leicester City in the past 9 Premier League meetings came at home in April 2023 (D4, L4).
Leicester are unbeaten in their last 4 home games against Palace, winning 3 in a row before the sides drew 0-0 in their most recent encounter at King Power Stadium in October 2022.
Palace are vying to equal their club record of 6 successive top-flight away matches without defeat, which they achieved in October 1990 and February 1992.
The only defeat for the Eagles in the past 13 Premier League games versus promoted opposition was 2-1 at Luton Town in November 2023 (W8, D4).
In 4 of the Eagles’ last 8 league goals have been scored from corners but are yet to score this season in the 15-minute period after the hour mark.
KEY CLASH
| ISMAILA SARR v CONOR COADY |
| The former Watford man has really come into his own in recent weeks and carries a real threat in attacking situations, and is always seen to be doing the hard work supporting the rest of the team in defensive situations. His pace and trickery will post the Leicester defence a real problem in this fixture. |
PRE-MATCH STATS
This is the section of our match preview where we keep a tally on the statistics for Palace players as the campaign continues and how they compare to other Premier League players.
| Goals | Jean-Philippe MATETA 5 (25th) |
| Assists | Ebere EZE, Tyrick MITCHELL, Will HUGHES 3 (32nd) |
| Passes | Marc GUEHI 992 (23rd) |
| Tackles | Daniel MUNOZ 71 (1st) |
| Touches | Marc GUEHI 1256 (28th) |
| Shots | Ebere EZE 57 (5th) |
| Fouls | Will HUGHES 34 (7th) |
| Dispossessed | Ismaila SARR 27 (21st) |
| Saves | Dean HENDERSON 57 (8th) |
| Clearances | Maxence LACROIX 91 (7th) |
| Big Chances Missed | Jean-Philippe MATETA 10 (5th) |
TEB PREDICTION
Oliver Glasner will be very aware of the impact that the last three game week had on his team, and the players come out of a disjointed display in the FA Cup at the weekend with several players missing. Much of them will return for this fixture and a victory will be well within their reach but we could end up respecting the point against a team below us in the table.
| PREDICTED SCORE: 1-1 |
