Palace Unbeaten In Six On The Road With Victory At Leicester

The Eagles put in a very efficient away performance to take all three points from the struggling Foxes thanks to two very good second half goals which ended the game as a contest.

 

MATCH INFORMATION

15 January 2025 – 7.30pm

Leicester City 0-2 Crystal Palace

King Power Stadium, Filbert Way, Leicester LE2 7FL

 

PLAYER RATINGS

1

Dean HENDERSON

7.4

2

Daniel MUNOZ

7.4

26

Chris RICHARDS

7.2

5

Maxence LACROIX

7.4

6

Marc GUEHI ©

8.0

3

Tyrick MITCHELL (17 Nathaniel CLYNE 80 mins)

7.1 (6.0)

8

Jefferson LERMA (28 Cheick DOUCOURE 20 mins)

6.2 (6.6)

19

Will HUGHES (18 Daichi KAMADA 62 mins)

7.0 (6.5)

10

Ebere EZE (55 Justin DEVENNY 79 mins)

7.8 (6.0)

7

Ismaila SARR

7.6

14

Jean-Philippe MATETA (9 Eddie NKETIAH 80 mins)

7.5 (5.9)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES – 15 Jeffrey SCHLUPP, 30 Matt TURNER, 34 Chadi RIAD, 58 Caleb KPORHA

 

OPPOSITION LINE-UP

41

Jakub STOLARCZYK

6.2

16

Victor KRISTIANSEN

6.4

23

Jannik VESTERGAARD

6.6

3

Wout FAES

6.5

2

James JUSTIN (18 Jordan AYEW 80 mins)

6.0 (6.5)

24

Boubakary SOUMARE

6.9

8

Harry WINKS (22 Oliver SKIPP 66 mins)

6.4 (6.3)

10

Stephy MAVIDIDI

6.9

11

Bilal El KHANNOUSS (20 Patson DAKA 66 mins)

6.8 (6.1)

40

Facundo BUONANOTTE (35 Kasey MCATEER 66 mins)

6.9 (6.3)

9

Jamie VARDY

6.2

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES – 4 Conor COADY, 14 Bobby CORDOVA-REID, 17 Hamza CHOUDHURY, 31 Daniel IVERSEN, 33 Luke THOMAS

 

TEB VERDICT

Back-to-back victories after two of three games in a week will be very pleasing for Oliver Glasner and his management team. It is unlikely to be at a cost though as Jefferson Lerma once again left the pitch early due to injury in a position that we are already a little light on.

Regardless, this was a very professional performance from Palace after a poor first half which could well have seen them behind but for a bit of luck shining on them. It looked a little lacklustre and one paced but that changed after the break with two good goals from Mateta and Guehi.

As Glasner says in his post-match comments, there will be much to learn from that first half and he knows that they have got away with it a little but that was backed up with a good second half which was enough to beat a team very fragile in confidence and on a losing run.

A point or three from West Ham at the weekend will round off a very positive week, but with the disappointing loss of Trevoh Chalobah making the squad weaker, here’s hoping that the club back the manager and the players and get the additions through the door that are needed before the transfer window closes.

 

POST GAME QUOTES

OLIVER GLASNER

“We are pleased with the three points and the clean sheet. We have to be critical of our performance in the first half. It was a little bit louder in the dressing room and the players showed a good reaction. We have to improve our performance.

We were more aggressive. I told the players and showed them clips about tactical adjustments. We were just jogging about the pitch and this is what we showed them. We did it better in the second half but still not our top level. We can’t be happy with the performance in the first half.

We had the worst start in the Premier League history of Crystal Palace and now it’s the opposite. We are always humble. We are compact in our shape most of the time but we need to improve our performance and reduce our easy mistakes.”

RUUD VAN NISTELROOY

“The difference between the first and second half was something I didn’t see coming and it was big. It was a very good and energetic first half and the second half was very poor. They had a bit of momentum out of the dressing room. That first goal was in and I thought there that the confidence dropped a bit.

We have to look at what we created in the first half. We have to grab the momentum ourselves with the goal and build on that. We have to keep going. We couldn’t get the chances in the second half and it was really difficult at 2-0.

If you look at what you create over a game, it’s enough to get a result and get points. It’s a big blow, we were looking to get a result and this is a big blow. We need to stick together and everyone is looking in the same direction. Six without a win is not good enough. You can’t keep talking about performances. We need to win and that needs to happen soon.”

 

MATCH STATISTICS

Star Man

Marc GUEHI (8.0)

Goals

Jean-Philippe MATETA (52), Marc GUEHI (78)

Assists

Ismaila SARR (52), Ebere EZE (78)

Most shots

Jamie VARDY (6)

Most tackles

Facundo BUONANOTTE, Daniel MUNOZ (5)

Most dribbles

Ebere EZE (4)

Team rating

6.46 – 6.97

Total shots

21 – 9

Shots on target

4 – 4

Yellow cards

None

Red cards

None

Possession

57.2% – 42.8%

Pass success

85% – 78%

Passes

603 – 451

Dribbles

11 – 12

Aerials won

14 – 13

Tackles

19 – 18

Fouls

7 – 6

Corners

4 – 3

Saves

2 – 4

Dispossessed

11 – 9

 

UPCOMING FIXTURES

DATE

TEAM

LOCATION

COMPETITION

KICK OFF TIME

18/01/2025

West Ham United

Away

Premier League

3pm

26/01/2025

Brentford

Home

Premier League

2pm

02/02/2025

Manchester United

Away

Premier League

2pm

 

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